# Service bulletin 12\-157\-13R

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: 10090322
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-02\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-157\-13R
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-05\-07
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A REPAIR PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A RATTLE OR BUZZING\-TYPE SOUND COMING FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE “A” PILLAR TRIM WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPY OR ROUGH ROAD SURFACES. THE LOWER INSERTION CLAWS AND / OR THE TRIM’S SUPPORT RIB MAY BE COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE BODY CAUSING THE SOUND.

## 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

- 2013 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2014 to 2015 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2012 to 2013 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.
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- [1217414](/bulletins/10235926.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. Instrument Panel Side Vents Coming Loose
- [1217314R](/bulletins/10235925.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Stain Removal from the Headliner
- [1217314](/bulletins/10235924.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Stain Removal from the Headliner
- [1215813](/bulletins/10235922.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Uneven Gap between ?A? Pillar Trim and Speaker Grille
- [1215713](/bulletins/10235921.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Rattle or Buzzing Sound from ?A? Pillar Trim
- [1215113R](/bulletins/10235918.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Increase to Detent Force of Front Door Checker Mechanism
- [078013](/bulletins/10235898.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides additional information \(see TSB 07\-76\-13R dated 7/8/2013\) regarding the PRG system operation and initialization procedure.
- [TechTIPS](/bulletins/10235875.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Subaru Service and Technical Support Line Newsletter

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