Subject: update: front passenger air bag inflators WQR-53 (2005-2008 legacy and outback vehicles). the...

Bulletin number

WQR-53U

Component

Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module

Summary

Subject: update: front passenger air bag inflators wqr-53 (2005-2008 legacy and outback vehicles). The wqr-53 recall is being expanded to include all 2005-2008 model year legacy and outback vehicles. This is an expansion from the current wqp-51 limited regional recall for certain 2005 model year legacy and outback vehicles, to a national recall for all 2005-2008 model year legacy and outback vehicles. The air bag inflators in the front passenger air bags for these vehicles could be susceptible to rupture and the front passenger air bag could deploy abnormally in a crash.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 300 complaints in the airbags category.