WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY PROPERLY. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DRIBBLED OUT ABOUT 5 SECONDS AFTER IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
1997 Subaru Svx
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags › Frontal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsENTERING HIGHWAY WHEN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER SIDE BAG BROKE WINDSHIELD AND REARVIEW MIRROR. A TRANSPORT RESTRAINING HOOK ATTACHED TO A CROSSMEMBER APPARENTLY HIT THE DRIVEWAY RAMP IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.