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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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12-306-20R2021-01-05. 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.
05-70-19R2021-01-05. Service bulletin. WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin announces a design change made to the rear wheel / brake backing plates.
16-103-16R2021-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin has been developed in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding fluid seepage found coming from the CVT assembly.
16-131-202020-12-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Service Information Bulletin provides corrected diagnostics containing a revised flow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs.
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.
05-78-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. This Service Information Bulletin announces additional diagnostic procedures for TPMS related DTC C2921 on the applicable models listed.
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.
09-72-20R2020-10-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin announces availability of new intake manifold assemblies.
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).
15-271-202020-09-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This service information bulletin announces discontinuation of both the "Stitcher" app and the related News Radio feature from the STARLINK app lineup effective 12 midnight on Thursday, September 24, 2020.
15-211-17R2020-09-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3.1 Audio and Navigation head units utilized in the models as listed.
05-76-202020-09-04. Service bulletin. WHEELS. This bulletin announces availability of new front wheel hub assemblies incorporating bearing surfaces having increased resistance to imperfections resulting from shock loads.
12-293-202020-09-04. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces design changes made to the rear quarter glass assembly in response to a small number of reports describing a rattling - type sound origination from the lower molding.

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