Subaru Legacy Trailer Hitch Buyer’s Guide (Canada)

Shopping a trailer hitch for a Subaru Legacy sedan in Canada? Start with the model year on the door sticker, then pick the CURT Class 3 card that actually lists Legacy — not just the Outback wagon card you already saw in a forum thread. We stock a real Legacy shelf today: CURT 13494 Class 3 for listed 2020 through 2025 Legacy years (shared with Outback on the same card), CURT 13390 Class 3 for listed 2015 through 2019 Legacy years, CURT 13158 Class 3 for the dedicated 2010 through 2014 Legacy window, plus older Class 2 paths and CURT 56246 four-flat wiring for the 2015 through 2019 Legacy sedan.

Built for Canadian Legacy sedan owners and shops. Free shipping on CURT towing gear from Lots of Parts when the SKU is live on this store. New to hitch shopping? Start with the buying guide, how to choose a hitch, and what hitch class do I need. Prefer the full index? Open the towing guides hub.

Watch these CURT videos first

All four videos are from the official CURT YouTube channel (@curtmfg). Use them for class selection, install habits, wiring basics, and ball-mount height before you dig into the Legacy cards below.

If an embed does not load, use the YouTube link under the card.

How to Select a Trailer Hitch

CURT · Hitch class basics

Why sedan shoppers still land on a two inch Class 3 receiver for light trailers and accessories, then respect the door-sticker tow limit.

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Trailer Hitch Installation Techniques

CURT · Install habits

Torque and hardware habits that keep a sedan hitch install from becoming a fascia fight under the rear bumper.

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How to Connect a Trailer Wiring Harness

CURT · Wiring basics

How a vehicle-specific four-flat such as CURT 56246 is meant to plug in so trailer lights track the sedan signals.

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How to Choose a Ball Mount and Trailer Ball

CURT · Ball-mount height

Drop versus rise so a Legacy still tows level once the hitch and coupler meet.

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What to buy for a Legacy

Match the door-sticker year to the product card first. CURT 13494 is the deep in-stock Class 3 for listed 2020 through 2025 Legacy years — the same steel card also lists Outback, so confirm Legacy appears on the years before you click Add. CURT 13390 covers listed 2015 through 2019 Legacy years on its Class 3 card. CURT 13158 is the dedicated Class 3 path for 2010 through 2014 Legacy sedans when you do not want to borrow an Outback story.

Older Legacies still on Canadian roads often land on Class 2 cards: CURT 12284 for listed 2005 through 2009 Legacy years shared with Outback, and CURT 12270 for the older Legacy and Outback window on that card. Class 2 is enough for many bike racks and light utility trailers. Class 3 gives you the two inch receiver most Canadian shops stock mounts for — still not a blank cheque past the door sticker.

Wiring is generation-honest. CURT 56246 is the dedicated Legacy sedan four-flat we stock for listed 2015 through 2019 years. The common Subaru 56040 harness on the Outback guide lists Outback wagon and other Subarus — it does not cleanly rewrite itself into a Legacy sedan card. For 2020 and newer Legacy sedans, dedicated sedan wiring is not cleanly listed beside 13494 the way 56246 covers the prior generation. Confirm lights fitment on the product card, or plan a shop conversation, instead of inventing a harness SKU here.

Keep Outback shopping on the Outback buyers guide. Same AWD family, different body, different year landers. We publish Legacy year pages for 1999 through 2021 and 2023 through 2025 — there is no 2022 Legacy hitch lander on this store yet, and we will not invent one.

In stock on this store CURT 13494 Class 3 Two inch Class 3 for listed 2020 through 2025 Legacy years (shared Outback card — confirm Legacy on years). In stock on this store CURT 13390 Class 3 Class 3 path for listed 2015 through 2019 Legacy years on the card. In stock on this store CURT 13158 Class 3 Dedicated Class 3 for listed 2010 through 2014 Legacy sedans. In stock on this store CURT 56246 wiring Four-flat Legacy sedan harness for listed 2015 through 2019 years. In stock on this store CURT 12284 Class 2 Lighter Class 2 path for listed 2005 through 2009 Legacy years. In stock on this store CURT 12270 Class 2 Older Class 2 Legacy and Outback window on the card — confirm your year.
Topic What we see on this shelf
2020 through 2025 CURT 13494 Class 3 — shared Outback card, confirm Legacy years.
2015 through 2019 CURT 13390 Class 3 hitch plus CURT 56246 sedan wiring.
2010 through 2014 CURT 13158 dedicated Class 3 Legacy path.
Older Class 2 CURT 12284 and CURT 12270 on the listed older windows.
2020-and-up wiring Dedicated Legacy sedan harness Not cleanly listed beside 13494 today.
Outback Different guide — Outback buyers guide.
Year gap No 2022 Legacy hitch lander on this store yet.

Year pages we publish for Legacy

Year jumps we publish for Subaru Legacy. Open the lander that matches the model year on your door sticker.

These are the Legacy hitch year pages we publish today. Confirm the product-card years before you buy. We do not invent a 2022 lander or post-2025 pages that are not on this list yet.

Sedan honesty

Door sticker still wins

A Class 3 receiver helps with mounts and light trailers. The Subaru tow rating on the sticker still sets the ceiling.

Not Outback

Keep the guides separate

Shared hitch cards exist — year landers and sedan wiring notes still belong on this Legacy page.

Wiring gap

56246 then honesty

2015 through 2019 sedan wiring is stocked. Newer dedicated sedan harness stays Not cleanly listed.

Canada shipping

Free shipping on live CURT

When these CURT SKUs are live on Lots of Parts, free shipping on CURT towing gear applies the same as our other hitch pages.

How to order without guessing

Step 1Read the door sticker

Year and Subaru tow rating before you open a product card.

Step 2Open your lander

Use the Legacy year pages above when they match.

Step 3Confirm the Class 3 or Class 2 card

13494, 13390, 13158, or the older Class 2 paths.

Step 4Plan lights honestly

56246 for listed 2015 through 2019 sedans — newer years confirm separately.

Related guides we do publish

Outback buyers guideWagon path and shared hitch cards Forester buyers guideRelated Subaru crossover shelf Camry buyers guideAnother sedan hitch honesty page Trailer wiring guideFour-flat versus seven-way basics First tow day checklistLights, chains, pin, first kilometres Towing guides hubAll vehicle and topic guides

Shop CURT 13494

Deep in-stock Class 3 for listed 2020 through 2025 Legacy years on Lots of Parts — confirm Legacy on the card.

Open CURT 13494 →

Shopping an Outback wagon instead? Open the Outback buyers guide.

Back to towing guides hub →

Lots of Parts · Canada Legacy hitch buyers guide with live CURT 13494, 13390, 13158, Class 2 paths, 56246 sedan wiring, Outback kept separate, and existing year landers only. No fake reviews, no invented SKUs.