# Service bulletin WQR\-53C

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: 10094370
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-03\-08
- Manufacturer's number: WQR\-53C
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-12\-22
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

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. PLEASE REFER TO THE 2005 LEGACY AND OUTBACK SERVICE PROCEDURE IN THE WQP\-51 BULLETIN FOR 2005\-2008 LEGACY AND OUTBACK REPAIRS. THE WQR\-53 PRODUCT CAMPAIGN BULLETIN WILL BE UPDATED ON STIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO REFLECT THIS EXPANSION. 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.

## 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

- 2005 to 2008 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2005 to 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [2015599](/recalls/tc/2015599.md), 2015-12-18: Airbag
- [15V323000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V323000.md), 2015-05-28: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [14V763000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V763000.md), 2014-12-01: AIR BAGS
- [04V274000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V274000.md), 2004-06-09: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- [2004189](/recalls/tc/2004189.md), 2004-06-08: 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 \(PSAN\).
- [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
- [14V471](/bulletins/10234900.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Regional Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement
- [WQR53](/bulletins/10234291.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Expanded Takata Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall WQR?53
- [WQR53R](/bulletins/10233149.md), 2023-03-20, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Takata Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement
- [WQR53](/bulletins/10233148.md), 2023-03-20, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Update: Front Passenger Air Bag Inflators WQR?53

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