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Subaru Baja 2003–2008technical service bulletin

Bulletin WQR-53R · NHTSA communication 10084281 · issued Jan 14, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2003–2008
model years
19
vehicle entries

Official summary

"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 2005-2008 legacy and outback vehicles, including the 2005 models not yet repaired under the wqp-51 recall in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, the front passenger-side air ba

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.