Subaru Impreza Wrx, Impreza. Published by Transport Canada as 2015234 on 28 May 2015. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the passenger frontal airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure during airbag deployment. Increased pressure may cause the inflator to rupture, which could allow fragments to be propelled toward vehicle occupants, increasing the risk of injury. This could also damage the airbag …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2015234, dated 28 May 2015. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 15V323, dated 28 May 2015. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, WQR53.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2015234 | 15V323 |
| Dated | 28 May 2015 | 28 May 2015 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 15V323, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Subaru IMPREZA WRX in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Subaru IMPREZA WRX is named on 1 Israeli notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015234
- Recall date
- 28 May 2015
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Impreza WRX, Impreza
- Model years
- 2004 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 12,400
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the passenger frontal airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure during airbag deployment. Increased pressure may cause the inflator to rupture, which could allow fragments to be propelled toward vehicle occupants, increasing the risk of injury. This could also damage the airbag module, which could prevent proper deployment. Failure of the passenger airbag to fully deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of personal injury to the seat occupant. Correction: Dealers will replace airbag inflators.
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 2015234.
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.
- 2015206 · 15 May 2015 · Outback, Legacy, Forester · Accessories
- 2015249 · 4 June 2015 · Impreza, XV Crosstrek, Legacy · Accessories
- 2015285 · 26 June 2015 · Impreza · Airbag
- 2015358 · 6 August 2015 · Legacy, Outback · Powertrain
- 2015555 · 23 November 2015 · Legacy, Outback · Powertrain
- 2015599 · 18 December 2015 · Legacy, Outback · Airbag
- 2014586 · 22 December 2014 · Impreza, Impreza WRX, Forester · Brakes
- 2014413 · 22 September 2014 · Outback · Accessories
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015232 · 28 May 2015 · GT, Mustang · Airbag
- 2015231 · 28 May 2015 · Ranger · Airbag
- 2015235 · 28 May 2015 · Silverado, Sierra · Airbag
- 2015236 · 28 May 2015 · Lancer · Airbag
- 2015237 · 28 May 2015 · 9-2x · Airbag
- 2015238 · 29 May 2015 · XC90 · Airbag
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Subaru Impreza, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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