# Service bulletin 12\-302\-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: 10182222
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-11\-05
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-302\-20
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-10\-14
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; SEATS; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces a design change made to the front seat backrest frame assemblies in response to a limited number of customer reports of a squeaking sound heard when leaning back in the front seats.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10182222-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10182222-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2020 SUBARU ASCENT
- 2018 to 2020 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2019 to 2020 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2017 to 2020 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2020 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2020 SUBARU OUTBACK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [26V436000](/recalls/nhtsa/26V436000.md), 2026-07-07: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- [2020137](/recalls/tc/2020137.md), 2020-04-01: Seats And Restraints
- [2019536](/recalls/tc/2019536.md), 2019-10-25: Accessories

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SubaruNet Announcement](/bulletins/11032041.md), 2026-05-04, Other: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This announcement is an update to safety recall WRA\-24 ODS sensor replacement for 2020\-2022 MY Subaru Legacy and Outback vehicles.
- [WRA\-24R](/bulletins/11030569.md), 2026-04-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS; AIR BAGS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2020\-2022 model year Legacy and Outback vehicles to replace all \(four\) of the Occupant Detection System \(ODS\) sensors on the front passenger seat.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11029325.md), 2026-03-03, Other: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS; SEATS. This announcement provides updates for WRA\-24 ODS Sensor Replacement.
- [12\-273\-25](/bulletins/11025788.md), 2025-12-01, Service bulletin: SEATS. This bulletin announces a design change to the driver front lower seat cushion cover, addressing cases of tearing at the bottom corner of the cushion in vehicles equipped with a thigh extension.
- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/11024856.md), 2025-11-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units which have been redesigned to address some cases of a vibration\-type sound emitting from the blower unit during seat ventilation operation.
- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/11023508.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units. This update is set to address some cases of a vibration\-type sound emitting from the blower unit during seat ventilation operation.
- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/11021265.md), 2025-08-04, Service bulletin: SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11021249.md), 2025-08-04, Other: SEATS; AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This announcement is to inform subscribed customers of a software update for in\-vehicle multimedia system.
- [WRA\-24R](/bulletins/11019930.md), 2025-07-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS; AIR BAGS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2020\-2022 model year Legacy and Outback vehicles to replace all \(four\) of the Occupant Detection System \(ODS\) sensors on the front passenger seat.
- [SubaruNet Announcement](/bulletins/11018907.md), 2025-06-03, Other: SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS. This announcement provide information on WRA\-24 ODS sensor replacement FAQs for used and CPO vehicle inventory.

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