# Service bulletin 05\-65\-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: 10143872
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-08\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 05\-65\-18
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-07\-31
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces a change made to the front lower control arm ball joint boots. The boot material has been changed to provide increased resistance to damage from ozone.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143872-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143872-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2018 SUBARU BRZ

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [03\-94\-24](/bulletins/11008259.md), 2024-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin outlines the judgment criteria to be used when inspecting front transverse link bushings to reduce unnecessary bushing replacement.
- [05\-91\-24](/bulletins/11005593.md), 2024-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This Bulletin provides guidance for diagnosing a leaking front or rear suspension strut.
- [055714](/bulletins/10232872.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE:TORQUE ARM; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Front Cross Member Mounting Bolt Change
- [05\-61\-16](/bulletins/10140502.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin announces a design change to the front strut mounts intended to address customer concerns of a popping\-type sound which may be heard when making low speed turns.

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