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Service bulletin 01-167-08R

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 id10198758
Published by NHTSA2021-07-03
Manufacturer's number01-167-08R
Manufacturer's date2021-06-17
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin contains additional information for recommended materials listed in the Service Manuals for individual models

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

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
SUBARU 221972 to 1973
SUBARU 231972 to 1973
SUBARU 621972 to 1973
SUBARU 631972 to 1973
SUBARU ASCENT2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU B9 TRIBECA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
SUBARU BAJA2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
SUBARU BRAT1978 to 1979
SUBARU BRAT1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
SUBARU BRAT1987 to 1994
SUBARU BRZ2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
SUBARU CROSSTREK2012 to 2015
SUBARU CROSSTREK2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU CROSSTREK HYBRID2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU DL1974
SUBARU DL1980
SUBARU DL1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
SUBARU DL1990 to 1994
SUBARU DL16001984
SUBARU ESTEEM2000 to 2001
SUBARU FF-11970 to 1971
SUBARU FORESTER
SUBARU FORESTER1995 to 1997
SUBARU FORESTER1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU GL
SUBARU GL1980
SUBARU GL1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
SUBARU GL1990 to 1994
SUBARU GL-101983 to 1984
SUBARU GL-101985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
SUBARU GL-101990 to 1993
SUBARU GLF1980
SUBARU GLF1981
SUBARU IMPREZA
SUBARU IMPREZA1990
SUBARU IMPREZA1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU IMPREZA STI2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU IMPREZA WRX2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU JUSTY1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
SUBARU JUSTY1995
SUBARU LEGACY
SUBARU LEGACY1987 to 1989
SUBARU LEGACY1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
SUBARU LOYAL1990
SUBARU LOYALE1983 to 1989
SUBARU LOYALE1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
SUBARU OUTBACK
SUBARU OUTBACK1995 to 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU SUBARU
SUBARU SUBARU1972 to 1993
SUBARU SUBARU TRUCK
SUBARU SUBARU TRUCK1988
SUBARU SVX
SUBARU SVX1990
SUBARU SVX1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
SUBARU TRIBECA2006 to 2011
SUBARU TRIBECA2013 to 2014
SUBARU WAGON1976 to 1977
SUBARU WAGON1983 to 1994
SUBARU WAGON2002 to 2003
SUBARU WRX2002 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU WRX STI2004 to 2005
SUBARU WRX STI2008 to 2014
SUBARU WRX STI2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU XT1983 to 1984
SUBARU XT1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
SUBARU XT1992 to 1994
SUBARU XT-61983 to 1987
SUBARU XT-61988, 1989, 1990, 1991
SUBARU XT-61992 to 1994
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2016 to 2017
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK HYBRID2014, 2015 (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
20236072023-11-09. Electrical
20230622023-02-14. Electrical
23V0800002023-02-14. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
20227032022-12-08. Electrical
22V9070002022-12-08. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
20212282021-04-15. Electrical
21V2640002021-04-15. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
20195362019-10-25. Accessories
19V7430002019-10-18. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

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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