Vehicle recall 98V315000 · December 11, 1998
Subaru Impreza and Legacy
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Inadvertent air bag deployment can occur after undercarriage contact of the tow hooks with curbs, dips, speedbumps, potholes, etc.
- Consequence
- Unexpected air bag deployment could result in personal injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will remove the front tow hooks.
- Notes
- Owner notification began June 1, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Subaru at 1-800-782-2783.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 98V315000
- Reported to NHTSA
- December 11, 1998
- Filed by
- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
- Owner notification
- June 1, 1999
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 95,673
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation
- Components
- Air bags
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Subaru Impreza (1994-1995): 1995, 1994
- Subaru Legacy (1995-1996): 1996, 1995
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