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Subaru Baja 2003–2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin WQR-53R · NHTSA communication 10093126 · issued Sep 25, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2003–2005
model years
11
vehicle entries

Official summary

"update september 2015: subaru is consolidating takata recall wql-48 (14v-399) into the existing wqr-53 (15v-323) takata recall. The vehicles included in this consolidated national recall include the following: affected 2004-2005 impreza, wrx, and sti models from the national expansion of the wqp-51 recall 2003-2004 legacy, outback, and baja vehicles affected by and not yet repaired under the wql-48 recall 2004 impreza, wrx, and sti vehicles affected by and not yet repaired under the wql-48 recall in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, the front

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.