After a few fruitless calls to Maidstone Subaru last year ('no idea when we'll be getting parts'), a couple of months ago I actually received a letter from Subaru UK informing me of the recall. I've owned the car since August 2014 and the recall was June 2015, and yet it has taken another 9 months? I suppose eventually their admin dogsbody will get around to everybody!

Anyway, in the letter was a list of potential dealerships that could do the work, including one in Tunbridge Wells (where I work) that doesn't sell Subaru any more. Another bit of sloppy admin from Subaru UK I thought, but when I rang them they said they still do servicing, just don't sell Scoobs anymore. Lifestyle Ford, in case anyone else wants to give them a try, 01892 731500.

So I put my name on the waiting list in March, and they rang me last week to say they'd got the parts, and I booked it in for Friday. All done in a couple of hours, and they checked the steel lower front control arms for corrosion too (another recall from a few years back), along with the obligatory check to see if they could sell me some other maintenance work. The lady said they had plenty of people on the waiting list and the parts were coming through very slowly, but reckoned they would get everyone done by the end of the year.

So I have been absent from here for a long time sadly but am now fully returned :) I've had the Hawk WRX all along though and she's been kind and cruel in honesty. I note with interest the age of this thread vs. the age of the recall letter which dropped on my doormat this morning lol if only I'd known! At least I know now I suppose. Straight on the blower we go. Yikes!

Kind lady at Nathaniel Bridgend advised the waiting list is in the timescale of several months. Beware if local, you will be waiting a bit :)

Has anyone had their airbag replaced on a JDM car yet?

My local dealer contacted Subaru UK / IM who told them my car (MY05 WRX STI) was an import and didn't need the airbag replaced.

Is there any easy way to find out if a car is fitted with a Takata airbag?

Hi I have a JDM WIDETRACK thinking same and contacted Subaru uk who the contacted Subaru Japan who confirmed my car is subject to safety recall SRT212 and advised to contact nearest dealership which I then did and they were very helpfull indeed now I await a phone call and happy days
Go through link to contact Adrian Hogg from Subaru uk will sort it for you pal:thumb: