1995 Subaru Legacy Air bags Problems

“10/162017 - I was walking down the street to meet my wife for dinner after parking my car. As I watched her pull into the parking lot in front of me in the Legacy I saw the windshield get blown out by the passenger airbag being deployed. She was stopped waiting for traffic on a city street to clear to pull in and was not moving very fast at all, approx 5 MPH. Luckily no one was in the passenger seat and my wife sustained minor injuries from flying glass. …”

“The contact owns a 1995 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that the brake pedal froze and was resistant to engagement. The failure caused the contact to crash into the rear of another vehicle. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy upon impact. The vehicle was towed to the contact place of residence and was not inspected for the failure or repaired. The failure and current mileage was 174,278.”

“My car was stopped,second in line, at the end of the exit ramp of I-91 in northampton ,ma (very slight downhill grade). The first car began to pull out. I removed foot from brake, did not place foot on gas and eased out clutch to cause car to creep forward. I looked left, saw traffic coming fast and reflexively hit brake hard. Both airbags deployed, smashing windshield. I was not hit because the seat was fully back (I'm 6'1 ) and because there was no impact to throw me forward. First car was 3' in front of mine. Driver confirmed I did not hit her. …”

“Manufacturer's recall wx0-72; earlier deployment of airbags due to wheel/tow hook apparatus.. When hitting a pebble airbags would deploy on point of contact. The consumer was against removing of the tow hook as a solution to air bag problem. Towing with out the tow hook would damage the entire front drive system according to the consumer.”

“Consumer came to a complete stop at a stop sign. She proceeded to move forward and was bumped by another vehicle from behind. Upon impact, dual airbags deployed. But passenger's airbag broke windshield. Glass was everywhere. Dealership was notified, and mechanic told her that there was a problem.”