# Service bulletin 05\-96\-26

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: 11027984
- Published by NHTSA: 2026\-02\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 05\-96\-26
- Manufacturer's date: 2026\-01\-12
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces design changes to the front stabilizer link to address concerns about boot cracking, which can allow grease to escape.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11027984-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11027984-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 to 2025 SUBARU LEGACY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05\-84\-21R](/bulletins/11027076.md), 2026-01-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin announces availability of new front wheel hub assemblies incorporating bearing surfaces having increased resistance to imperfections resulting from shock loads.
- [03\-94\-24](/bulletins/11008259.md), 2024-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin outlines the judgment criteria to be used when inspecting front transverse link bushings to reduce unnecessary bushing replacement.
- [05\-91\-24](/bulletins/11005593.md), 2024-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This Bulletin provides guidance for diagnosing a leaking front or rear suspension strut.
- [05\-62\-18R](/bulletins/10237291.md), 2023-06-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of surface rust accumulating in the top center retaining nut area of the front strut mounts.
- [05\-87\-21](/bulletins/10201031.md), 2021-09-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This bulletin announces a design change made to the front stabilizer bar bushing clamps.

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