# Service bulletin 17\-21\-25

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: 11022298
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-09\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 17\-21\-25
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-08\-07
- NHTSA component: SEAT BELTS

## NHTSA's summary

This Bulletin announces the availability of a new part Extender Belt. This is for customers who find it necessary to increase the length of their seat belt.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11022298-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11022298-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Seat belts

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2025 SUBARU ASCENT
- 2018 to 2025 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2025 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2017 to 2025 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2020 to 2025 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2020 to 2025 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2022 to 2024 SUBARU WRX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2020137](/recalls/tc/2020137.md), 2020-04-01: Seats And Restraints
- [20V189000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V189000.md), 2020-03-31: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18\-242\-26R](/bulletins/11034256.md), 2026-07-02, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a change in the seat belt warning buzzer intervals in the inspection procedure found in the Service Manual. \(This is an revised version of the original bulletin.\)
- [17\-20\-24R](/bulletins/11023509.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the second row inner seat belt buckle assembly to address cases of the seat belt indicator warnings not turning off after the buckle is fully latched.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11021250.md), 2025-08-04, Other: SEAT BELTS; SEATS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2025 model year Forester Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles \(SHEV\) to tighten the child seat anchor bolts to the proper torque specification.
- [WRC\-25](/bulletins/11019940.md), 2025-07-01, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; SEATS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2025 model year Forester Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles \(SHEV\) to tighten the child seat anchor bolts to the proper torque specification.
- [SubaruNet announcement](/bulletins/11019938.md), 2025-07-01, Other: SEATS; SEAT BELTS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2025 model year Forester Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles \(SHEV\) to inspect the child seat anchor bolts and, if necessary, tighten to the proper specification.
- [17\-20\-24](/bulletins/11010928.md), 2024-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEAT BELTS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the second row inner seat belt buckle assembly to address cases of the seat belt indicator warnings not turning off after the buckle is fully latched.
- [WRC\-20R](/bulletins/10216972.md), 2022-08-02, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; EQUIPMENT. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain 2019MY Crosstrek vehicles to replace the LH and RH Rear Seat Lap\-Shoulder Seatbelt Assemblies.
- [WRA\-20R](/bulletins/10215431.md), 2022-07-07, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS. In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is initiating a service program to replace the LH and RH Rear Seat Lap\-Shoulder Seat Belt Assemblies in certain 2019MY Crosstrek vehicles.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10213193.md), 2022-06-03, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
- [12\-203\-16R](/bulletins/10201027.md), 2021-09-03, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; SEATS. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.

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