# Service bulletin WQR\-53R

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10092534
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-02\-22
- Manufacturer's number: WQR\-53R
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-08\-24
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

"SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. \(SUBARU\) IS EXPANDING REGIONAL RECALL NUMBER WQP\-51 \(14V\-763\) ON CERTAIN 2004\-2005 MODEL YEAR IMPREZA \(INCLUDING WRX/STI\) VEHICLES TO A NATIONAL RECALL. THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH FRONT AIR BAG SPI\-TYPE INFLATORS WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN A DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT \(NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 15E\-041\) SUBMITTED BY TAKATA ON MAY 18, 2015. UPON DEPLOYMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG, THE INFLATOR MAY RUPTURE DUE TO EXPOSURE TO PERSISTENT CONDITIONS OF HIGH ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY AND/OR DUE TO MANUFACTURING VARIABILITY."

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2005 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2004 to 2005 SUBARU WRX
- 2004 to 2005 SUBARU WRX STI

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [23V076000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V076000.md), 2023-02-13: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2020001](/recalls/tc/2020001.md), 2020-01-02: Airbag
- [20V003000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V003000.md), 2020-01-02: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [20V002000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V002000.md), 2020-01-02: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [20V001000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V001000.md), 2020-01-02: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2015234](/recalls/tc/2015234.md), 2015-05-28: Airbag
- [15V323000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V323000.md), 2015-05-28: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2014285](/recalls/tc/2014285.md), 2014-07-04: Airbag

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Subarunet Announcement](/bulletins/11005609.md), 2024-08-05, Other: AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This announcement provides information on Takata Recall Escalated Towing Program.
- [TKA\-20R, TKB\-20R](/bulletins/10248223.md), 2024-01-03, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. has determined that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in certain 2003\-2014 model year Legacy and Outback vehicles, 2003\-2006 model year Baja vehicles, 2009\-2013 model year Forester vehicles, 2004\-2011 model year Impreza vehicles, and 2004\- 2014 WRX \(including STI\) vehicles equipped with a non\-desiccated Takata\-sourced passenger\-side frontal air bag containing the propellant Phase Stabilized Ammonium Nitrate \(PSAN\).
- [WQR\-53R](/bulletins/10248221.md), 2024-01-03, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. "Takata Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement. UPDATE – April 2016: New and different inflators are available for affected 2004\-2005 Impreza, WRX, and STI vehicles."
- [TKA\-20R/TKB\-30R/](/bulletins/10244915.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. has determined that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in certain 2003\-2014 model year Legacy and Outback vehicles, 2003\-2006 model year Baja vehicles, 2009\-2013 model year Forester vehicles, 2004\-2011 model year Impreza vehicles, and 2004\- 2014 WRX \(including STI\) vehicles equipped with a non\-desiccated Takata\-sourced passenger\-side frontal air bag containing the propellant Phase Stabilized Ammonium Nitrate \(PSAN\).
- [TKA\-20R,TKB\-20R,](/bulletins/10237234.md), 2023-06-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS. Takata Front Passenger Airbag Module / Inflator “Like for Like” Recall
- [14V471](/bulletins/10235890.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL. WQM?49 Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall \(NHTSA ID 14V?471\)
- [TKA, TKB, TKC\-20](/bulletins/10235277.md), 2023-05-02, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Takata Front Passenger Airbag Module / Inflator “Like for Like” Recall
- [WQL48Rb](/bulletins/10234957.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement
- [WQL48Ra](/bulletins/10234956.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement
- [14V471](/bulletins/10234900.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Regional Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement

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