Warning Light On problems of the 2018 Subaru Forester

Front passenger airbag has been intermittently on and off, with and without a passenger, with and without items on the seat. This is the third or maybe fourth occasion vehicle is at the dealer. One of the first times they inspected the car, and their solution was to relocate the "module" (whatever the module is) for that seat. They stated it will solve the problem. A month later the car started to do the passenger airbag warning light on and off again. Car back again to dealer but then light was gone off. Yesterday, Sep 23, 2019 car was dropped again at dealer with light on and the car still on, in order not to lose the situation at restart. They just called me and state the seat airbag was replaced $1,100 under warranty, car is 6500 miles or so. That we could not locate anything other than a passenger on that seat. Any item, cellular, tablet, computer, battery, bags, pursues, shopping items, papers, documents on that seat will possibly cause the situation again and they wont cover it under warranty. Also nothing in front of that seat by the floor. . ??? not possible to recline the back of the seat. . . . What? this is my first car doing that. I don't care what they say to us, it's their responsibility and a deadly risk drive this car with the passenger light on and a passenger in it and been involved in an accident. This happens with the car on, but parked, stopped waiting for a light to change, moving, going forward, going reverse, and is intermittent.

Srs warning light comes on while vehicle is stationary or in motion at random intervals. Based on my knowledge this means the srs airbag system is completely deactivated. When bringing it to Subaru's attention they blamed moisture on the seats messing with the sensors, but the seats have never had a spill on them.

Tl- the contact owns a 2018 Subaru Forester. The contact had taken his vehicle to a dealer(annapolis Subaru 149 old solomons island rd, annapolis, MD 21401 888-409-1189) because the air bag warning lights illuminated intermittently upon start. Although the vehicle had been serviced at the dealer, the failure continued to occur. While the contact's wife was driving at 55 mph, the vehicle ahead of them had suddenly slammed on the brakes unexpectedly. During this incident, the contact noticed that both the side passenger air bag and the driver air bag warning lights were illuminated at the time of the incident. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that a representative would call them back. The contact had yet to hear back for the manufacturer. The dealer was not notified of the more recent failure with the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 8,300. Jo.

Oct. 25, 2018. Car in garage stationary/started vehicle/ dashboard red warning light of seat with belt/airbag. Turned vehicle off. 1/2 hour later, returned to car, saw headlights on, two front doors locked/didn't start car. Called dealer and took in. Said airbag problem and need passenger seat replacement-but on big backorder/months and months. No firm date. Said choice: drive it at risk/ or take a rental. Gm gave us loaner. Gm said this is first one he has heard of at their dealership.

For 2 months since may 19, 2018, the airbag warning sensor light goes on my dashboard while driving and the passenger airbag �off� warning light also goes on � see attached photo. This occurrence happens almost every time I drive my vehicle. I brought the vehicle to the dealer twice for repair but the problem still exists. Subaru � starlink program has notified me with numerous emails that I should have this serious safety issue fixed as soon as possible. After not receiving any satisfaction from the dealer, I called and written twice to Subaru USA headquarters in cherry hill, NJ explaining this serious safety issue of having no active passenger airbag while driving. They stated that a part has to be ordered to repair this serious issue but it has now been 4 weeks since my initial call to headquarters with no results. I feel that they are stalling as there may not be an easy fix available. I'm extremely concern to drive the vehicle without an active passenger airbag protection for the safety of my wife if we were in an accident and there was no airbag deployment.