# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 51247
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: SUB039701
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION: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

- 1997 SUBARU LEGACY

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [01V216000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V216000.md), 2001-06-25: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
- [1998107](/recalls/tc/1998107.md), 1998-05-25: Suspension
- [98V091000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V091000.md), 1998-05-04: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER,BRACKET

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [035002](/bulletins/10000642.md), 2003-03-26, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. NEW PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. \*TT
- [010102](/bulletins/627826.md), 2002-02-25, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. INFORMATION REGARDING FRONT SPRING GUARD BULLETIN UPDATE. \*YD
- [WXK68](/bulletins/602763.md), 1999-01-11, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. PROCEDURES ON TRANSVERSE LINK ASSEMBLIES. \*YC
- [WXK68](/bulletins/601879.md), 1998-08-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SUBJECT ON TRANSVERSE LINK ASSEMBLIES. \*YC
- [SUB199701](/bulletins/51255.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. 1995\-97 LEGACY REAR WHEEL BEARING/SEAL NOISE. \*JD

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