NHTSA Campaign 17V026000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V026000 covers 13 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 17V026000 with NHTSA on January 11, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V026000, NHTSA lists up to 69,529 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 27, 2004 and April 12, 2006.
The 17V026000 report reached NHTSA 11 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V026000 were scheduled from March 6, 2017, 54 days after the report.
17V026000 covers 6 models from Subaru, model years 2005–2009.
Owners of the model years 17V026000 covers have filed at least 220 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V026000 vehicles, the 2009 Subaru Forester has the most (40).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V026000 ranks 36 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 17V026000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V026000 was 17V016000, reported on January 10, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Baja, 2009 Forester, Legacy and Outback and 2006-2009 Impreza (including WRX and STI models) and Tribeca vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in the states of 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. 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 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 passenger front 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 TKB-17.
Reported January 11, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V026000 (13)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V026000, 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 11, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted