# Service bulletin 12\-292\-20

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: 10176024
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-06\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-292\-20
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-05\-19
- NHTSA component: SEAT BELTS

## NHTSA's summary

This service infromation bulletin provides an important precaution to follow whenever installing the front seat belt assembly retaining bolts located at the base of the "B" pillar.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176024-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176024-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Seat belts

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2020 SUBARU ASCENT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17\-20\-24R](/bulletins/11023509.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the second row inner seat belt buckle assembly to address cases of the seat belt indicator warnings not turning off after the buckle is fully latched.
- [17\-21\-25](/bulletins/11022298.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS. This Bulletin announces the availability of a new part Extender Belt. This is for customers who find it necessary to increase the length of their seat belt.
- [17\-20\-24](/bulletins/11010928.md), 2024-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEAT BELTS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the second row inner seat belt buckle assembly to address cases of the seat belt indicator warnings not turning off after the buckle is fully latched.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10213193.md), 2022-06-03, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10201027.md), 2021-09-03, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; SEATS. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10186363.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; SEATS. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10185083.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10185082.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; SEATS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.

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