# Service bulletin 12\-274\-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: 11025782
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-12\-01
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-274\-25
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-11\-06
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY

## NHTSA's summary

This Bulletin announces changes to the replacement procedure due to a design difference between Japan\-produced bumpers and SIA\-produced bumpers.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11025782-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11025782-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2025 to 2026 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2026 SUBARU FORESTER HYBRID

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [25V889000](/recalls/nhtsa/25V889000.md), 2025-12-18: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- [2025344](/recalls/tc/2025344.md), 2025-06-20: Structure

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12\-259\-26](/bulletins/11037944.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces the repair procedures to be followed when encountering cases of excessive gap reported between the left and right rear D\-pillar and headliner.
- [12\-269\-25R](/bulletins/11036824.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces the service procedures to be followed when encountering instances of water intrusion from the sunroof area. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(P](/bulletins/11035661.md), 2026-08-04, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. WRH\-26 Certification Label Non\-Compliance Recall\- Parts and SSLP Process Updates.
- [WRF\-26R](/bulletins/11035633.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2026 model year Forester vehicles equipped with a power moonroof assembly. \(This is an revised version of the original bulletin\).
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11035630.md), 2026-08-04, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY. This announcement is to inform retailers of the non\-compliance recall/stop sale.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11035629.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This is an update to the safety recall and stop sale: WRF\-26 Forester Power Moonroof Glass Adhesion.
- [12\-268\-26](/bulletins/11034245.md), 2026-07-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces a design change to the front hood release lever, which in certain circumstances, after the vehicle’s interior latch has been released, the front hood may fail to open when attempting to operate the exterior latch.
- [WRF\-26R](/bulletins/11034236.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2026 model year Forester vehicles equipped with a power moonroof assembly. \(This is an revised version of the orignal bulletin.\)
- [WRF\-26R](/bulletins/11033080.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2026 model year Forester vehicles equipped with a power moonroof assembly.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11033076.md), 2026-06-01, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2026 model year Forester vehicles equipped with a power moonroof assembly.

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