# Service bulletin WQR53\-memo

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: 10139471
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-06\-04
- Manufacturer's number: WQR53\-memo
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-05\-04
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

NHTSA announced in a press conference today, the planned expansion of the airbag inflator recall to an additional 35 to 40 million vehicles from various manufacturers nationwide. We are currently assessing which of our models may be covered. We hope to make that determination soon. When specific vehicles are identified, owners will be notified plus vehicle identification numbers \(VINs\) can be researched on Subaru.com or on the NHTSA web site Safercar.gov.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10139471-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10139471-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 2006 to 2007 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA
- 2003 to 2006 SUBARU BAJA
- 2009 to 2011 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2006 to 2011 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2003 to 2004 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2009 to 2011 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2003 to 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2009 to 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2008 to 2011 SUBARU TRIBECA

## 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
- [2019013](/recalls/tc/2019013.md), 2019-01-10: Airbag
- [19V009000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V009000.md), 2019-01-09: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [19V008000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V008000.md), 2019-01-09: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [19V007000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V007000.md), 2019-01-09: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2018019](/recalls/tc/2018019.md), 2018-01-10: Airbag
- [18V014000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V014000.md), 2018-01-09: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

## 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\-17R, TKB\-17R](/bulletins/10248224.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 Subaru vehicles listed, equipped with a non\-desiccated Takata\-sourced passenger side frontal airbag containing the propellant Phase Stabilized Ammonium Nitrate \(certain specific vehicles only\).
- [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
- [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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