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Subaru Outback airbags and belts, wagon specific

The Outback and the Legacy share a platform, but the wagon body changes the rear belts, the retractor mounts, and the length of the roof curtain, so an Outback order and a Legacy order are not interchangeable in the same model year. We list Outback airbags, seat belts, and headlight assemblies recovered from specific vehicles, and the 2020 move to the wide-body generation is the other line to note, because parts do not cross it. Send us the year and the seating position and we will match it, or mail your airbag control module in for a crash data reset if the unit itself is sound.

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Airbag Control Module

Why your Outback airbag light will not go off

Subaru calls the airbag computer on your Outback the airbag control module. It is the brain of the supplemental restraint system. It watches the impact sensors, fires the front airbags and seat belt pretensioners when the car is hit hard enough, and then writes a permanent record of that deployment into its memory. That record is the reason the airbag light stays lit after an accident.

Once the crash data is stored, the module locks itself. A standard OBD2 scanner can read the codes but cannot erase them, because airbag deployment data lives at the module level, not in the general engine memory. We reset your original Outback airbag control module in our shop, wipe the crash data and hard codes, and return it factory-ready. It keeps its original VIN-matched coding, so it plugs straight back in and arms the moment it is reinstalled. That is how a mail-in airbag module reset saves you up to 80 percent against a dealer module.

Where it lives

Where the Outback airbag control module is located

On the Outback the airbag control module sits low on the floor at the center of the car, forward of the shifter and below the radio and HVAC stack, bolted directly to the body. To reach it you pull the center console box, the lower trim under the steering column, the front console panel around the shifter, and usually the audio unit, which opens up the module on the floor tunnel. The wiring into the module is wrapped in yellow, which makes it easy to spot once the trim is out of the way.

Before you touch anything, turn the ignition off, disconnect both battery cables, and wait at least three minutes. The airbags and pretensioners can still deploy for a couple of minutes after the power is pulled. The general location holds across the model years, though the exact trim you remove shifts a little between the older BR and BS generation Outbacks and the newer wide-body cars. Call us at 501-988-0611 if you cannot find yours and we will walk you through it.

Common Outback SRS codes

Subaru Outback airbag codes we clear every day

The Outback uses Subaru's B-series SRS codes. Deployment and crash-data codes clear with a reset. Circuit codes can point to a clock spring or a part. Scan yours and look it up.

B0001Driver deployment commanded B0010Passenger deployment commanded B1000Control module internal fault B0051Restraint deployment B0028Driver side impact sensor B1318Battery voltage low
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Outback model years we service

Every Outback from 1996 and newer

We handle the airbag control module and the seat belts on every Outback generation, wagon and crossover. These are the ones we see most.

  • 2020 to present Outback (sixth generation, wide body)
  • 2015 to 2019 Outback (BS generation)
  • 2010 to 2014 Outback (BR generation)
  • 2005 to 2009 Outback (BP generation)
  • 2000 to 2004 Outback (BH generation)
  • Outback Wilderness, Limited, Touring and Onyx trims
Subaru Outback with a roof rack in the mountains
Est. 1997 · Glaze family

What we do for your Outback

We reset your original Outback airbag control module and clear the stored crash data so the airbag light goes out. We also rebuild Outback single, dual, and triple-stage seat belt pretensioners and free locked retractors. You keep your factory Subaru parts, cleared and tested, with the coding Subaru built them with.

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Other Subaru models

We service the whole Subaru lineup

Same airbag control module, same two repairs across the range. Here are a few more we work on every week.

Subaru Forester

Reset the Forester airbag control module and rebuild its seat belts by mail.

Forester airbag service →

Subaru Crosstrek

Crosstrek module reset and seat belt repair, crash data cleared.

Crosstrek airbag service →

All Subaru

Impreza, WRX, Legacy, Ascent and more. See the full Subaru page.

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Restore your Outback

Get your Subaru Outback airbag light off

Mail us your original airbag control module or seat belt. We clear the crash data, rebuild the pretensioner, and ship your factory part back ready to install.

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