2014 Subaru Impreza

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON (RED STICK FIGURE GETTING HIT IN THE FACE WITH WITH AIRBAG) ILLUMINATES IN DASHBOARD AT RANDOM TIMES. PASSENGER AIRBAG IS SWITCHED TO ON WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT, BUT TURNS OFF WHEN PASSENGER IS PRESENT. THE WEIGHT OF A CELLPHONE CAN TRIGGER PASSENGER AIRBAG TO COME ON WHICH THEY ARE CLAIMING IS NORMAL. WHEN DRIVING ALONE PASSENGER SEATBELT ALARM WILL DING FORCING ME TO KEEP PASSENGER SEATBELT PLUGGED IN MOST OF TIME. IVE TAKEN THE CAR IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO TWO DIFFERENT SUBARU DEALERSHIP BUT THEY BOTH CLAIM EVERYTHING IS WORKING IN PERFECT ORDER. THE NOTES I USE TO DESCRIBE THIS ISSUE IS ALWAYS DELETED WHEN I ARRIVE AT DEALERSHIP. I DO NOT EVEN WANT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND CANT AFFORD THE DIAGNOSTIC FEES ON TOP OF MISSING DAYS FROM WORK. THE ISSUE HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS PARKED OR DRIVING. A LITTLE RESEARCH SHOWS SUBARU IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT CONTINUES TO PRETEND NOTHING IS WRONG - THEY INSTEAD OFFER ME TO TRADE IN VEHICLE. I WOULD RATHER DRIVE VEHICLE OFF A CLIFF THAN TO HAVE THEM RESELL VEHICLE TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO WILL END UP GOING THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OR WORSE - AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING CAUSING INCREASED INJURY OR DEATH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS CEASED IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXCESSIVELY TURN THE KEY WHEN IN THE IGNITION FOR THE KEY TO BE RELEASED. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE DEALER (ANCHOR SUBARU - ADDRESS: 949 EDDIE DOWLING HWY, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI 02896, PHONE: (401) 769-1199) WHO SCHEDULED AN UPCOMING APPOINTMENT HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR CONTINUALLY MALFUNCTIONS AND TURNS OFF THE AIRBAG WHILE A FRONT PASSENGER IS IN PLACE. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE FOR WHICH A NHTSA RECALL WAS PLACED ON 2013 SUBARU IMPREZAS, SO THE PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO ONLY THAT ONE MODEL YEAR. IN FACT, THIS APPEARS TO BE COMMON ACROSS ALL SUBARUS' ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE SENSOR. THIS RECALL MUST BE EXPANDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF PASSENGERS IN THESE CARS.

THE RECALL PART REPLACEMENT DIDN'T FIX MY BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING BECAUSE OF A BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH DEFECT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE SUBARU DEALER IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA FOR PART REPLACEMENT. THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE PART BUT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STILL DO. IT WORK AND THAT IT WOULD COST $1000.00 FOR THEM TO FIX THE ELECTRICAL WIRES.

PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND THE INDICATOR FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SHOWS IT IS OFF EVEN THOUGH A 200LB PERSON IS IN THE SEAT. IF AIRBAGS ARE REQUIRED THEN SHOULDN'T THEY WORK? THE CAR HAS 60K MILES ON IT AND WE ONLY PUT ON 200 MILES SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. IF WE ARE IN AN ACCIDENT THIS TELLS ME NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FOR THE PASSENGER

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WAS ABLE TO PULL CAR OVER QUICKLY AND THROW IT INTO NEUTRAL. IT THEN PRECEDED TO ACCELERATE RADICALLY ON ITS OWN. WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, THE HORN LOST ITS CONNECTION AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO HONK AT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I AVOIDED A COLLUSION BY PULLING OVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS TOOK PLACE ON A CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR DRIVING STRAIGHT.

WHILE DRIVING (ON ANY KIND OF ROAD), A LIGHT INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF WILL ILLUMINATE, EVEN WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. THE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL BECOME ACTIVE EVEN WITH NO PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. CHARGING A PHONE OR EVEN PLACING A PHONE IN THE SEAT SEEMS TO MAKE THE ISSUE WORSE. TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC RESULTED IN FAULT CODE B1650: OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THIS EXACT ISSUE WAS THE SOURCE OF A 2012 SUBARU IMPREZA RECALL, BUT NOT FOR THE 2014 MODELS, WHERE THIS ISSUE IS OCCURRING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR 2014 SUBARU IMPREZA MODELS. FORUM SEARCHING HAS REVEALED SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS ISSUE, LARGELY IN 2013 AND 2014 MODELS. THE 2012 RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO 2013 AND 2014 MODELS, AS THESE MODELS CLEARLY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE 2012 MODELS.