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Service bulletin 05-97-26

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id11032035
Published by NHTSA2026-05-04
Manufacturer's number05-97-26
Manufacturer's date2026-04-20
NHTSA componentSTEERING; WHEELS

NHTSA's summary

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.

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, Wheels

Vehicles listed
SEAT COVER UNLIMITED SEAT COVER UNLIMITED
SUBARU 64669AC260MU
SUBARU 64669AC360MU
SUBARU 64669AC370MU
SUBARU 64669AC380MU
SUBARU 64669AC390MU
SUBARU ASCENT2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU B9 TRIBECA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
SUBARU BAJA2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
SUBARU BRZ2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU CROSSTREK2012 to 2015
SUBARU CROSSTREK2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU CROSSTREK HYBRID2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU CROSSTREK HYBRID2026 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU FORESTER2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU FORESTER HYBRID2025, 2026 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU IMPREZA2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU IMPREZA STI2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU IMPREZA WRX2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU LEGACY2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
SUBARU OUTBACK2002 to 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU SAFETY BELTS
SUBARU SOLTERRA2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU TRAILSEEKER2026
SUBARU TRIBECA2013 to 2014
SUBARU UNCHARTED2026
SUBARU WAGON2002 to 2003
SUBARU WRX2002 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
SUBARU WRX STI2004 to 2005
SUBARU WRX STI2008 to 2014
SUBARU WRX STI2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2016 to 2017
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2022 to 2024
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK HYBRID2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20250322025-01-23. Wheels
25V0330002025-01-23. WHEELS
23V0640002023-02-09. WHEELS:HUB
22V4440002022-06-23. WHEELS:HUB
20217462021-12-09. Steering
21V9540002021-12-09. STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
19V0650002019-02-06. STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
16V7160002016-10-06. AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER; STEERING:COLUMN
20162072016-05-11. Steering
16V2920002016-05-11. STEERING:COLUMN

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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