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2004 Subaru Forester air bags problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2004 Subaru Forester10% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Air Bags complaints
10%
share of all complaints
68,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Hello, this is the second 04 subaru forester I have owned that has a faulty solder airbag connection causing the airbag light to be on and likely disabling some or all of the airbag system. That is very high likelihood that most of these 03-04 vehicles are affected. Why is there not a recall to…

    filed Jun 15, 2019

  • Having seen the complaints from other users regarding the reliability of airbag deployment in this model vehicle. Relevant to let the proper authorities know of a rollover accident in which no airbags (nor front nor side) deployed with a resulting fatality. *tr

    filed Feb 10, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.