Subaru Forester. Published by Transport Canada as 2012189 on 22 June 2012. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the center rear seating position seatbelt, when used in automatic locking retractor mode, may not allow the proper installation of a child restraint system or booster seat and could revert to emergency locking mode while in use. Although the seatbelt would still lock in the event of a crash, the …
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Subaru FORESTER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Subaru FORESTER is named on 26 American notices, 12 British, 8 European and 26 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012189
- Recall date
- 22 June 2012
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Forester
- Model years
- 2009 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 35,585
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the center rear seating position seatbelt, when used in automatic locking retractor mode, may not allow the proper installation of a child restraint system or booster seat and could revert to emergency locking mode while in use. Although the seatbelt would still lock in the event of a crash, the belt could loosen during normal operation and cause the child restraint or booster seat to shift or become improperly positioned, increasing the risk of injury. Correction: Subaru will send owners a locking clip to be used to properly secure a child restraint system or booster seat, and an owner's manual supplement with instructions on its use. Also, dealers will replace the center seatbelt retractor upon request.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2012189.
Subaru elsewhere in this register
Subaru is named on 151 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2012048 · 9 February 2012 · Legacy, Outback · Airbag
- 2012444 · 27 December 2012 · Tribeca, Forester, Outback · Accessories
- 2011414 · 29 November 2011 · Legacy, Outback, Impreza · Brakes
- 2013058 · 19 February 2013 · XV Crosstrek · Other
- 2013063 · 25 February 2013 · Legacy, Outback, Impreza · Accessories
- 2011342 · 19 September 2011 · Outback, Legacy · Electrical
- 2011343 · 19 September 2011 · Legacy, Outback · Accessories
- 2011344 · 19 September 2011 · Impreza, Forester · Suspension
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012201 · 5 July 2012 · V13r · Seats And Restraints
- 2012211 · 12 July 2012 · Juke · Seats And Restraints
- 2012215 · 13 July 2012 · T680 · Seats And Restraints
- 2012233 · 25 July 2012 · All American School Bus, Vision School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2012245 · 30 July 2012 · Big Kid Amp Booster Seat · Seats And Restraints
- 2012152 · 3 May 2012 · B-Safe · Seats And Restraints
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Subaru: 151 in the register, and 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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