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Service bulletin 12-149-13

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 id10085182
Published by NHTSA2016-11-30
Manufacturer's number12-149-13
Manufacturer's date2013-03-22
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN OUTLINES A PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF THE PZEV BADGING WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY INSTALLED ON THE REAR GATE OF 1,766 FED EMISSION SPECIFICATION VEHICLES. THE OTHER EMISSION LABELING ON THESE VEHICLES IS CORRECT. OWNERS OF VEHICLES WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RETAILED WILL BE RECEIVING A NOTIFICATION LETTER REQUESTING THEY RETURN TO THEIR SUBARU DEALER FOR REMOVAL OF THE PZEV BADGING.

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, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

Vehicles listed
SUBARU OUTBACK2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20245462024-08-15. Label
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
20130632013-02-25. Accessories
13V0610002013-02-25. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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