NHTSA Complaint #11197003 — 2017 SUBARU FORESTER

MY 2017 FORESTER BEGAN HAVING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT SWITCH OFF WHEN THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. ON THE DASHBOARD, NEXT TO THE ODOMETER, A RED SQUARE WITH A LOWER CASE "I" APPEARED AND BELOW TO THE LEFT THE RED AIRBAG INDICATOR LIT. ALSO ON THE UPPER DASH, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG ON LIGHT SWITCHED TO OFF. IN ORDER TO RECTIFY THIS, I HAD TO PULL OVER, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL VARIOUS TIMES DURING NORMAL CITY STREET DRIVING. RETURNING FROM A 1200 MILE TRIP RECENTLY, IT OCCURRED NEAR THE END OF MY TRIP ABOUT EVERY 40 MILES. VERY DISTRESSING! TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID NO CODES WERE IN THE COMPUTER SHOWING ANY PROBLEMS. SAID THE SEAT MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING SPILLED ON IT WHICH NEVER HAPPENED! THEY SAID THAT THE RED SQUARE WITH THE WHITE "I" IN IT MEANT THE EYESIGHT WAS MALFUNCTIONING WHICH WAS RIDICULOUS!! WHY WOULD THE AIRBAG LIGHT MAKE THE EYESIGHT MALFUNCTION? I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE EYESIGHT AND I USE IT ALL THE TIME. WHEN I LOOKED ONLINE, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS!! SURPRISED THAT SUBARU HAS NOT HAD A RECALL FOR THIS. ARE THEY WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE DIES IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING? I RECENTLY HAD A PERSON TURN IN FRONT OF MY MY 2015 FORESTER AND ALL THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED REDUCING INJURIES. IF MY 2017 FORESTER AIRBAGS ARE NOT WORKING IN AN ACCIDENT, MY PASSENGER COULD BE SEVERELY INJURED AND SUBARU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE!! THEY NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM NOW!!!