NHTSA Campaign 17V014000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V014000 covers 28 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 17V014000 with NHTSA on January 10, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V014000, NHTSA lists up to 53,480 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 2004 and April 11, 2006.
The 17V014000 report reached NHTSA 11 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V014000 were scheduled from March 6, 2017, 55 days after the report.
17V014000 covers 7 models from Subaru, model years 2005–2012.
Owners of the model years 17V014000 covers have filed at least 555 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V014000 vehicles, the 2011 Subaru Outback has the most (73).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V014000 ranks 41 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 17V014000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V014000 was 16V361000, reported on May 25, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Subaru Baja, 2006-2011 Impreza (including WRX and STI models), 2006-2012 Tribeca, 2009-2012 Forester, Legacy, Outback, and 2012 WRX vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in the states of 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. These vehicles are 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 owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 6, 2017. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is TKA-17.
Reported January 10, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V014000 (28)
Subaru (28)
- 2005 Subaru Baja
- 2006 Subaru Baja
- 2009 Subaru Forester
- 2010 Subaru Forester
- 2011 Subaru Forester
- 2012 Subaru Forester
- 2006 Subaru Impreza
- 2007 Subaru Impreza
- 2008 Subaru Impreza
- 2009 Subaru Impreza
- 2010 Subaru Impreza
- 2011 Subaru Impreza
- 2009 Subaru Legacy
- 2010 Subaru Legacy
- 2011 Subaru Legacy
- 2012 Subaru Legacy
- 2009 Subaru Outback
- 2010 Subaru Outback
- 2011 Subaru Outback
- 2012 Subaru Outback
- 2006 Subaru Tribeca
- 2007 Subaru Tribeca
- 2008 Subaru Tribeca
- 2009 Subaru Tribeca
- 2010 Subaru Tribeca
- 2011 Subaru Tribeca
- 2012 Subaru Tribeca
- 2012 Subaru WRX
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V014000, 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: January 10, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted