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Service bulletin WQT 55A

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 id10140556
Published by NHTSA2018-06-11
Manufacturer's numberWQT 55A
Manufacturer's date2015-06-25
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2012 model year Subaru Impreza vehicles (exceptWRX/STI) equipped with a capacitance?type occupant detection system (ODS) in the front passenger seat. Condition: In certain circumstances, such as the use of an iPod or cell phone plugged into the Accessory power outlet by a front seat passenger when the ODS is on, or a front seat passenger touching a metal part of the vehicle that is electrically grounded when the ODS is on, the Occupant Control Unit (OCU) of the ODS may falsely identify an abnormally high rise in the occupant?s capacitance. As a result, the ODS may be deactivated.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
SUBARU IMPREZA2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20191912019-04-18. Electrical
16V7380002016-10-13. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20164922016-10-07. Electrical
13V0610002013-02-25. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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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