Airbag recall - Saab?

[widebody911]

My wife has a 2005 Saab 92-X (Linear). For those of you who don't know, this car was built during Saab's GM-owned interregnum, effectively a 3-headed bastard child: It is a Subaru Impeza wagon, with Saab badging and interior, sold by GM. The Saab shops want nothing to do with it - it's not really a Saab. GM shops want nothing to do with it, it's a Saabaru. Subaru shops will grudgingly work on it.

So, she got her recall notice. She called the dealer, who very politely told her to pound sand - they don't sell those any more.

I think she needs to be more, um, assertive with the dealer.

I looked it up on the NHTSA site
SUMMARY:
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Subaru Baja vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to July 21, 2004, 2004-2005 Impreza vehicles manufactured January 28, 2003, to May 31, 2005, 2003-2008 Subaru Legacy vehicles manufactured January 22, 2003, to May 2, 2008, 2003-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles manufactured February 18, 2003, to May 5, 2008, and 2005 Saab 9-2x vehicles manufactured February 11, 2004, to March 17, 2005. The affected vehicles are equipped with a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture upon its deployment.
CONSEQUENCE:
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
REMEDY:
Subaru will notify their owners and General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The Subaru recall began on June 17, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. The Saab recall began on July 27, 2015. Owners of Saab vehicles may call 1-800-955-9007. Subaru's number for this recall is WQR-53. Note: The recall completely supersedes recall 14V-399 (WQL-48) and partially supersedes recall 14V-763 (WQP-51) in that model year 2004 through 2005 Subaru Impreza and model year 2005 Saab 9-2x vehicles are now only part of this campaign. Note: On December 18, 2015 Subaru informed NHTSA of an expansion of this recall to include certain model year 2003-2004 Subaru Baja, 2003-2008 Subaru Legacy and 2003-2008 Subaru Outback vehicles.
NOTES:
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to Home | Safercar -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

[Holger]

Ummm, doesnt the recall notice come from a manufacturer/dealer?
I have had several recalls for our Toyota Yaris and they all came from the manufacturer/dealer.
It does not matter if they sell them or not any more. They produced the crap and have to take care.

[jyl]

The dealer has to carry out the warranty work. Contact NHTSA and/or GM corporate.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by jyl

The dealer has to carry out the warranty work. Contact NHTSA and/or GM corporate.

You may be able to have a Subaru dealer do it also.

[Holger]

The info on what to do is there:

Subaru will notify their owners and General Motors will notify Saab owners. Dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The Subaru recall began on June 17, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. The Saab recall began on July 27, 2015. Owners of Saab vehicles may call 1-800-955-9007.