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Service bulletin SB-12-145-13

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 id10051901
Published by NHTSA2013-04-19
Manufacturer's numberSB-12-145-13
Manufacturer's date2013-04-17
ReplacesSB-12-145-13-R
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS

NHTSA's summary

SUBARU: THE RETAINING NUTS MAY DISTORT REAR BODY PANEL MOUNTING AND SEALING SURFACES ENOUGH, ALLOWING MOISTURE SEEPAGE, PAST SEALS, TO COMBINATION LAMPS AND TRUNK AREA, DUE TO SMALL DIAMETER FLANGE SURFACE. MODEL 2013 BRZ. *PE

The document

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Components

Lighting, Tail lights

Vehicles listed
SUBARU BRZ2013

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
12-162-142016-05-23. Service bulletin. DESIGN CHANGE TO REAR COMBINATION LAMPS TO PREVENT INSECT INTRUSION
SB-07-59-07R2014-01-03. Service bulletin. SUBARU: THE FORMATION OF MOISTURE AND/OR CONDENSATION, INSIDE OF REAR COMBINATION AND HEADLAMPS, IS TEMPORARY, AND WILL EVAPORATE WHEN TEMPERATURE RISES INSIDE LAMPS. MODEL ALL. NO YEARS LISTED. *PE