{"nhtsa_id":10094372,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-08","date":"2015-12-22","document_id":"WQR-53U2","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"AIR BAGS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"UPDATE: FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATORS WQR-53 THE WQR-53 RECALL IS BEING EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL 2005-2008 MODEL YEAR LEGACY AND OUTBACK VEHICLES. THIS IS AN EXPANSION FROM THE CURRENT WQP-51 LIMITED REGIONAL RECALL FOR CERTAIN 2005 MODEL YEAR LEGACY AND OUTBACK VEHICLES, TO A NATIONAL RECALL FOR ALL 2005-2008 MODEL YEAR LEGACY AND OUTBACK VEHICLES. PLEASE REFER TO THE 2005 LEGACY AND OUTBACK SERVICE PROCEDURE IN THE WQP-51 BULLETIN FOR 2005-2008 LEGACY AND OUTBACK REPAIRS. THE WQR-53 PRODUCT CAMPAIGN BULLETIN WILL BE UPDATED ON STIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO REFLECT THIS EXPANSION. LIMITED PARTS AVAILABILITY WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A PARTS SHORTAGE FOR THE 2005-2008 MODEL YEAR LEGACY AND OUTBACK VEHICLES. SOA REQUESTS THAT RETAILERS ONLY ORDER QUANTITIES NECESSARY TO SATISFY ANTICIPATED DEMAND. ORDERS WILL BE MONITORED BY SOA PARTS FOR REASONABLENESS BASED ON AOR ASSIGNED VIN POPULATION.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10094372","components":[{"id":"air-bags","name":"Air bags","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2005,"year_to":2008,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_subaru_legacy","2006_subaru_legacy","2007_subaru_legacy","2008_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2005,"year_to":2008,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_subaru_outback","2006_subaru_outback","2007_subaru_outback","2008_subaru_outback"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}