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Service bulletin 12-203-16R

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 id10185083
Published by NHTSA2021-01-05
Manufacturer's number12-203-16R
Manufacturer's date2020-12-15
NHTSA componentSEAT BELTS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

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.

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, Seat belts

Vehicles listed
SUBARU ASCENT2019, 2020
SUBARU CROSSTREK2013 to 2015
SUBARU CROSSTREK2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SUBARU FORESTER2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SUBARU IMPREZA2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SUBARU LEGACY2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
SUBARU OUTBACK2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
SUBARU WRX2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SUBARU WRX STI2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
26V4360002026-07-07. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
22V8380002022-11-10. SEAT BELTS
20201372020-04-01. Seats And Restraints
20V1890002020-03-31. SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
20195362019-10-25. Accessories
18V4550002018-07-10. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; TIRES
20152492015-06-04. Accessories
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
20144132014-09-22. Accessories
13V1590002013-04-24. EQUIPMENT

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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