Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | ||||||||||||||||
| 04V274000 | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. | from 10/02/2003 to 06/01/2004 | V (Vehicle) | 1987 | 06/11/2004 | MFR | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. | 06/09/2004 | 06/16/2004 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | The left and right side curtain air bags in certain vehicles involved in this campaign may not fully deploy rapidly enough when activated in a side impact collision. during a side impact test conducted by the insurance institute for highway safety (iihs), the test results indicated that there was a difference between the iihs test results and the result of side impact tests conducted by fhi. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This may result in failure to provide the intended head protection, increasing the risk of injury to a seat occupant. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the left and right side curtain air bag modules. the recall began on june 11, 2004. owners should contact subaru at 1-800-782-2783. . | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Subaru recall no. wwr02.customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/27/2011 | 63000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 subaru outback. while parked the contact noticed the air bag light illuminated on the dash board. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostics. the techniaicians stated the air bag sensor and module needed to be replaced. the technicians informed the contact there was a recall nhtsa campaign id number: 04v274000 (component: air bags:side/window) for the air bags. the manufacturer was contacted and stated there was not a recall. the failure was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 64,000. ds | |||
| 09/30/2008 | |||
| Tl*the contact owned a 2005 subaru outback. the contact stated that the brakes failed to engage and the vehicle crashed into a tree and caught fire. the air bags did not deploy. three people were injured and police and fire reports were filed. a month prior to the accident, the vehicle was inspected and no failures were found. the vehicle was inspected after the crash and it was discovered that the tumbler system was defective. the vin was unavailable at the time of the complaint. the current and failure mileages were unknown. | |||
| 03/27/2006 | 13000 | 1 | 06/30/2005 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 15 mph, the vehicle was hit in the front driver side wheel area. the airbags did not deploy. although the seat belt was worn, the contact sustained minor injuries to the head, neck, and spine. there was a police report taken at the scene. the vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop. | |||
| 07/13/2005 | 9000 | 1 | 12/22/2004 |
| On july 13, 2005 i totaled my 2005 subaru outback by rolling it about three times. none of the airbags deployed-not even the side curtain airbags. i understand that the side curtain airbags are designed to deploy in a roll over. *nm | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 11/11/2008 | 47000 | 1 | |
| November 15, 2008 my husband was driving to work when the airbags in our 2005 subaru outback deployed without provocation. our car was immediately taken to the authorized subaru dealership here in puerto rico where they have yet to discover what caused this to happen. we purchased our car in seattle but we live here because my husband is stationed here for the military. we have been attempting to get subaru of america's assistance in determining what caused this deployment but they have not been very helpful. nothing has been repaired because we don't want anything done if they don't know what happened to the car. we are fearful to drive our car again and want subaru of america to be a little more active and interested in discovering what could have caused a serious safety malfunction in their vehicle. as far as we know the service manager here sent them an email informing them that after he had looked over the car, he sees no damage that could have caused it. this information we already knew, because we weren't involved in any sort of collision. so far this is the extent of their involvement in the situation. *tr | |||