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Service bulletin WQI45

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 id10235887
Published by NHTSA2023-05-08
Manufacturer's numberWQI45
Manufacturer's date2013-05-22
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

clarify some claim questions that have been asked regarding the Steering Column recall

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

Steering

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY2013
SUBARU OUTBACK2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20131622013-05-13. Steering
13V1940002013-05-13. STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
05-97-262026-05-04. Service bulletin. This Bulletin provides the diagnostic procedures to be followed when addressing customer concerns of steering wheel/vehicle body vibration when driving at highway speeds when tire/wheel balance is suspected.
0647142023-05-08. Service bulletin. Revision to Troubleshooting Information for VDC DTC C0071
WQI45Update2023-05-08. Service bulletin. Steering Column Service Procedure Update
WQI45-42023-04-24. Service bulletin. Steering Column Recall
WQI45-32023-04-24. Service bulletin. Steering Column Disengagement
WQI45-22023-04-24. Service bulletin. Subaru Recall Campaign WQI?45: 2013MY Legacy/Outback Steering Column Parts Update
WQI45-12023-04-24. Service bulletin. Update; Subaru Recall Campaign WQI-45: 2013MY Legacy/Outback Steering
WQI452023-04-24. Service bulletin. New Subaru Recall Campaign WQI?45: 2013MY Legacy/Outback Steering Column
04-15-172021-05-10. Service bulletin. This bulletin announces a new steering column assembly designed to address a limited number of customer concerns involving the tilt mechanism portion not staying locked. This condition can only occur during the process of adjusting the steering column?s tilt position if the tilt lever is not pushed up all the way back up when completed. Once the column is fully locked (the tilt lever is pushed all the way up), there is no concern of possible release.
WQI 45A 12018-06-18. Service bulletin. Subject: WQI?45 2013MY Legacy/Outback Steering Column Service Procedure Update NOTE: The plastic shipping insert (indicated by red arrow below) must be removed prior to installing the new steering column in the vehicle. Page 8 of the campaign bulletin will be revised to include a note specifying removal of this plastic shipping insert. Please refer to STIS for the revised version of the campaign bulletin.