NHTSA Campaign 16V358000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V358000 covers 30 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 16V358000 with NHTSA on May 25, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V358000, NHTSA lists up to 302,127 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 14, 2002 and March 8, 2004.
The 16V358000 report reached NHTSA 12 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V358000 were scheduled from July 22, 2016, 58 days after the report.
16V358000 covers 7 models from Subaru and Saab, model years 2003–2011.
Owners of the model years 16V358000 covers have filed at least 586 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V358000 vehicles, the 2011 Subaru Outback has the most (73).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V358000 ranks 12 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V358000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V358000 was 15V419000, reported on July 1, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Legacy, Outback, 2009-2011 Legacy, Outback, Forester, 2006-2011 Impreza, Tribeca, 2003-2006 Baja, and 2006 Saab 9-2x vehicles originally sold or that have ever been registered in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." These vehicles may be equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Subaru will notify their owners. General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began August 26, 2016. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-856-488-8500. Saab owners may contact GM at 1-800-955-9007. Subaru's number for this recall is TKA-16.
Reported May 25, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V358000 (30)
Subaru (29)
- 2003 Subaru Baja
- 2004 Subaru Baja
- 2005 Subaru Baja
- 2006 Subaru Baja
- 2009 Subaru Forester
- 2010 Subaru Forester
- 2011 Subaru Forester
- 2006 Subaru Impreza
- 2007 Subaru Impreza
- 2008 Subaru Impreza
- 2009 Subaru Impreza
- 2010 Subaru Impreza
- 2011 Subaru Impreza
- 2003 Subaru Legacy
- 2004 Subaru Legacy
- 2009 Subaru Legacy
- 2010 Subaru Legacy
- 2011 Subaru Legacy
- 2003 Subaru Outback
- 2004 Subaru Outback
- 2009 Subaru Outback
- 2010 Subaru Outback
- 2011 Subaru Outback
- 2006 Subaru Tribeca
- 2007 Subaru Tribeca
- 2008 Subaru Tribeca
- 2009 Subaru Tribeca
- 2010 Subaru Tribeca
- 2011 Subaru Tribeca
Saab (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V358000, 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 25, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted