1995 Subaru Impreza defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1995 Subaru Impreza. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT
  Engineering Analysis EA97010 · opened Apr 30, 1997 · closed Dec 23, 1998 · led to recall 98V315000

  In its letter dated december 21, 1998, subaru stated that the vehicles identified above will be recalled.subaru dealers will remove the front towing/tie-down hooks.refer to nhtsa recall no. 98v-315 for details.

• OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT
  Preliminary Evaluation PE96075 · opened Dec 18, 1996 · closed Apr 30, 1997

  Odi has reviewed 33 complaints of oversensitive' air bag deployment (I.e., any non-crash deployment) received by odi and subaru involving model year 1995 subaru impreza & legacy vehicles and all other impreza & legacy vehicles equipped with air bag systems identical or similar to those in the 1995 impreza & legacy; the…