2009 Subaru Forester Airbag Problems

Which parts fail

• Frontal
  1

Components named in complaints (front, side and curtain air bags, sensors and inflators).

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  110%
• 25k–50k
  220%
• 50k–75k
  330%
• 75k–100k
  110%
• 100k–150k
  330%
• 150k+
  00%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2009 Subaru Forester owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

Airbag lights have been going on and off ever since I took it into to get my airbags recalled and Subaru will not take a look at it with out me signing a form saying I am liable to pay 200 dollars if it happens to be anything else unrelated to the recall warranty.

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 Subaru Forester. While driving 40 MPH, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16V358000 (air bags). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 108,000.

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 Subaru Forester. While driving 55 MPH, the contact struck a deer and the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries sustained. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 81,904. ..updated 03/03/16

My wife was in collision on August 26, 2009, that damaged the entire front cap of her 2009 Subaru Forester, which was bought new and with approximately 11, 000 miles on it. The air bag did not deploy. The wreck was at approximate 35mph. I filed a complaint with Subaru the next day. The complaint number is 1-365436785. My Subaru representative, linda payne told me at that point that they would not be sending anyone to look at the vehicle and would go buy the insurance adjusters report. The Subaru representative told me that there was no reason why the body shop could not begin work on the vehicle. Ion September 11, 2009, I sent Subaru the estimate along with photos of the damage. The estimate amount is slightly more than $10,000. …

Takata air bag: I am writing to complaining about Subaru's inability to complete two NHTSA recall notices: in the fall of 2016 we got two recalls on our car, 16V738000 (air injection pump) and 17V026000 (passenger airbag). We have been working for over 16 months with their customer service personnel to get the required parts shipped to a german Subaru dealership to get our car back on the road. Over this time we have seen nothing concrete, had a lack of follow up, had our customer service claim number deleted in their system and reinstated again and were told all the blame was on your parent company in Japan and their inability to either respond to your recall departments personnel emails and we have been told how dangerous it is to ship these parts. I have another japanese car with me in Germany, a Honda. …

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Subaru Forester. While driving 25 MPH, the air bag light illuminated occasionally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the front passenger side seat bottom had a short in the ods. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.....updated 07/05/16 the consumer also stated the lights on the instrument panel lit up and the vehicle would stall when coming to a stop. The dealer worked on the battery terminals. However, the problem happened again, twice. Updated 07/14/16.

"Takata recall" I have attempted through 3 separate Subaru dealers to complete my air bag recall completed. One dealer claimed they could not obtain the part, another stated it was back ordered for months & would contact me when part was available, another stated the repair would take 3-4d ays & I would be w/o my car. I attempted to contact Subaru national without resolution or support. I have been waiting over 1 yr for repair work. There only advise is not to have anyone sit in the driver side front seat. Really!! How about completeing the necesssary work?? Please advise

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed and the brakes failed to respond as a result the contact crashed into a garage. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V311000 (brakes). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximately failure mileage was 30,000.

Takata recall last week, I received a letter from Subaru of America telling me that parts are available to replace my defective Takata air bag. However, the local dealer (landers mclarty Subaru, huntsville, al) says that parts are not available, and they cannot tell me when parts will be available. I think that landers mclarty Subaru is not being truthful with me - that they are trying to avoid as many air bag replacements as possible.

Takata recall : I received the recall notice, called the only Subaru dealer in the area, and was told they do not have any replacement airbags and don't know when they will get more. I am concerned for my family's safety and I am upset about the hardship not having a useable front passenger seat causes for my family with no timeline for remedy.

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