NHTSA Campaign 16V359000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V359000 covers 15 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 16V359000 with NHTSA on May 25, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V359000, NHTSA lists up to 146,010 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 14, 2002 and March 8, 2004.
The 16V359000 report reached NHTSA 12 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V359000 were scheduled from August 24, 2016, 91 days after the report.
16V359000 covers 6 models from Subaru and Saab, model years 2003–2008.
Owners of the model years 16V359000 covers have filed at least 208 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V359000 vehicles, the 2008 Subaru Impreza has the most (37).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V359000 ranks 24 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V359000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V359000 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, 2006-2008 Impreza, Tribeca, 2006 Saab 9-2x, and 2003-2006 Baja vehicles originally sold or that have ever been registered in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." 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 24, 2016. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-856-488-8500. Subaru's number for this recall is TKB-16. Note: This notice is only for vehicles that were not covered by 16V-358 for Zone A.
Reported May 25, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V359000 (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V359000, 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