Recall 15V323000: 2003–2008 Subaru Outback and 4 other models

Report received

May 28, 2015

Manufacturer

Subaru of America, Inc.

Potentially affected

432,016vehicles

Model years

2003–2008

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Subaru Baja vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to July 21, 2004, 2004-2005 Impreza vehicles manufactured January 28, 2003, to May 31, 2005, 2003-2008 Subaru Legacy vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to May 2, 2008, 2003-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles manufactured February 18, 2003, to May 5, 2008, and 2005 Saab 9-2x vehicles manufactured February 11, 2004, to March 17, 2005. The affected vehicles are equipped with a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture upon its deployment.

Possible consequence

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Subaru will notify their owners and General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The Subaru recall began on June 17, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. The Saab recall began on July 27, 2015. Owners of Saab vehicles may call 1-800-955-9007. Subaru's number for this recall is WQR-53. Note: The recall completely supersedes recall 14V-399 (WQL-48) and partially supersedes recall 14V-763 (WQP-51) in that model year 2004 through 2005 Subaru Impreza and model year 2005 Saab 9-2x vehicles are now only part of this campaign. Note: On December 18, 2015 Subaru informed NHTSA of an expansion of this recall to include certain model year 2003-2004 Subaru Baja, 2003-2008 Subaru Legacy and 2003-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2005 Saab 9-2X111 complaints
• 2003 Subaru Baja38 complaints
• 2004 Subaru Baja18 complaints
• 2004 Subaru Impreza96 complaints
• 2005 Subaru Impreza75 complaints
• 2003 Subaru Legacy60 complaints
• 2004 Subaru Legacy49 complaints
• 2005 Subaru Legacy184 complaints
• 2006 Subaru Legacy87 complaints
• 2007 Subaru Legacy33 complaints
• 2008 Subaru Legacy65 complaints
• 2003 Subaru Outback93 complaints
• 2004 Subaru Outback90 complaints
• 2005 Subaru Outback273 complaints
• 2006 Subaru Outback277 complaints
• 2007 Subaru Outback130 complaints
• 2008 Subaru Outback226 complaints