NHTSA Campaign 18V012000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V012000 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 18V012000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V012000, NHTSA lists up to 64,179 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 9, 2008 and May 21, 2013.
The 18V012000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V012000 were scheduled from February 9, 2018, 31 days after the report.
18V012000 covers 6 models from Subaru, model years 2009–2013.
Owners of the model years 18V012000 covers have filed at least 518 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V012000 vehicles, the 2011 Subaru Outback has the most (73).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V012000 ranks 37 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 18V012000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V012000 was 17V026000, reported on January 11, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2013 Legacy, Forester, Tribeca, WRX and Outback vehicles, and 2009-2011 Impreza vehicles 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 used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An explosion of an inflator within the passenger frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the front seat passenger, driver or other 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 on February 9, 2018. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is TKA-18.
Reported January 9, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V012000 (28)
Subaru (28)
- 2009 Subaru Forester
- 2010 Subaru Forester
- 2011 Subaru Forester
- 2012 Subaru Forester
- 2013 Subaru Forester
- 2009 Subaru Impreza
- 2010 Subaru Impreza
- 2011 Subaru Impreza
- 2009 Subaru Legacy
- 2010 Subaru Legacy
- 2011 Subaru Legacy
- 2012 Subaru Legacy
- 2013 Subaru Legacy
- 2009 Subaru Outback
- 2010 Subaru Outback
- 2011 Subaru Outback
- 2012 Subaru Outback
- 2013 Subaru Outback
- 2009 Subaru Tribeca
- 2010 Subaru Tribeca
- 2011 Subaru Tribeca
- 2012 Subaru Tribeca
- 2013 Subaru Tribeca
- 2009 Subaru WRX
- 2010 Subaru WRX
- 2011 Subaru WRX
- 2012 Subaru WRX
- 2013 Subaru WRX
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V012000, 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 9, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted