NHTSA Campaign 15V323000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 15V323000 covers 17 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Subaru of America, Inc filed the report for 15V323000 with NHTSA on May 28, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V323000, NHTSA lists up to 432,016 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 18, 2003 and May 5, 2008.
The 15V323000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V323000 were scheduled from June 17, 2015, 20 days after the report.
15V323000 covers 5 models from Subaru and Saab, model years 2003–2008.
Owners of the model years 15V323000 covers have filed at least 465 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V323000 vehicles, the 2008 Subaru Outback has the most (104).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V323000 ranks 8 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 15V323000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V323000 was 14V763000, reported on December 1, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- 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.
- The risk
- 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.
- The 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.
Reported May 28, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V323000 (17)
Subaru (16)
Saab (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V323000, 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: May 28, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted