# Service bulletin WVX\-34R

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: 10199955
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-08\-04
- Manufacturer's number: WVX\-34R
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-07\-26
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

Subaru of America, Inc. \(SOA\) has determined that affected vehicles listed, may have been manufactured with front lower control arms \(transverse links\) that could corrode in the hanger bracket area if exposed to salt for a prolonged period.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10199955-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10199955-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 to 2008 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2002 to 2007 SUBARU IMPREZA

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2011344](/recalls/tc/2011344.md), 2011-09-19: Suspension
- [11V464000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V464000.md), 2011-09-06: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [03\-94\-24](/bulletins/11008259.md), 2024-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin outlines the judgment criteria to be used when inspecting front transverse link bushings to reduce unnecessary bushing replacement.
- [05\-91\-24](/bulletins/11005593.md), 2024-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This Bulletin provides guidance for diagnosing a leaking front or rear suspension strut.
- [053505](/bulletins/10017969.md), 2005-12-10, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. COUNTERMEASURE TO ELIMINATE FRONT STRUT NOISE. \*TT
- [09012003](/bulletins/10016483.md), 2005-09-14, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. ON THE CAR REAR WHEEL BEARING REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. \*SC
- [035002](/bulletins/10000642.md), 2003-03-26, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. NEW PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. \*TT

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