# Service bulletin 12\-244\-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: 10142832
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-07\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-244\-18
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-06\-18
- NHTSA component: WHEELS

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin outlines changes made to the rear quarter panel wheel arch garnish to eliminate gapping between the inner edge of the trim and the vehicle body.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142832-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142832-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Wheels

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 SUBARU CROSSTREK

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05\-97\-26](/bulletins/11032035.md), 2026-05-04, Service bulletin: STEERING; WHEELS. This Bulletin provides the diagnostic procedures to be followed when addressing customer concerns of steering wheel/vehicle body vibration when driving at highway speeds when tire/wheel balance is suspected.
- [05\-79\-20R](/bulletins/10201813.md), 2021-10-04, Service bulletin: WHEELS. This bulletin announces a change made to the wheel lug nuts.
- [05\-85\-21R](/bulletins/10191664.md), 2021-05-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; WHEELS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the TPMS valve assemblies.
- [05\-76\-20R](/bulletins/10188193.md), 2021-03-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; WHEELS:HUB. This bulletin announces availability of new front wheel hub assemblies incorporating bearing surfaces having increased resistance to imperfections resulting from shock loads.
- [05\-79\-20](/bulletins/10185090.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin: WHEELS. This Service Information Bulletin announces a change made to the wheel lug nuts.
- [05\-70\-19R](/bulletins/10185064.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin: WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin announces a design change made to the rear wheel / brake backing plates.
- [05\-76\-20](/bulletins/10179421.md), 2020-09-04, Service bulletin: WHEELS. This bulletin announces availability of new front wheel hub assemblies incorporating bearing surfaces having increased resistance to imperfections resulting from shock loads.
- [05\-70\-19](/bulletins/10165552.md), 2019-10-01, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; WHEELS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the rear wheel / brake backing plates. Under certain circumstances, some customers may have a concern regarding a howling\-type sound from the rear of the vehicle later diagnosed as a faulty hub / bearing assembly. Unevenness of the backing plate surfaces may affect the concentricity \(roundness\) of the hub / bearing after torqued during assembly and over time, cause the howling \-type sound to develop. Production changes for the backing plates have been implemented to optimize their mounting surface quality.

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