# Service bulletin SB\-12\-108\-09

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10028526
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-05\-06
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-12\-108\-09
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-02\-11
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; STRUCTURE:BODY

## NHTSA's summary

SUBARU: VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, IT MAY BE COMING FROM THE BODY SEAM LOCATED BEHIND THE FRONT INNER FENDER WELL. TO CORRECT THE CONDITION, THE BODY SEAM WILL NEED TO BE SEALED. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2009 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2008 to 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [13\-108\-25](/bulletins/11022304.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides information on paint codes for vehicles in the 2026 line up.
- [1214613](/bulletins/10232880.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. Revised Trunk Springs and Mounting Bracket
- [1513108R](/bulletins/10232875.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Rear Door Wheel Arch Molding
- [214413](/bulletins/10232851.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Front Door Glass Does Not Close Properly
- [12\-231\-18R](/bulletins/10140485.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces a design change to the air vent grille located in the lower portion of the trunk \(or cargo\) area. The shutters of the vent grille are designed to open briefly and relieve cabin pressure when the doors are shut with the windows fully closed. The vent grilles have rubber ?shutters? which occasionally, may catch on the frame \(case\) portion and not close properly allowing outside air / odor to enter the cabin.
- [12\-231\-18R](/bulletins/10140470.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. This bulletin announces a design change to the air vent grille located in the lower portion of the trunk \(or cargo\) area. The shutters of the vent grille are designed to open briefly and relieve cabin pressure when the doors are shut with the windows fully closed. The vent grilles have rubber ?shutters? which occasionally, may catch on the frame \(case\) portion and not close properly allowing outside air / odor to enter the cabin.
- [12\-231\-18](/bulletins/10130277.md), 2018-03-13, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. \( 2017\-2018MY Impreza \- 5 Dr Only\)
- [15\-131\-08R](/bulletins/10083705.md), 2016-10-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. IN THE EVENT YOU ENCOUNTER A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THAT THE REAR DOOR WHEEL ARCH MOLDING IS LOOSE, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE 3M™ TAPE WHICH ATTACHES THE MOLDING HAS NOT ADHERED PROPERLY. PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING THE MOLDING\(S\).
- [15\-131\-08R](/bulletins/10067853.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [07\-71\-12](/bulletins/10065082.md), 2016-05-13, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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