# Service bulletin SM04

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: 10093274
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-03\-01
- Manufacturer's number: SM04
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-26
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

## NHTSA's summary

SUBARU SERVICE PROGRAM WQC\-39: ECM REPROGRAMMING

## 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

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA
- 2013 SUBARU BRZ
- 2011 to 2012 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2011 to 2012 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2011 to 2012 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2011 SUBARU TRIBECA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12\-251\-18](/bulletins/10150887.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; STRUCTURE:BODY; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. This bulletin provides a service procedure to address a gap between the top edge of the door and the instrument panel on the models listed as shown in the photo below. The gap may also make the glove box door difficult to close fully.There is a latch to keep the glove box closed on both sides of the glove box door. If the door is closed without using enough force to engage both latches or by pushing it shut on just one side instead of in the middle, one may close and not the other. Over time, if the door is not fully closed with both latches, high cabin temperatures along with weight of the items inside the glove box may cause the assembly to deform slightly and a gap to develop.
- [08\-39\-15](/bulletins/10093622.md), 2017-03-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE FOR RESETTING THE LIFETIME FUEL CONSUMPTION FUNCTION OF THE MFD. WHENEVER REPLACING THE MFD AND / OR COMBINATION METER, THE LIFETIME FUEL CONSUMPTION FUNCTION OF THE MFD MUST BE RESET FOR ACCURATE INFORMATION TO DISPLAY GOING FORWARD. IF NOT RESET, ERRONEOUS VALUES \(EITHER EXTREMELY HIGH IN THE CASE OF A MFD REPLACEMENT OR EXTREMELY LOW FOR A COMBINATION METER REPLACEMENT\) FOR LIFETIME FUEL CONSUMPTION WILL BE DISPLAYED. THERE IS NO WAY TO TRANSFER THE OLD / EXISTING LIFETIME FUEL CONSUMPTION RESULTS TO THE NEW MFD OR COMBINATION METER ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED. AS A RESULT, AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE MFD AND / OR COMBINATION METER, ALL CALCULATIONS WILL START FRESH FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES.
- [12\-174\-14](/bulletins/10093529.md), 2017-03-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. INSTRUMENT PANEL SIDE VENTS COMING LOOSE \- TO ADDRESS CUSTOMER CONCERNS OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SIDE DASH GRILLE VENT ASSEMBLY COMING LOOSE, THE RETAINING CLAW PORTION HAS BEEN REDESIGNED TO PROVIDE BETTER RETENTION.
- [04\-13\-14R](/bulletins/10090321.md), 2017-02-03, Service bulletin: STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SERVICE BULLETIN IF YOU RECEIVE A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF THE EPS WARNING LIGHT COMING ON AND DIAGNOSTICS SHOW A DTC C2532 STORED IN MEMORY, A NEW EPS CONTROL UNIT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THIS CODE. THERE MAY ALSO BE A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF INCREASED STEERING EFFORT ALONG WITH THE EPS WARNING LIGHT COMING ON.
- [15\-178\-15](/bulletins/10083886.md), 2016-11-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A “CHECK DEVICE” ERROR MESSAGE BEING DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN OF THEIR PANASONIC AUDIO UNIT. THIS CONDITION IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN WARM CLIMATES AND / OR DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN CABIN TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY EXCEED 158°\(F\) DURING A HOT SOAK SITUATION.
- [12\-174\-14](/bulletins/10068671.md), 2016-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [03\-72\-14](/bulletins/10067858.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT. HILL START ASSIST \(HSA\) WARNING LIGHT, DTC C0076 \- THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION TO ADDRESS A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF THE HILL START ASSIST WARNING LAMP.

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