L-subshell ionization cross sections of Au and Bi induced by C"+ and 0'+ ions have been measured for impact energies ranging from 0.25 to 0.79 MeV/u. The data have been compared with the predictions of the ECPSSR [perturbed-stationary-state (PSS) theory with energy-loss (E), Coulomb deflection (C), and relativistic corrections (R)] theory. Reasonable agreement between theory and experiment is observed for the L&(2s&&2) and L3(2p3/2) subshells. For the L&(2p&z&) subshell, however, large disagreement between the data and the ECPSSR predictions persists. This difference could be due to the "collision-induced intrashell" mechanism that was suggested by Sarkadi and Mukoyama [J. Phys. B 14, L255 (1981)].PACS number(s): 34.50.Fa