NHTSA Campaign 12V047000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 12V047000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 12V047000 with NHTSA on February 9, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V047000, NHTSA lists up to 381 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2011 and December 23, 2011.
The 12V047000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V047000 were scheduled from February 21, 2012, 12 days after the report.
12V047000 covers 2 models from Subaru, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 12V047000 covers have filed at least 50 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V047000 vehicles, the 2012 Subaru Outback has the most (39).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V047000 ranks 28 of 35 SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V047000, SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC has 2 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 12V047000 was 07V043000, reported on February 12, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SUBARU IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 LEGACY AND OUTBACK VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 1, 2011, THROUGH DECEMBER 23, 2011. THESE VEHICLES MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS THAT CONTAIN AN INCORRECT PROPELLANT MIXTURE FOR THE INITIATOR COMPONENT USED, RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT OUTPUT OF COMPRESSED GAS.
- The risk
- THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY.
- The fix
- SUBARU WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE ONE OR BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG MODULES, FREE OF FEBRUARY 21, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SUBARU AT 1-800-782-2783.
- Notes
- SUBARU'S RECALL NUMBER IS WVZ-36.
Reported February 9, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V047000 (2)
Subaru (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V047000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 9, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted