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Service bulletin 05-80-20

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10182232
Published by NHTSA2020-11-05
Manufacturer's number05-80-20
Manufacturer's date2020-10-22
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION; STEERING; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces availability of new Front Stabilizer Link assemblies equipped with a new dust boot material having enhanced durability and grease retention characteristics.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Equipment and accessories, Steering, Suspension

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SUBARU OUTBACK2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V7160002016-10-06. AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER; STEERING:COLUMN
16V5760002016-08-03. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; SUSPENSION
20162072016-05-11. Steering
16V2920002016-05-11. STEERING:COLUMN
20152492015-06-04. Accessories
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
20144132014-09-22. Accessories

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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