![]() This did not occur immediately on seating of the passenger and was sporadic. Less than one year after purchase of a new 2017 Subaru Forester I noted periodically the passenger airbag failure light would turn on and stay on when a passenger was in the passenger seat. As of today 10/18/18 Subaru as not corrected the issue. Corporate Subaru personnel have also contacted me concerned about this issue. My vehicle has been at the dealer since and I am still waiting for the part which they keep calling me and telling me it is on backorder. Two days later they told me it was a national back order on the part. They said it would take 2 days to get the part. The service advisor then spoke to a manager and they then informed me that the problem was the airbag sensor in the seat. I insisted however that my seat was never wet nor stained. The dealer claimed that my problem was caused by a stain on my seat, they claimed the mechanic cleaned the seat and they were going to release the vehicle to me. When this occurred the vehicle was in motion every time. The light would randomly come on advising me that the passenger seat airbag was not on. None of those things have caused the malfunction light to go on in my vehicle. When I took the vehicle to the dealer they first advised me that the airbag light was do to the seat being wet, placing a cell phone or lap top on the seat. Two alerts show up in different areas on the dash lights indicating a problem with the passenger air bag advising to have it check immediately by the dealer. Included in the complaint are postings from the Subaru and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) websites describing the same problem.The passenger airbag will stop working while the passenger is seated in the front passenger seat. However, the complaint says, they create “excessive and unreasonable restrictions on the usability of the passenger seat.” The owner’s manual has a long list of special precautions for the use of the front seat. ![]() The complaint says that drivers experience the indicators turning on and off while they’re driving, whether or not there is a person of sufficient weight in the passenger seat. However, the complaint says, if the sensor “determines that someone is seated but that the passenger-side airbag should not be activated for safety reasons, an indicator with the message ‘PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF’ … must illuminate on the vehicle dashboard.” In modern vehicles, the complaint says, the front passenger-side seat has a sensor “to sense whether a person of sufficient weight is properly seated in the passenger seat.” If so, the airbag is activated so that it will deploy in the event of an accident. 208 as saying that any vehicle with “n occupant protection system that deploys in the event of a crash shall have a monitoring system with a readiness indicator.” The complaint quotes Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. The staff charged Kassian $55.78 and told her to bring the vehicle back when it was experiencing the problem.Īccording to the complaint, the problem is ongoing the defect still occurs intermittently, with or without passengers in the seat. Again, the dealership found the error code B1650, but it was unable to reproduce the problem. In August 2019, with the problem continuing, she took the vehicle in again to Subaru By-The-Bay to have the defective sensor repaired or replaced. However, the dealership did not fix the problem the complaint says the staff there simply told Kassian “that she could not put electronics, such as her cell phone, on the passenger seat.” The vehicle showed error code B1650, meaning an error in the occupant detection system. She “experienced the Defect intermittently,” the complaint says, and took the vehicle to Subaru By-The-Bay in Petotsky, Michigan for servicing. Plaintiff Janelle Kassian bought her 2018 Forester on February 17, 2018, from Serra Subaru in Tranverse City, Michigan. The Nationwide Class is all persons in the US who bought or leased a 2015-2018 Subaru Forester. The complaint for this class action alleges that 2015-2018 Subaru Foresters have a defect that intermittently prevents them from detecting passengers and therefore does not get the airbag ready for deployment. If a passenger-side airbag system does not detect a passenger in the seat, it will not deploy.
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