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Service bulletin WQC39

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 id10233142
Published by NHTSA2023-03-20
Manufacturer's numberWQC39
Manufacturer's date2012-10-26
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Subaru Service Program WQC-39: ECM Reprogramming

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

Vehicles listed
SUBARU B9 TRIBECA2011, 2012
SUBARU BRZ2013
SUBARU CROSSTREK2012
SUBARU FORESTER2011, 2012
SUBARU IMPREZA2011, 2012
SUBARU LEGACY2011, 2012
SUBARU OUTBACK2011, 2012
SUBARU TRIBECA2011
SUBARU WRX2011 to 2012
SUBARU WRX STI2011 to 2012
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20191912019-04-18. Electrical
19V2970002019-04-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
16V7380002016-10-13. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20164922016-10-07. Electrical
13V0610002013-02-25. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20113422011-09-19. Electrical

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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