# Service bulletin 12\-204\-16R

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: 10111095
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-204\-16R
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-07\-20
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS; STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin provides potential source locations and procedures to help isolate areas of the vehicle which may be generating popping, clicking or creaking sounds when the body is in a "twisting" condition. This can occur while driving on rough, irregular or uneven road surfaces or even during lowspeed maneuvers such as pulling into or backing out of a driveway. Production information and field reports received indicate where multiple layers of the vehicle's body structure are spot\-welded together, primarily in the "D"\-pillar and rear gate opening areas, a "stick\-slip" condition can occur between the layers and cause these types of sounds to occur. Service information has been released previously describing similar conditions which involved accessing and then punching or separating the layers of metal and applying a lubricant to prevent recurrence. Those same techniques may also provide good results on these vehicles too but, in some cases, a Body Shop repair may be required.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10111095-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10111095-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2016 SUBARU FORESTER

## 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.
- [1217514](/bulletins/10235927.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; STRUCTURE. Design Change to Rear Door Power Window Regulator
- [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
- [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
- [139613](/bulletins/10234835.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Paint Coding Information

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