I very rarely detail my vehicle. only once when i bought it in 2013 and again recently. both times, the seats were still wet from the detailing process when i picked it up. both times, while someone was sitting in the passenger seat while it was still slightly wet, the dashboard lights showed that the passenger airbag was not on. it didn't matter if the car was moving or stationary. once the seat dried, the airbag appeared to function normally. my husband took the attached picture while i was sitting in the passenger seat.
When driving with a passenger the air bag for the passenger will not turn on and dashboard lights will come on.
Passenger side airbag is turned off with a passenger sitting in the seat when the seat gets wet when something is spilled, or when the passenger sits in seat with damp/wet clothes because they got wet because it is raining outside. the passenger air bag light works properly when the seat dries out in a few days. this has happened multiple times , most recently being a few weeks ago. the light does not work properly when the car is moving or stopped.
The airbag symbol turns on at almost random times, indicating that there is an error with the airbag system. about 50% of the time i drive, the airbag system light will come on and stay on during my drive, with a passenger in the front seat. sometimes if i turn off the vehicle and turn it back on, the airbag light will turn off - but there is no consistent pattern. today the light came on, i parked the car for about 2 hours when i turned it back on the light was still illuminated.
Manufacturer recall numbertkc19 - nhtsa recall number19v009000. various subaru dealerships are booked through october '19, and january '20 in the ma area. this is forcing people to drive with defective vehicles for far to long. the only information i could get out of the phone reps was that they are limited to how many of these recalls they can perform a day. there should be no limits. it's unsafe for the wait time to be 6 to 9 months to get the repair fixed.
The occupant detection sensor (ods) cannot detect a person when seated in the passenger. i have attempted to sit in the passenger seat with the engine on and off; while in motion and also when the car is stationary. the passenger air bag light on the center dash remains illuminated "off" also, the airbag symbol turns on at almost random times, indicating that there is an error with the airbag system. about 50% of the time i drive, the airbag system light will come on and stay on during my drive, whether i am driving alone or with a passenger in the front seat. sometimes if i turn off the vehicle and turn it back on, the airbag light will turn off - but there is no consistent pattern.
Passenger seat airbag warning light shows passenger airbag disabled while a passenger is in the seat. this happens whether the car is moving or stopped. car is a 2012 subaru impreza 5-door wagon, built 10/2011. i see 2012 impreza sedans have been recalled, but i am having the same issue as those, but my car is a 5-door wagon and isn't on the recall list. please expand the recall.
Passenger air bag turns off while occupant is in the passenger seat. also seems to happen when i plug my phone charger into the car. along with air bag light going off, the electrical systems in the car powered down while i was on the highway. this is a serious safety concern. happens while driving or stationary.
The airbag sensor does not detect the front seat passenger during travel. the passesger airbag display is on at the start but then switches to off while the car is moving, after around 20 minutes or more of driving. so far, restarting the car has put the passenger airbag back on, but this requires the driver to find a safe place to stop and restart the car. this happened twice in june, once in july, and now twice this week (beginning of september). in june and july we were on an interstate going 70 mph. this week we were driving in town at 40 mph. the car was moving straight at the time. the seat was not wet.
Occupant detection sustem on passenger side malfunction, does not always recognize passenger. sometime s it stops working in middle of trip. happens sporadically, but is becoming more frequent and does not always resolve with restarting car. has to do with capacitance detection, but so far subaru dealers i contact act like it's not an issue though earlier model apparently has recall for exact issue. and no the passenger isn't wet. has been occurring for over a year and we have pulled over and restarted car, but on recent trip it was much worse. and shouldn't be happening anyway!
There is a safety issue with the occupant detection system. when there is a passenger in the front right seat the airbag sign will say passenger airbag off. this will happen when the car is moving or stationary.
Passenger and driver's air bags will show disabled whenever an electronic device is present on the person in the seat. occurs in all conditions. does not enable after removing electronic device from person.
The passenger size occupancy sensor is faulty, when you have a cellphone in your hand or touch the metal door it turns the airbag off and then does not turn it back on until a key cycle.
We were broadsided (t-boned) in an intersection with traffic lights. we were eastbound going 25mph & had just left home. two blocks from my home as i proceeded through the green light and bam she hit my driver side. recessing my front tire 3 or more inches in towards my engine. she was traveling southbound on the intersecting road. she must have been traveling 25 mph or more because damage continued all the way down the driver side (both doors) finishing on my rear tire where it bent it inwards as if it was a steering tire making a turn. the rear tire has a large gash in the side wall. the following where my wife's injuries as she was driving: acute cervical myofascial strain, cervical strain, closed head injury, dysarthria, elbow contusion, headache, muscle tension headache, post concussion syndrome, and shoulder contusion. she received all these injuries because the side impact airbags did not deploy which has to be a major manufacturing flaw of some type. please explain to me why this happened. the insurance adjuster has totaled my wife's car. it is a 2012 subaru impreza premium. i have ...
I have 2012 subaru impreza, and having a problem with the airbag light. when someone sits on the front passenger seat, the passenger side airbag indicator turns on after a few minutes, and then driver side airbag light comes on. there is a factory recall for occupant detection system (ods), and the ods control unit was replaced by the dealer (4/18/2017); however, the problem continued. i took the car to the dealer again (11/6/2017), and was told that the problem was due to the sensor mat, which is not under recall. it is $1,300 to fix it. this car has only 29k mileage, and ods sensor mad went bad! why is sensor mat not covered by recall?