Subaru Impreza 2004–2005 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin WQR 53A · NHTSA communication 10140452 · issued Jun 2, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2004–2005
model years
6
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 G1recall, 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.