# Service bulletin 12\-190\-15R

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: 10093662
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-03\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-190\-15R
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-10\-30
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER\(MOTORCYCLE\); POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS CUSTOMER CONCERNS OF A CREAKING SOUND HEARD WHEN OPERATING THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THE CAUSE OF THE SOUND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A VERY SLIGHT AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE 2 LAYERS OF METAL \(CIRCLED IN YELLOW\) WHICH FORM THE SPECIFIC CLUTCH AND BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY MOUNTING BRACKET SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOS BELOW.

## 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

Transmission and driveline, Clutch

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2016 SUBARU BRZ
- 2015 to 2016 SUBARU WRX
- 2014 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2015 to 2016 SUBARU WRX STI

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [03\-78\-17R](/bulletins/10186366.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. This bulletin announces a design change to the clutch release bearing.
- [03\-86\-20](/bulletins/10183689.md), 2020-12-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:MASTER CYLINDER; EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides additional repair procedures to follow when replacing a leaking clutch master cylinder on certain vehicles.
- [03\-79\-18R](/bulletins/10150946.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER\(MOTORCYCLE\); EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces a change to the clutch system components optimizing their durability and resistance to certain severe driving conditions including high\-temperature operation.
- [03\-79\-18R](/bulletins/10150921.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces a change to the clutch system components optimizing their durability and resistance to certain severe driving conditions including high\-temperature operation.
- [10\-84\-16R](/bulletins/10120975.md), 2017-10-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the availability of a new Air Conditioning compressor / clutch assembly to address customer concerns of the system not operating. Electrical windings located inside the clutch assembly have been changed to eliminate the condition. The service procedure will involve replacement of the A/C compressor and clutch as a complete assembly.
- [12\-190\-15](/bulletins/10093628.md), 2017-03-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS CUSTOMER CONCERNS OF A CREAKING SOUND HEARD WHEN OPERATING THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THE CAUSE OF THE SOUND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A VERY SLIGHT AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE 2 LAYERS OF METAL \(CIRCLED IN YELLOW\) WHICH FORM THE SPECIFIC CLUTCH AND BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY MOUNTING BRACKET SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOS BELOW.

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