# NHTSA recall 16V359000 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: 16V359000 - Manufacturer's number: TKB\-16 - Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc. - Reported: 2016\-05\-25 - Owners notified: 2016\-08\-24 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 146010 ## What is wrong Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain model year 2003\-2004 Legacy, Outback, 2006\-2008 Impreza, Tribeca, 2006 Saab 9\-2x, and 2003\-2006 Baja vehicles originally sold or that have ever been registered in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." These vehicles may be equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long\-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling. ## What can happen An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Subaru will notify their owners. General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began August 24, 2016. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-856\-488\-8500. Subaru's number for this recall is TKB\-16. Note: This notice is only for vehicles that were not covered by 16V\-358 for Zone A. ## 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 28, for 2023 quarter 2 - Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-07\-24 - Vehicles in the campaign: 146010 - Reported remedied: 92119 \(63%\) - Reported unreachable: 0 - Reported removed: 41338 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2023 quarter 2, 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 - [2006 SAAB 9\-2X](/makes/saab/9-2x/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-09\-26 to 2006\-03\-31. - [2003 SUBARU BAJA](/makes/subaru/baja/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-16 to 2006\-04\-12. - [2004 SUBARU BAJA](/makes/subaru/baja/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-16 to 2006\-04\-12. - [2005 SUBARU BAJA](/makes/subaru/baja/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-16 to 2006\-04\-12. - [2006 SUBARU BAJA](/makes/subaru/baja/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-16 to 2006\-04\-12. - [2006 SUBARU IMPREZA](/makes/subaru/impreza/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-05\-27 to 2008\-07\-03. - [2007 SUBARU IMPREZA](/makes/subaru/impreza/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-05\-27 to 2008\-07\-03. - [2008 SUBARU IMPREZA](/makes/subaru/impreza/2008/recalls.md). Built 2005\-05\-27 to 2008\-07\-03. - [2003 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-03\-08 to 2004\-03\-03. - [2004 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-03\-08 to 2004\-03\-03. - 2003 SUBARU OUTBACK. Built 2002\-02\-14 to 2004\-03\-08. - 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK. Built 2002\-02\-14 to 2004\-03\-08. - 2006 SUBARU TRIBECA. Built 2004\-12\-22 to 2008\-04\-01. - 2007 SUBARU TRIBECA. Built 2004\-12\-22 to 2008\-04\-01. - 2008 SUBARU TRIBECA. Built 2004\-12\-22 to 2008\-04\-01. ## 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/16V359000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V359000/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 - [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/16V359000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V359000) [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%2016V359000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F16V359000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2016V359000)