2001 Subaru Legacy: tire blowout or tread separation

5 of the 77 complaints about the 2001 Subaru Legacy describe tire blowout or tread separation.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 6%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Tire blowout or tread separation by model year

2022
1
2019
1
2016
1
2015
1
2012
2
2011
1
2009
1
2005
1
2004
1
2003
1
2002
3
2001
5
2000
10
1999
2
1998
1
1997
1
1996
2
1995
1
1994
1
1993
3
1992
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 13, 2025 · Tires · ID

Headed home from a vet appointment in mountain home. Was driving on the freeway at 80mph when the tire blew at the Wendell exit. Checked the tire to find that the inside wall had failed and had a blowout. The tire was installed June 8th 2025 and had less than 1,000 miles on it. I have never in 26 years of being around vehicles had a brand new tire fail in less than 1,000 miles. Tire was a good year reliant all season 195/65/R15. That tire blowout could have killed me and my family. I stopped at the Walmart that I bought the tire from with the receipt and was told "oh that sucks. We can replace it for you if you want to buy a new one a full price." How can a company sell a tire from a brand like good year that isn't even covered for a 1,000 miles? That's absolutely mind blowing. Had anyone gotten injured from the accident I would filling charges against Walmart for selling me a faulty tire

Filed Jun 2, 2010 · Tires · 100,331 miles · VA · crash · fire

Blow out with complete detachment of tire tread from wheel at 50 MPH; car crashed into stone wall; air bags deployed; fire in forward part of engine compartment put out by fire company; fire company comment that looked like tire failure; tires had only ~2000 miles on them; no injuries; only one car involved; police filed a report; car is a total loss; I have the tire tread which detached from the wheel and is a complete, single circular piece; about 1 inch of tire rubber remained attached to each rim of the wheel.

Filed Jun 2, 2002 · Tires · MA

I noticed that the outer layer of rubber has begun to come off on the sidewall, showing a white underlayer, near the lettering but not exclusively at the lettering. I looked at a similar model of subaru and saw the same thing had happened to its tire. Since I have not had an accident, I am assuming that this is a tire failure. Please advise.

Filed Dec 28, 2001 · Tires · CA

P225/60r16, original equipment, 6000 miles, mounted on a 2001, subaru, legacy outback. After traveling at 30mph tire had a blowout on outerwall of tire. Contacted dealer, and dealer waas not willing to do anything.*ak

Filed Jul 9, 2001 · Airbags · MI · crash

Consumerwas traveling about 50mph on highway and another vehicle suddenly stopped in front of consumer's vehicle. Consumer applied brakes, and vehicle started to fishtail. Vehicle slid and hit the meridian stand. Consumer was able to pull vehicle over to the shoulder, and front rear tire tread separated from wheel. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Dealership was aware of problem.