# Service bulletin 12\-246\-18R

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: 10163534
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-08\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-246\-18R
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-07\-23
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin provides a procedure for diagnosing and repairing customer concerns of a “popping” or “snapping” \-type sound heard when opening the sunroof. The sound may occur when the rear portion of the glass lid weatherstrip contacts or catches the roof frame when the sunroof is opened.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10163534-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10163534-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame, Electrical system, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Sunroof

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 to 2018 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2015 to 2018 SUBARU OUTBACK

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10163534](/v1/bulletins/10163534)

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