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Service bulletin WQR53

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10233148
Published by NHTSA2023-03-20
Manufacturer's numberWQR53
Manufacturer's date2016-01-11
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

Update: Front Passenger Air Bag Inflators WQR?53

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Air bags

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
SUBARU OUTBACK2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
SUBARU SUBARU

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20200012020-01-02. Airbag
20V0030002020-01-02. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20V0020002020-01-02. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20V0010002020-01-02. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20155992015-12-18. Airbag
15V3230002015-05-28. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
14V7630002014-12-01. AIR BAGS
04V2740002004-06-09. AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
20041892004-06-08. Airbag

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
Subarunet Announcement2024-08-05. Other. This announcement provides information on Takata Recall Escalated Towing Program.
TKA-20R, TKB-20R2024-01-03. Service bulletin. 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/2023-11-06. Service bulletin. 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,2023-06-05. Service bulletin. Takata Front Passenger Airbag Module / Inflator “Like for Like” Recall
14V4712023-05-08. Service bulletin. WQM?49 Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall (NHTSA ID 14V?471)
TKA, TKB, TKC-202023-05-02. Service bulletin. Takata Front Passenger Airbag Module / Inflator “Like for Like” Recall
14V4712023-04-24. Service bulletin. Regional Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement
WQR532023-04-17. Service bulletin. Expanded Takata Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall WQR?53
WQR53R2023-03-20. Service bulletin. Takata Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Replacement
Announcement2023-03-20. Service bulletin. Expanded Takata Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall