Vehicle Data Hub

2004 Subaru Legacy air bags problems

26 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2004 Subaru Legacy, which is 47% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
26 47% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 subaru legacy. While driving approximately 15 MPH during a snow storm, the contact drove over a patch of black ice. The vehicle began sliding, rolled over, and crashed. The air bags failed to deploy. There was no other vehicle involved in the crash. The passenger sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital the following day. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The current and failure mileages were 42,000.

Reported at 42,000 miles, December 2008 CrashInjury

Takata recall: my car has been listed for the recall since june 2016, but I have never been once contacted by subaru to come in for replacement. I have no incident, fortunately, but the field below requires a date, so I'll enter today's.

Reported at 60,000 miles, March 2017

Air bags problems in other years

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997
  • 1996
  • 1995
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 1992
  • 1991
  • 1990

Air bags problems across all Subaru models