# Service bulletin 03\-68\-12R

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: 10093967
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-03\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 03\-68\-12R
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-12\-11
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CENTER SUPPORT BEARING

## NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN REVIEWS A CHANGE TO THE PART NUMBERS USED FOR THE TRANSFER DRIVEN GEAR BEARINGS. THESE REVISED BEARINGS ARE TO BE USED TO ENHANCE DURABILITY.

## 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

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 to 2009 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2001 to 2009 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2000 to 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2005 to 2009 SUBARU OUTBACK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2002200](/recalls/tc/2002200.md), 2002-11-05: Powertrain
- [02V282000](/recalls/nhtsa/02V282000.md), 2002-10-30: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SubaruNet Announcement \(R](/bulletins/11033056.md), 2026-06-01, Other: POWER TRAIN. This announcement provides information on the remanufactured CVT transmission program.
- [03\-97\-26](/bulletins/11032040.md), 2026-05-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces the service manual correction regarding clutch master cylinder reservoir service procedures.
- [Subaru Service Technical](/bulletins/11022305.md), 2025-09-02, Other: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. Subaru Service Technical Support Newsletter special edition.
- [Subarunet Announcement](/bulletins/11005624.md), 2024-08-05, Other: POWER TRAIN. This annoucement provides parts personnel information about remanufactured transmissions that will no longer be available.
- [169214](/bulletins/10234910.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Replacement AT Oil Cooler Piping
- [169114](/bulletins/10234840.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Correction to Diagnostics for 5AT\-Related DTCs
- [037012R](/bulletins/10234828.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This Bulletin provides production change, repair procedure and parts information to address a customer concern of a high\-pitched sound coming from the transmission extension housing area.
- [166399R](/bulletins/10234261.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE. Remanufactured Automatic Transaxle Program
- [036812R](/bulletins/10234258.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CENTER SUPPORT BEARING. 5MT Transfer Driven Gear Bearings
- [03\-82\-18R](/bulletins/10186364.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces a design change to the clutch release bearing.

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