# NHTSA recall 15V323000 A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups. - Published by: NHTSA \(United States\) - Campaign number: 15V323000 - Manufacturer's number: WQR\-53 - Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc. - Reported: 2015\-05\-28 - Owners notified: 2015\-06\-17 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 432016 ## What is wrong Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain model year 2003\-2004 Subaru Baja vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to July 21, 2004, 2004\-2005 Impreza vehicles manufactured January 28, 2003, to May 31, 2005, 2003\-2008 Subaru Legacy vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to May 2, 2008, 2003\-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles manufactured February 18, 2003, to May 5, 2008, and 2005 Saab 9\-2x vehicles manufactured February 11, 2004, to March 17, 2005. The affected vehicles are equipped with a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture upon its deployment. ## What can happen In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Subaru will notify their owners and General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The Subaru recall began on June 17, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-800\-782\-2783. The Saab recall began on July 27, 2015. Owners of Saab vehicles may call 1\-800\-955\-9007. Subaru's number for this recall is WQR\-53. Note: The recall completely supersedes recall 14V\-399 \(WQL\-48\) and partially supersedes recall 14V\-763 \(WQP\-51\) in that model year 2004 through 2005 Subaru Impreza and model year 2005 Saab 9\-2x vehicles are now only part of this campaign. Note: On December 18, 2015 Subaru informed NHTSA of an expansion of this recall to include certain model year 2003\-2004 Subaru Baja, 2003\-2008 Subaru Legacy and 2003\-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles. ## Notes Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov. ## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported - Report: Quarterly report 32, for 2023 quarter 1 - Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-04\-28 - Vehicles in the campaign: 432016 - Reported remedied: 329703 \(76%\) - Reported unreachable: 0 - Reported removed: 82262 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2023 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19. ## Vehicles this campaign lists - [2005 SAAB 9\-2X](/makes/saab/9-2x/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-02\-11 to 2005\-03\-17. - [2003 SUBARU BAJA](/makes/subaru/baja/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2004\-07\-21. - [2004 SUBARU BAJA](/makes/subaru/baja/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2004\-07\-21. - [2004 SUBARU IMPREZA](/makes/subaru/impreza/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-28 to 2005\-05\-31. - [2005 SUBARU IMPREZA](/makes/subaru/impreza/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-28 to 2005\-05\-31. - [2003 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2005\-05\-02. - [2004 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2005\-05\-02. - [2005 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2005\-05\-02. - [2006 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2006/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2005\-05\-02. - [2007 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2007/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2005\-05\-02. - [2008 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2008/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-22 to 2005\-05\-02. - 2003 SUBARU OUTBACK. Built 2003\-02\-18 to 2008\-05\-05. - 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK. Built 2003\-02\-18 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2005 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-02\-18 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2006 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2006/recalls.md). Built 2003\-02\-18 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2007 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2007/recalls.md). Built 2003\-02\-18 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2008 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2008/recalls.md). Built 2003\-02\-18 to 2008\-05\-05. ## Investigated as EA15001 This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected. - EA15001: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-02\-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V323000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V323000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [14V471](/bulletins/10235890.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin - [WQR 53A 1](/bulletins/10140551.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin - [WQR\-53P](/bulletins/10140526.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin - [WQR\-53U](/bulletins/10094369.md), 2017-03-08, Service bulletin - [WQM\-49R](/bulletins/10080923.md), 2016-09-23, Service bulletin - [WQP\-51](/bulletins/10080922.md), 2016-09-23, Service bulletin - [WQP\-51RA](/bulletins/10080921.md), 2016-09-23, Service bulletin - [14V\-399](/bulletins/10068678.md), 2016-06-02, Service bulletin ## Check a VIN - [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) - [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V323000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V323000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2015V323000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F15V323000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2015V323000)