# Service bulletin 12\-231\-18

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: 10130277
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-03\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-231\-18
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-01\-11
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY

## NHTSA's summary

\( 2017\-2018MY Impreza \- 5 Dr Only\)

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10130277-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10130277-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2018 SUBARU BRZ
- 2016 to 2018 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2003 to 2018 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2001 to 2018 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2015 to 2018 SUBARU WRX
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2013 to 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05\-62\-18R](/bulletins/11036822.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of surface rust accumulating in the top center retaining nut area of the front strut mounts. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [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.
- [12\-251\-23](/bulletins/10246093.md), 2023-12-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the initialization service procedures to be followed when diagnosing and/or repairing Power Rear Gate \(PRG\) systems.
- [12\-321\-21R](/bulletins/10241826.md), 2023-09-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces a design change made to the cowl panel.
- [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
- [1215713](/bulletins/10235921.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Rattle or Buzzing Sound from ?A? Pillar Trim

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