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Service bulletin SB-05-50-10R

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037968
Published by NHTSA2011-06-08
Manufacturer's numberSB-05-50-10R
Manufacturer's date2011-02-03
NHTSA componentTIRES

NHTSA's summary

SUBARU: THERE IS A STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO AN IMPORPER WHEEL BALANCE. *RM

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

Tires

Vehicles listed
SUBARU B9 TRIBECA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SUBARU BAJA2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
SUBARU ESTEEM2000 to 2001
SUBARU FORESTER1995 to 1997
SUBARU FORESTER1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
SUBARU IMPREZA1990
SUBARU IMPREZA1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
SUBARU IMPREZA STI2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU LEGACY1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
SUBARU OUTBACK1995 to 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU TRIBECA2008 to 2010
SUBARU WRX2002 to 2006

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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