"Subaru of america, inc. (soa) has determined that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, may...
Subaru technical service bulletin WQL-48R for 2003-2004 Subaru Outback, 2003-2004 Subaru Legacy and 2004 Subaru Impreza and others.
- Bulletin number
- WQL-48R
- Component
- Air bags
- Summary
- "subaru of america, inc. (soa) has determined that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, may exist on certain 2003-2004 model year subaru legacy, outback, and baja vehicles, and certain 2004 model year subaru impreza (including wrx and sti) vehicles. The subject vehicles are equipped with front passenger air bag inflators which could have been assembled with improperly manufactured propellant wafers. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, improperly manufactured propellant wafers inside the inflator could cause the inflator to rupture with metal fragments striking and potentially seriously injuring the vehicle occupants."
Owners of these vehicles have filed 112 complaints in the airbags category.
Vehicles covered
- Subaru Outback 2003-2004 20032004
- Subaru Legacy 2003-2004 20032004
- Subaru Impreza 2004 2004
- Subaru WRX 2003-2004 20032004
- Subaru Baja 2003-2004 20032004
- Subaru WRX STI 2004 2004
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