NHTSA Recall 15V323000
NHTSA Campaign Id 15V323000; Date: May. 28, 2015
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.
Recalled Vehicles:
2005 SAAB 9-2x; 2003 Subaru Baja; 2004 Subaru Baja; 2004 Subaru Impreza; 2005 Subaru Impreza; 2003 Subaru Legacy; 2004 Subaru Legacy; 2005 Subaru Legacy; 2006 Subaru Legacy; 2007 Subaru Legacy; 2008 Subaru Legacy; 2003 Subaru Outback; 2004 Subaru Outback; 2005 Subaru Outback; 2006 Subaru Outback; 2007 Subaru Outback; 2008 Subaru Outback
Component: Air Bags:passenger Side Frontal
Manufactured by: Subaru Of America, Inc.
Affected Units:: 432,016
Recall Summary:
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.
How to Fix:
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.
Recall Notes:
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Jun 17, 2015
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