NHTSA Campaign 18V013000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V013000 covers 12 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 18V013000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V013000, NHTSA lists up to 93,209 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 9, 2008 and August 6, 2010.
The 18V013000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V013000 were scheduled from February 9, 2018, 31 days after the report.
18V013000 covers 6 models from Subaru, model years 2009–2010.
Owners of the model years 18V013000 covers have filed at least 233 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V013000 vehicles, the 2010 Subaru Outback has the most (44).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V013000 ranks 30 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 18V013000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V013000 was 17V026000, reported on January 11, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2010 Tribeca, Impreza, Forester, WRX, Legacy, and Outback vehicles 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 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 TKB-18.
Reported January 9, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V013000 (12)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V013000, 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