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Service bulletins for the 2018 Subaru Crosstrek

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.

525 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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12-203-16R2021-01-05. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS; SEATS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
12-306-20R2021-01-05. Service bulletin. SEATS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This bulletin provides a repair procedure to address a squeaking sound coming from the backrest hinge area of the front seats. The procedure applies to both manually and power operated seat assemblies.
15-254-19R2020-12-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Map update for Harman Gen 3.0 Navigation Equipped Head Units.
15-211-17R2020-12-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the Harman Gen 3 Audio and Navigation head units.
12-296-20R2020-12-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Service Information Bulletin outlines design changes made to the rear frame section weld nuts and the mounting bolts used to secure the rear stabilizer bar brackets.
15-240-19R2020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of new Harman audio unit amplifier units with revised internal logic designed to optimize efficiency.
10-19-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide a description of current changes to Service Manuals available via the Subaru Technical Information System (STIS) web site.
09-73-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides a revised service procedure to follow when repairing minor coolant seepage identified to be coming from the air plug at the top of the radiator.
07-184-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a design change made to the power window main switches used in the models listed.
07-183-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Information Bulletin provides corrected and updated procedures to follow when replacing the combination meter assembly.
12-302-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; SEATS; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces a design change made to the front seat backrest frame assemblies in response to a limited number of customer reports of a squeaking sound heard when leaning back in the front seats.
10-98-20R2020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of new A/C compressor assemblies designed to address customer concerns of reduced system performance accompanied by a rattling and/or scraping type sound.
18-201-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide a desription of current changes to service manuals available via the Subaru Technical Information System (STIS) web site.
Subaru Starlink2020-10-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Update for STARLINK Multimedia Software and Navigation Maps.
12-297-202020-10-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SEATS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the rear seat folding center arm rest.
18-200-202020-10-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides a description of current changes to Service Manuals.
15-254-19R2020-09-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Map Data Update Procedure for Harman Gen 3.0 Navigation Equipped Head Unts (H/U).
14-22-16R2020-09-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Special Service Tools Cross Reference List.
09-72-202020-08-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin announces availability of new intake manifold assemblies which include enhanced TGV assemblies to address related DTCs which may set as a result of lubricant contained within the actuator component of the TGV leaking and being drawn into the engine.
15-266-202020-08-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Information Bulletin provides helpful procedures and best practices to utilize when customers present with concerns relating to the operation of their Gen 2 Telematics system equipped Subaru.
15-245-19R2020-08-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin provides a new reprogramming procedure (FOTA) to optimize the Harman Gen 3.0 Audio and Navigation head units (H/U) utilized in the models listed.
15-240-19R2020-08-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of new Harman audio unit amplifier units with revised internal logic designed to optimize efficiency while addressing customer concerns.
WUQ-02R2020-06-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2017-2019 model year Impreza and 2018-20109 Crosstrek vehicles due to improper Engine Control Module (ECM) programming.
12-203-16R2020-06-02. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame.
12-288-202020-06-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL; SEATS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the Slide Rail components of the left and right front power seat frame / track assemblies used on the models listed.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.