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Service bulletin WXW81

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 id618425
Published by NHTSA2001-04-12
Manufacturer's numberWXW81
Manufacturer's date2000-10-15
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF ALTERNATOR CHARGING DUE TO A BROKEN BRUSH WIRE. *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

Electrical system, Alternator

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY1996, 1997, 1998

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
971006WXF631998-03-30. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE LOSS OF VOLTAGE REGULATION FROM THE ALTERNATOR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WIRING CONTACT TO THE ALTERNATOR IC REGULATOR. *YC