# Service bulletin 05\-52\-12

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: 10065057
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-05\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 05\-52\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-08
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE:TORQUE ARM

## NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

## 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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2011 SUBARU IMPREZA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [WQK\-47R](/bulletins/11016213.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Subaru of America, Inc. \(SOA\) has determined that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists on certain 2005\-2009 model year Subaru Legacy and Outback vehicles, 2009\- 2013 Subaru Forester vehicles, 2008\-2011 Subaru Impreza, WRX, and STI vehicles, and 2012\-2014 Subaru WRX and STI vehicles currently or formerly registered in at least one of the “salt\-belt” states listed below or in the District of Columbia. Part numbers in the bulletin has been updated.
- [WQQ\-52R](/bulletins/11016210.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Due to incomplete repair instructions previously provided in the WQK\-47 recall bulletin, the WQQ\-52 recall will involve applying additional anti\-corrosion material to the four\-way \(2\-2 way\) joint connector area of the brake line system on Forester, Impreza, WRX, and STI vehicles previously repaired under the WQK\-47 \(14V\-311\) brake line corrosion recall prior to the December 23, 2014 WQK\-47 recall bulletin revision. The revisions to the bulletin are for part number changes.
- [03\-94\-24](/bulletins/11008259.md), 2024-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin outlines the judgment criteria to be used when inspecting front transverse link bushings to reduce unnecessary bushing replacement.
- [05\-91\-24](/bulletins/11005593.md), 2024-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This Bulletin provides guidance for diagnosing a leaking front or rear suspension strut.
- [06\-85\-22](/bulletins/10208663.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE. This bulletin announces the design change of the rear stabilizer bar.
- [05\-52\-12](/bulletins/10093183.md), 2017-02-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO INFORM YOU OF A CHANGE MADE TO ENHANCE VEHICLE PRODUCTION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE 2011MY. THIS CHANGE INVOLVES THE SELF\-LOCKING NUTS AND TIGHTENING TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS USED ON THE 5 SELECTED REAR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION BELOW.
- [05\-58\-14](/bulletins/10090194.md), 2017-02-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOUND FROM REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM \- THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE FOR DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING A RATTLE\-TYPE REAR SUSPENSION SOUND DETERMINED TO BE COMING FROM THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT.
- [12\-146\-13](/bulletins/10067873.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER/BRACKET. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [05\-58\-14](/bulletins/10067870.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOUND FROM REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM \- THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE FOR DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING A RATTLE\-TYPE REAR SUSPENSION SOUNDDETERMINED TO BE COMING FROM THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT.

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