NHTSA Campaign 17V016000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V016000 covers 9 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 17V016000 with NHTSA on January 10, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V016000, NHTSA lists up to 62,764 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 5, 2004 and April 12, 2006.
The 17V016000 report reached NHTSA 11 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V016000 were scheduled from March 8, 2017, 57 days after the report.
17V016000 covers 4 models from Subaru and Saab, model years 2005–2008.
Owners of the model years 17V016000 covers have filed at least 115 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V016000 vehicles, the 2008 Subaru Impreza has the most (37).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V016000 ranks 39 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 17V016000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V016000 was 16V358000, reported on May 25, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Baja, 2006-2008 Impreza (including WRX and STI models), Tribeca, and 2006 Saab 9-2X vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, 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 front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 8, 2017. Subaru owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Saab owners may contact the Saab Customer Assistance Center at 1-800-955-9007. Subaru's number for this recall is TKC-17.
Reported January 10, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V016000 (9)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V016000, 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