NHTSA recall 23V076000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 23V076000 |
| Manufacturer's number | WRF-23 |
| Manufacturer | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2023-02-13 |
| Owners notified | 2023-03-15 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 130 |
| Part numbers | 98279FE070 |
| Report | Annual report 1, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-01-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 130 |
| Reported remedied | 108 (83%) |
| Reported unreachable | 1 |
| Reported removed | 7 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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.
What is wrong
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2004-2005 Impreza and WRX vehicles that received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall. The replacement air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly.
What can happen
An incorrectly installed inflator may not properly inflate the passenger air bag, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect the passenger inflator and if necessary, install a new inflator kit, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed April 14, 2023. Owners may contact Subaru's customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRF-23.
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.nhtsa.gov.
| 2004 SUBARU IMPREZA | |
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| 2005 SUBARU IMPREZA | |
| 2004 SUBARU WRX | |
| 2005 SUBARU WRX |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 14V471 | 2023-05-08. Service bulletin. WQM?49 Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall (NHTSA ID 14V?471) |
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| WQR 53A 1 | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. Owner Notification Subaru will begin mailing to affected vehicle owners on June 17, 2015. The first owners to receive notification will be owners identified based on registration data in areas of high absolute humidity (FL, HI, PR, GU, VI, AL, GA, MS, TX, LA). In addition to notification by postal mail, vehicle owners with a valid email address and MySubaru subscribers will be notified electronically. A copy of the owner notification letter will be added at the end of the WQR?53 campaign bulletin shortly. Retailer affected VIN Lists will be distributed by the Zone Offices. Retailers are requested to order parts to support scheduled customer service appointments. |
| WQR-53P | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. WQR-53 Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Parts Supply Update (Impreza, WRX, and STI models) We are pleased to announce that our parts supply for affected 2004-2005 model year Impreza, WRX, and STI vehicles has improved and we are preparing for the owner notification process. |
| WQM-49R | 2016-09-23. Service bulletin. THE REVISEMENT OF THIS RECALL ADVISES (WQM-49) HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED TO THE WQP-51 REGIONAL FRONT PASSENGER TAKATA AIR BAG INFLATOR RECALL. |
| WQP-51 | 2016-09-23. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES SUBARU IS CONDUCTING THIS LIMITED REGIONAL RECALL TO REPLACE THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATORS PRODUCED BY TK HOLDINGS, INC. (TAKATA) IN CERTAIN 2003-2005 MODEL YEAR LEGACY, OUTBACK, AND BAJA VEHICLES AND CERTAIN 2004-2005 MODEL YEAR IMPREZA (INCLUDING WRX/STI) VEHICLES CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF HIGH ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY. |
| WQP-51RA | 2016-09-23. Service bulletin. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT PROVIDES A GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT WQM]49 TAKATA AIRBAG LIMITED REGIONAL RECALL. |
| 14V-399 | 2016-06-02. Service bulletin. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.