# Service bulletin 12\-288\-20R

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: 10213197
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-06\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-288\-20R
- Manufacturer's date: 2022\-05\-23
- NHTSA component: SEATS

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces a design change made to the Slide Rail components of the left and right front power seat frame / track assembliesd.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10213197-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10213197-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2020 SUBARU ASCENT
- 2013 to 2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2019 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2013 to 2019 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2012 to 2019 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2015 to 2018 SUBARU WRX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2020137](/recalls/tc/2020137.md), 2020-04-01: Seats And Restraints

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/11024856.md), 2025-11-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units which have been redesigned to address some cases of a vibration\-type sound emitting from the blower unit during seat ventilation operation.
- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/11023508.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units. This update is set to address some cases of a vibration\-type sound emitting from the blower unit during seat ventilation operation.
- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/11021265.md), 2025-08-04, Service bulletin: SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units.
- [17\-19\-24](/bulletins/10252544.md), 2024-04-03, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; SEATS; AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION. Due to limited part supply, the availability of the passenger front seat cushion may not satisfy demand. To reduce extended downtime for the customer, this bulletin announces the diagnostic and repair procedures to be used when DTC B1760 \(Occupant Detection Sensor Mat\). The use of WUM\-98 sensor harness kit should be used in place of the cushion assembly.
- [12\-252\-23R](/bulletins/10244909.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin: SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units.
- [12\-299\-20R](/bulletins/10243401.md), 2023-10-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10\-way adjustable power seats.
- [12\-299\-20R](/bulletins/10241830.md), 2023-09-05, Service bulletin: SEATS. "This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10\-way adjustable power seats."
- [1215013](/bulletins/10233122.md), 2023-03-20, Service bulletin: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY. Rear Seat Backrest Hinge Bracket Adjustment
- [1216514](/bulletins/10232882.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: SEATS. Premature Wear of Front Seat Fabric
- [12\-299\-20R](/bulletins/10201805.md), 2021-10-04, Service bulletin: SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10\-way adjustable power seats.

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