# 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: 10248221
- Published by NHTSA: 2024\-01\-03
- Manufacturer's number: WQR\-53R
- Manufacturer's date: 2023\-12\-28
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

"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."

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10248221-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10248221-9999.pdf)

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

## 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 \(PSAN\).
- [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
- [14V399](/bulletins/10234898.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Update: WQL?48 Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall \(NHTSA ID 14V?399\)

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