# Service bulletin 05\-76\-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: 10179421
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-09\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 05\-76\-20
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-08\-31
- NHTSA component: WHEELS

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces availability of new front wheel hub assemblies incorporating bearing surfaces having increased resistance to imperfections resulting from shock loads.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179421-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179421-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Wheels

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2019 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2014 to 2019 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2014 to 2019 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2014 SUBARU WRX

## 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\-94\-25](/bulletins/11023522.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: WHEELS; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin outlines the repair procedure to follow when the axle nut has rotated from its originally torqued position.
- [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.
- [14\-24\-20](/bulletins/10173125.md), 2020-04-02, Service bulletin: WHEELS; EQUIPMENT. This service information bulletin outlines a procedure for Subaru Special Tool Kit number J\-53014.
- [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.
- [12\-244\-18](/bulletins/10142832.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: WHEELS. 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.

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