# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 11032035
- Published by NHTSA: 2026\-05\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 05\-97\-26
- Manufacturer's date: 2026\-04\-20
- NHTSA component: STEERING; 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

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11032035-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11032035-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Steering, Wheels

## Vehicles listed

- SEAT COVER UNLIMITED SEAT COVER UNLIMITED
- SUBARU 64669AC260MU
- SUBARU 64669AC360MU
- SUBARU 64669AC370MU
- SUBARU 64669AC380MU
- SUBARU 64669AC390MU
- 2019 to 2026 SUBARU ASCENT
- 2006 to 2012 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA
- 2003 to 2006 SUBARU BAJA
- 2013 to 2026 SUBARU BRZ
- 2012 to 2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2026 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2023 SUBARU CROSSTREK HYBRID
- 2026 SUBARU CROSSTREK HYBRID
- 2002 to 2026 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2025 to 2026 SUBARU FORESTER HYBRID
- 2002 to 2026 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2008 to 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA STI
- 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX
- 2002 to 2025 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2002 to 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2005 to 2026 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT
- 2008 to 2009 SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT
- SUBARU SAFETY BELTS
- 2023 to 2026 SUBARU SOLTERRA
- 2026 SUBARU TRAILSEEKER
- 2013 to 2014 SUBARU TRIBECA
- 2026 SUBARU UNCHARTED
- 2002 to 2003 SUBARU WAGON
- 2002 to 2014 SUBARU WRX
- 2015 to 2026 SUBARU WRX
- 2004 to 2005 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2008 to 2014 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2015 to 2023 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2012 to 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2017 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK
- 2022 to 2024 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK
- 2014 to 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK HYBRID

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2025032](/recalls/tc/2025032.md), 2025-01-23: Wheels
- [25V033000](/recalls/nhtsa/25V033000.md), 2025-01-23: WHEELS
- [23V064000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V064000.md), 2023-02-09: WHEELS:HUB
- [22V444000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V444000.md), 2022-06-23: WHEELS:HUB
- [2021746](/recalls/tc/2021746.md), 2021-12-09: Steering
- [21V954000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V954000.md), 2021-12-09: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- [19V065000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V065000.md), 2019-02-06: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- [16V716000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V716000.md), 2016-10-06: AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER; STEERING:COLUMN
- [2016207](/recalls/tc/2016207.md), 2016-05-11: Steering
- [16V292000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V292000.md), 2016-05-11: STEERING:COLUMN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [07\-242\-26](/bulletins/11035637.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE; STEERING. This bulletin outlines a repair procedure to be performed if DTC B2781 is set in the steering lock control module.
- [07\-234\-26](/bulletins/11033053.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING. This bulletin announces design changes to the heated steering wheel switch assembly and harness. The new switch design relocates the connector, which requires a different harness routing.
- [05\-92\-25R](/bulletins/11027093.md), 2026-01-06, Service bulletin: STEERING; SUSPENSION. This bulletin announces the design change made to the front lower control arms developed to address cases of a click or cracking type sound heard when moving forward or backward at low speed with the steering wheel fully turned position.
- [4\-30\-25](/bulletins/11024851.md), 2025-11-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING. This bulletin announces the design change made to the steering gearbox harness. It will feature a connector holder, improving water sealing performance.
- [05\-94\-25](/bulletins/11023522.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: WHEELS; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin outlines the repair procedure to follow when the axle nut has rotated from its originally torqued position.
- [WRB\-25](/bulletins/11014863.md), 2025-03-04, Service bulletin: WHEELS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2025 model year Forester Limited vehicles equipped with 18\-inch aluminum alloy wheels.
- [Subarunet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11014851.md), 2025-03-04, Other: WHEELS. This announcment is an update to safety recall WRB\-25 incorrect wheel lug seat surface.
- [Subarunet Announcement](/bulletins/11014850.md), 2025-03-04, Other: WHEELS. WRB\-25 incorrect wheel seat surface safety recall and stop sale tool shipment and inspection procedure.
- [Subaru Announcement \(WRB\-](/bulletins/11013520.md), 2025-02-04, Other: WHEELS. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2025 model year Forester Limited vehicles equipped with 18\-inch aluminum alloy wheels.
- [12\-321\-21R](/bulletins/10252539.md), 2024-04-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STEERING. This bulletin announces the design change made to the cowl panel. The change was made to address a small number of cases where the rubber sealing portion becomes separated.

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