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Service bulletins for the 2020 Subaru Forester

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.

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

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Only bulletins with component: Seats are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
12-299-20R2023-10-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10-way adjustable power seats.
12-299-20R2023-09-05. Service bulletin. SEATS. "This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10-way adjustable power seats."
12-299-20R2021-10-04. Service bulletin. SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10-way adjustable power seats.
07-197-212021-07-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin announces availability of a new reinforcement bracket for the seat position memory switch.
07-185-20R2021-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS. This bulletin provides additional diagnostics and new part availability information for the Seat Memory Control Module.
12-299-20R2021-02-01. Service bulletin. SEATS; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver’s 10-way adjustable power seats.
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.
07-185-202020-12-05. Service bulletin. SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin provides additional diagnostics and new part availability information for the Seat Memory Control Module.
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.
12-298-202020-11-05. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; SEATS. This bulletin announces a countermeasure made to the rear outer seat belt assemblies. The change was made in response to customer concerns of the seat belts not retracting smoothly.
12-299-202020-10-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; SEATS. This bulletin announces a design change made to the outer hinge cover on the driver's 10-way adjustable power seat.

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