Subaru Impreza 2004–2005 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin WQR -53R · NHTSA communication 10090412 · issued May 28, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2004–2005
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
"as previously announced, subaru will be conducting a recall of certain 2004 ]2005my subaru impreza (including wrx/sti) vehicles. The air bag inflators in the front passenger air bags for these vehicles could be susceptible to rupture and the front passenger air bag could deploy abnormally in a crash. Wqr -53 is a geographic expansion of the current wqp ]51 limited regional recall, to a national recall for impreza models only. Details of the transition from wqp ]51 to wqr ]53 for the impreza models are listed below."
Vehicles covered
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.