Air Bag Light On problems of the 2010 Subaru Outback

The 'front passenger's frontal airbag off indicator' remains illuminated while my wife (who weighs more than 100 pounds) rides in this seat. (I. E. , the airbag is not armed. ) at best, the indicator (and the air bag) is intermittent, going on and off while we drive. Dealer has repeatedly tested the air bag sensor system and states it's working within specification. This is a serious safety issue that seems to be due to a faulty design, not a manufacturing defect.

The front passenger air bag does not indicate 'on' predictably when I am seated. I am a 125lb woman. The airbag sensor sometimes comes on. Other times it remains off. Being an engineer, I spend time moving my weight distribution, seat back position, picking my weight up and reseating myself, and other factors trying to get the airbag light to turn on during long car trips. Sometimes this works, but it is unpredictable. On the last car trip the airbag remained off for our 4 hour drive even though I tried various positions. It scares me to think that the airbag is probably not going to work if we are ever involved in a crash. We have brought the car into the dealer and they say the airbag is working properly.

2010 Subaru Outback 2. 5i premium, purchased 3/23/10. When my wife, who weighs 130 pounds, sits in the front passenger seat, most of the time the airbag light says "off", only occasionally and unpredictably does it say "on". I have had the vehicle in for service several times. The sensor was recalibrated, and the seat bottom was replaced. Both the dealership and Subaru of America say the system is operating as designed. I say I paid for an airbag that works and I want an airbag that works.

I have a new 2010 Subaru Outback that seems to be a fine automobile except for one safety-related defect. We noticed soon after starting to drive the Outback that the air bag indicator light showed that the passenger side air bag stays off when my 140-pound wife or 135-pound daughter ride in the passenger seat. We took it to a dealer who said there is no adjustment that can be made, but they re-calibrated the airbag electronics to see if that helped. It did not. I took the car back to the same dealer a couple of weeks later and was again told that there was nothing that could be done to make the passenger airbag work properly and that they have several of the new Outbacks in for the same problem and nothing can be done to fix it. Just as a test I took my wife out to the lot and had her sit in the passenger seat of another Outback to see if that one worked. It did not . I conclude that there is a design flaw in the airbag sensors in the new Outbacks that keep the passenger airbags from turning on when 135 to 140-pound adults sit in the passenger seat.

The contact owns a 2010 Subaru Outback. While the vehicle was being driven at approximately 45 mph, the contact observed that the passenger air bag warning indicator illuminated. The failure occurred intermittently at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. The technician informed that the air bag warning indicator operated normally. The contact stated that the failure had occurred since the purchase date of the vehicle. The failure mileage and VIN were unavailable.