I had to replace the passenger seat airbag because of a sensor malfunction. this is the very issue that the nhtsa is investigating for the subaru impreza 2012, yet i own a subaru impreza 2013. it is less than two years old and i should not need to replace something that is a known defect. *tr
The passenger air-bag on light illuminated and the fasten seatbelt warning sound was sounded even though there was nothing in the passenger seat. this has happened multiple times, the most recent at 21,793 miles. *tr
December 19, 2013, i purchased a subaru impreza from koeppel subaru in long island city, n.y. the dealership told me the car was "brand new" and used only for test drives. after 5 months of driving the car, the car began to have problems to start. putting the key in the ignition, there was no response. the car door had to be opened manually. the airbag warning light on the passenger side would not go off regardless of the seat being empty or occupied. someone gave me a "boost" which started the car. i was able to drive and then parked the car. i went on vacation for two weeks. after the car being unused for two weeks, again the car would not start. i informed the dealership of this problem and was advised by them to have the car towed to any subaru dealership for repair. the car was towed to bayridge subaru which evaluated the car and said that the car had a dead cell in the battery. subaru dealers were informed in april of 2013 that impreza had a defect which cause electrical problems in the car leading to the battery dying and engine problems. koeppel subaru did not inform me of this recall before i purchased the car in december of 2013. they also did not inform me that the car was previously corporate owned. i believe that koeppel should have informed me about the recall as well as the fact that it was used as a "loaner" before i purchased the car. i believe koeppel subaru committed consumer fraud by not informing me of the recall and the car's history before purchase. i do not feel safe driving the car and simply want a refund of my down payment ($5,000) and car payments made up to current date. koepell subaru should be investigated for their practices in selling used cars. i refuse to pay bayridge subaru $35/day for storage of this unsafe car. koeppel subaru is in violation of consumer protection law.
There is an intermittent issue where the "passenger air bag off" light erratically comes on when an occupant is seated in the passenger seat, and then the red dash light looking like a balloon will come on. neither the weight/positioning of the occupant nor restarting the vehicle change whether the passenger air big off light will turn on or off. *tr
The front passenger airbag turns off when there is a passenger in the seat and the car is in motion.
The passenger air bag illuminated with an off. it should always be on. the bought the car new with less than a year driving it and the passenger air bag illumination light turns to off. its really scary to think of what might have happen if there was an accident during the malfunction. *tr
I was involved in an accident while driving my recently acquired 2013 subaru impreza, where another driver hit my vehicle in a side impact on the driver side front wheel and driver door (i can send the pictures via email). the good news is that i was able to get out on the other side of the vehicle. the bad news is that the side air bags did not deploy, and this was also noted by the emergency crew who arrived on the scene. i believe that this may be a design flaw or defect that subaru engineers need to have a closer look at. *tr