Subaru of America, Inc.: Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Subaru of America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on May 28, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 432,016. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Subaru Baja vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to July 21, 2004, 2004-2005 Impreza vehicles manufactured January 28, 2003, to May 31, 2005, 2003-2008 Subaru Legacy vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to May 2, 2008, 2003-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles manufactured February 18, 2003, to May 5, 2008, and 2005 Saab 9-2x vehicles manufactured February 11, 2004, to March 17, 2005. The affected vehicles are equipped with a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture upon its deployment.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Subaru will notify their owners and General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The Subaru recall began on June 17, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. The Saab recall began on July 27, 2015. Owners of Saab vehicles may call 1-800-955-9007. Subaru's number for this recall is WQR-53. Note: The recall completely supersedes recall 14V-399 (WQL-48) and partially supersedes recall 14V-763 (WQP-51) in that model year 2004 through 2005 Subaru Impreza and model year 2005 Saab 9-2x vehicles are now only part of this campaign. Note: On December 18, 2015 Subaru informed NHTSA of an expansion of this recall to include certain model year 2003-2004 Subaru Baja, 2003-2008 Subaru Legacy and 2003-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles.
17 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Subaru Legacy | 65 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 Subaru Outback | 226 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 2007 Subaru Legacy | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 Subaru Outback | 130 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 Subaru Legacy | 87 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 Subaru Outback | 277 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 Saab 9-2x | 111 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 Subaru Impreza | 75 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005 Subaru Legacy | 184 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 Subaru Outback | 273 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 2004 Subaru Baja | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 Subaru Impreza | 96 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 Subaru Legacy | 49 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 Subaru Outback | 90 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 Subaru Baja | 38 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 Subaru Legacy | 60 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 Subaru Outback | 93 | 15 | 1 | 7 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V323000.
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