2010 SUBARU OUTBACK Seats Problems

AT APPROXIMATELY 6:35 A.M. CST I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I RECALL HEARING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A WOMAN SCREAMING, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF TIRES SCREECHING AS WHEN BRAKES ARE QUICKLY APPLIED. I GLANCED INTO MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND DID NOT SEE ANY ONCOMING HEADLIGHTS. IT WAS THEN THAT MY CAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF BEING THROWN BACKWARD FROM THE REAR IMPACT, OR BEING THROWN FORWARD FROM THE IMPACT OF HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, OR STOPPING. I ALSO DO NOT RECALL THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG IN MY STEERING WHEEL. MY NEXT THOUGHT WAS REALIZING THAT I WAS IN A RECLINING POSITION AND SEEING THE BENT HOOD OF MY CAR WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD. I WAS IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN. MY LOWER BACK WAS BURNING AND I HAD GREAT PAIN IN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT PRESSURE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 10/28/14 *BF

********** NOTIFICATION OF CASE CHANGE (ALL TIMES ARE GMT-0500) PROJECT: NHTSA HOTLINE CENTER CASE: 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK CRASH CASE NUMBER:[XXX] ESCALATION: NONE STATUS: OPEN DATE: 11/15/2011 TIME: 22:14:06 CREATION DATE: 11/10/2011 CREATION TIME: 07:50:07 DESCRIPTION: ENTERED ON 11/15/2011 AT 22:14:06 EST (GMT-0500) BY [XXX]: THANK YOU BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT THIS EMAIL IS TELLING ME. PLEASE EXPLAIN AND LET ME KNOW IF I NEED TO DO OR SEND SOMETHING. [DUPLICATE MESSAGE SNIPPED] ENTERED ON 11/15/2011 AT 17:43:19 EST (GMT-0500) BY TBENT: THANK YOU FOR CONTACTING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE INFORMATION CENTER. FOR CRASH TESTS INFORMATION THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE OR IN THE HOTLINE DATABASE, PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL TO [email protected] WITH THE YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE. WE HOPE THAT YOU FIND THIS INFORMATION HELPFUL. HOWEVER, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OUR SERVICES PLEASE FEEL FREE...

WHILE AT A STOP LITE OR STANDING THE CAR SEND A VIBRATION THROW THE DOOR PANELS BRAKE PEDAL, BACK OF DRIVER SEAT HAD IT BACK TO DEALER AND THEY RAN CHECK ON IT AND CAME UP WITH NORMAL I THINK THEY ARE WRONG IT SCARES ME THAT IT COULD START ON FIRE. *TR