NHTSA Complaint #10993829 — 2017 SUBARU IMPREZA

DASHBOARD AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES ARE HOT. HAPPENS ALLS SURFACES/MOVEMENT: STATIONARY, MOVING, CITY STREET, HIGHWAY. PASSENGER SEAT EMPTY, DRIVER IN CAR ONLY. SUBARU DEALER BLAMED IT ON MY SEAT COVERS, AFTER PUSHING FOR MORE RESEARCH DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG SENSOR BUT ONLY TECHS WHO CALL INTO THEIR TECH HELP LINE ARE MADE AWARE. THE PART TO FIX THE AIRBAG ISSUE/LIGHT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, AND NO SPECIFIC DATE THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FIX. DEALERSHIP STATES THE ISSUE IS THE SENSORS LOCATED ON THE INTERIOR ROOF OF MY CAR NEXT TO INTERIOR LIGHTS. STATES THE SENSOR WIRES AREN'T COATED WELL ENOUGH FROM HEAT, CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON/NOT PROPERLY REGISTERING IF THERE IS OR IS NOT A PERSON IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. AIRBAG IS OFF IF IT DOESN'T REGISTER A PASSENGER. HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.