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Service bulletin SUB039701

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 id51247
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's numberSUB039701
Manufacturer's date1997-01-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

NHTSA's summary

HIGH PITCHED NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLES- THE CAUSE MAY BE REAR AXLE OIL SEAL NUMBER 2 COMING LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING (PLACE VEHICLE ON LIFT AND ROTATING THE TIRE ON THE SIDE SUSPECTED OF NOISE). *JD

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
01V2160002001-06-25. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
19981071998-05-25. Suspension
98V0910001998-05-04. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER,BRACKET

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0350022003-03-26. Service bulletin. NEW PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. *TT
0101022002-02-25. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING FRONT SPRING GUARD BULLETIN UPDATE. *YD
WXK681999-01-11. Service bulletin. PROCEDURES ON TRANSVERSE LINK ASSEMBLIES. *YC
WXK681998-08-28. Service bulletin. SUBJECT ON TRANSVERSE LINK ASSEMBLIES. *YC
SUB1997011997-06-27. Service bulletin. 1995-97 LEGACY REAR WHEEL BEARING/SEAL NOISE. *JD