NHTSA Campaign 18V014000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V014000 covers 6 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 18V014000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V014000, NHTSA lists up to 72,150 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 3, 2007 and March 31, 2009.
The 18V014000 report reached NHTSA 9 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V014000 were scheduled from February 9, 2018, 31 days after the report.
18V014000 covers 6 models from Subaru, model years 2009.
Owners of the model years 18V014000 covers have filed at least 113 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V014000 vehicles, the 2009 Subaru Forester has the most (40).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V014000 ranks 33 of 97 Subaru of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 18V014000, Subaru of America, Inc has 21 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V014000 was 17V026000, reported on January 11, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009 Tribeca, Impreza, Forester, WRX, Legacy, and Outback vehicles 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 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 inflators, 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 TKC-18.
Reported January 9, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V014000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V014000, 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