# Service bulletin 12\-312\-21

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: 10188190
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-03\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-312\-21
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-02\-19
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces availability of new center console armrest covers to address the a wrinkling condition.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10188190-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10188190-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame, Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2021 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2019 to 2020 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2017 to 2021 SUBARU IMPREZA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12\-269\-25R](/bulletins/11036824.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces the service procedures to be followed when encountering instances of water intrusion from the sunroof area. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [05\-62\-18R](/bulletins/11036822.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of surface rust accumulating in the top center retaining nut area of the front strut mounts. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [12\-279\-26](/bulletins/11033052.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a design change to the Power Rear Gate Drive \(PRG\) Unit to address rare concerns about a very slight drop immediately after the gate is fully open.
- [19\-01\-26](/bulletins/11030572.md), 2026-04-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces the repair procedure for the 12v terminal on the inverter to address concerns regarding corrosion buildup.
- [12\-269\-25](/bulletins/11022328.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. "This bulletin announces the service procedures to be followed when encountering instances of water intrusion from the sunroof area for models listed. "
- [13\-108\-25](/bulletins/11022304.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides information on paint codes for vehicles in the 2026 line up.
- [12\-265\-25](/bulletins/11016230.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces design changes made to the Power Rear Gate Drive \(PRG\) Unit to address concerns of the power rear gate being inoperative.
- [12\-262\-25](/bulletins/11016174.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This Bulletin announces diagnostic procedures to be followed when working with a Power Rear Gate \(PRG\).
- [12\-251\-23R](/bulletins/11010905.md), 2024-12-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the initialization service procedures to be followed when diagnosing and/or repairing Power Rear Gate \(PRG\) systems.
- [03\-91\-23R](/bulletins/10253993.md), 2024-05-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces the design change made to the front drive axle shaft assemblies to address cases of a clicking/cracking\-type sound heard when driving with the steering wheel in the fully locked \(left or right\) position.

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