# NHTSA recall 15V419000

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: 15V419000
- Manufacturer's number: WQT\-55
- Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2015\-07\-01
- Owners notified: 2015\-08\-21
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 30348

## What is wrong

Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain 2012 model year Subaru Impreza 4\-Door and Station Wagon vehicles \(except WRX/STI models\) manufactured April 21, 2011, to February 16, 2012.  In the affected vehicles, the Occupant Detection System \(ODS\) may deactivate if a front seat passenger operates a device that is plugged into the power outlet such as a music player or cell phone, or touches a metal part of the vehicle such as the forward/rearward seat adjuster lever.


## What can happen

If the ODS deactivates, the front passenger air bag will be turned off and the front passenger air bag will not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.


## The remedy

Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Occupant Control Unit with a modified one, free of charge. The recall began August 21, 2015.  Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-800\-782\-2783.  Subaru's number for this recall is WQT\-55.


## 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 6, for 2016 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-01\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 30348
- Reported remedied: 20499 \(67%\)
- Reported unreachable: 574
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 4, 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

- [2012 SUBARU IMPREZA](/makes/subaru/impreza/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-04\-21 to 2012\-02\-16.

## Investigated as PE15012

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.

- PE15012: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2015\-04\-10, closed 2015\-07\-15. Passenger Front Air Bag Suppression. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V419000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V419000/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.

- [Subarunet Announcement](/bulletins/11005609.md), 2024-08-05, Other
- [TKA\-20R/TKB\-30R/](/bulletins/10244915.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin
- [171713](/bulletins/10233435.md), 2023-04-03, Service bulletin
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10173127.md), 2020-04-02, Service bulletin
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10171089.md), 2020-02-05, Service bulletin
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10154207.md), 2019-03-11, Service bulletin
- [17\-17\-13R](/bulletins/10138778.md), 2018-05-29, Service bulletin
- [17\-17\-13](/bulletins/10065127.md), 2016-05-13, 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/15V419000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V419000)

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