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Service bulletin 010898

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 id605778
Published by NHTSA1999-07-23
Manufacturer's number010898
Manufacturer's date1998-08-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON INSTALLING REAR DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTOR . *TT

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

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER1998, 1999
SUBARU IMPREZA1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
SUBARU LEGACY1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
98V0420001998-02-20. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
19980301998-02-19. Powertrain

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
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166399R2023-04-17. Service bulletin. Remanufactured Automatic Transaxle Program
036812R2023-04-17. Service bulletin. 5MT Transfer Driven Gear Bearings
03-68-12R2017-03-06. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN REVIEWS A CHANGE TO THE PART NUMBERS USED FOR THE TRANSFER DRIVEN GEAR BEARINGS. THESE REVISED BEARINGS ARE TO BE USED TO ENHANCE DURABILITY.
03-70-12R2017-01-31. Service bulletin. REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR HIGH-PITCHED SOUND FROM EXTENSION HOUSING AREA USING LATEST GENERATION PRODUCTION PARTS - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES PRODUCTION CHANGE, REPAIR PROCEDURE AND PARTS INFORMATION TO ADDRESS A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A HIGH-PITCHED SOUND COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING AREA.
0352032003-06-24. Service bulletin. CLUTCH PEDAL STICKING. *TT
1666022003-05-01. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT (TCU) CODE 45 AND ALL-WHEEL DRIVE HARSH ENGAGEMENT. *TT
172002-05-02. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING POPPING OUT OF FIFTH GEAR CONDITION. *JG
172002-05-02. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING SHIFTER RATTLE. *JG
166599R2000-07-13. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THAT THE A/T TEMPERATURE LIGHT FLASHING AND CODE 38 FOUND IN THE TCM. *TT