# Service bulletin 07\-163\-19

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: 10169858
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-01\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 07\-163\-19
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-12\-05
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

"This Service Information Bulletin announces IMPORTANT changes to the parts ordering and Service Procedures for replacement passenger airbag modules and airbag control modules used in the models listed above. The change is due to discontinuation of the original equipment passenger airbag module assemblies used in 2015\-17MY vehicles. The replacement passenger airbag module assemblies for the 2015\-17 MY Legacy and Outback will now be the same part used in 2018MY Legacy and Outback. The 2018MY Legacy and Outback also utilizes a different airbag control module than the 2015\-17 MY Legacy and Outback. The 2018MY passenger airbag module assembly is now specified for 2015\-18MY vehicles. As a result, whenever installing the 2018MY passenger airbag module on a 2015\-17MY vehicle, the airbag control module AND airbag module assembly MUST be replaced together as a matching set."

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169858-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169858-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 to 2018 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V910000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V910000.md), 2019-12-19: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
- [16V716000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V716000.md), 2016-10-06: AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER; STEERING:COLUMN

## 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.
- [17\-18\-23](/bulletins/10237254.md), 2023-06-05, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces availability of the one\-time use mounting clip and spacer clip for the air bag curtain module.
- [171713R](/bulletins/10234841.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; AIR BAGS; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Event Data Recorder \(EDR\) Function of Airbag Module
- [171713](/bulletins/10233435.md), 2023-04-03, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Event Data Recorder \(EDR\) Function of Airbag Module
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10173127.md), 2020-04-02, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin provides information regarding Event Data Recorder \(EDR\) functionality which has been incorporated into the airbag system.
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10171089.md), 2020-02-05, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Bulletin provides information regarding Event Data Recorder \(EDR\) functionality which has been incorporated into the airbag system.
- [WUX\-09R](/bulletins/10171072.md), 2020-02-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS. Subaru is recalling certain 2016\-2017 model year Outback vehicles in which an incorrect Airbag Control Module may have been installed as a replacement part. A total of 46 U.S. vehicles may be affected by this recall.
- [07\-163\-19](/bulletins/10169857.md), 2020-01-07, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. "This Service Information Bulletin announces IMPORTANT changes to the parts ordering and Service Procedures for replacement passenger airbag modules and airbag control modules used in the models listed above. The change is due to discontinuation of the original equipment passenger airbag module assemblies used in 2015\-17MY vehicles. The replacement passenger airbag module assemblies for the 2015\-17 MY Legacy and Outback will now be the same part used in 2018MY Legacy and Outback. The 2018MY Legacy and Outback also utilizes a different airbag control module than the 2015\-17 MY Legacy and Outback. The 2018MY passenger airbag module assembly is now specified for 2015\-18MY vehicles. As a result, whenever installing the 2018MY passenger airbag module on a 2015\-17MY vehicle, the airbag control module AND airbag module assembly MUST be replaced together as a matching set."
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10154207.md), 2019-03-11, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; AIR BAGS. This Bulletin provides information regarding Event Data Recorder \(EDR\) functionality which has been incorporated into the airbag system.
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10138778.md), 2018-05-29, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. NOTE: The Airbag systems used on previous and current WRX, STI and Tribeca models are NOT equipped with EDR functionality. This Bulletin provides information regarding Event Data Recorder \(EDR\) functionality which has been incorporated into the airbag system. The function of the EDR is best explained using the following statements found in the vehicle Owner?s Manual: ?This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder \(EDR\). The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash\-like situations such as an airbag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in the understanding how a vehicle?s systems performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as: ? How various systems in your vehicle were operating; ? Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened; ? How far \(if at all\) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; ? How fast the vehicle was traveling. This data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.

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