2001 Subaru Legacy recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Incorrect beige rear center seat belt webbing was installed. The belt length is too short.
💥 The risk
The seat occupant would not be properly restrained in the event of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace all beige colored rear center lap/shoulder belts with lot number 0171.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V392000
- Manufacturer recall #
- WWA-84
- Manufacturer
- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 368
- Component
- SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
- Owner phone
- 1-800-782-2783
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 26, 2001
- Built
- Jun 21, 2000 – Aug 9, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began january 26, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact subaru at 1-800-782-2783. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).