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Service bulletin SM02 - WQC-39

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 id10093987
Published by NHTSA2017-03-07
Manufacturer's numberSM02 - WQC-39
Manufacturer's date2012-12-20
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; SERVICE BRAKES

NHTSA's summary

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING SERVICE PROGRAM BULLETIN WQC-39

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

Brakes, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY2011
SUBARU OUTBACK2011

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
20185022018-09-14. Brakes
18V6260002018-09-13. PARKING BRAKE
20130632013-02-25. Accessories
13V0610002013-02-25. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20124442012-12-27. Accessories
20113432011-09-19. Accessories

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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