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2017 Subaru FORESTER Air Bags Occupant Classification System - Oc Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1534503
Internal NHTSA #	11173781
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2017
File date	07/01/19
Component	AIR BAGS: OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - OC
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	This car has suffered a persistent failure of the passenger seat occupant detection system. It happens at random with or without a passenger in the seat, and there is no specific trigger for it that i can discover. The dealer diagnosed this issue after several failures on january 7, 2019 and on the dealer's advice, we gave the car to the dealer for service on january 9, 2019, and we have been in a loaner since then. The last we have heard from the dealer is that the parts to repair this issue are currently not available and they won't be available until april, 2019. This is not an isolated incident and we have seen on the internet numerous other subaru owners with this issue
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	15000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WAKE FOREST, NC
VIN pattern	JF2SJAGC4HHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2017 Subaru FORESTER Air Bags Occupant Classification System - Oc Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2017 Subaru FORESTER Air Bags Occupant Classification System - Oc Problems, Complaints and Defects

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