Service bulletins for the 1997 Subaru Legacy
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.
38 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
By type
By component
| 08-06097 | 1999-05-21. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SERVICE MANUAL SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 7 FOR THE ABS 5.3I SYSTEM. *TT |
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| 115398 | 1999-05-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF A SLIGHT ENGINE HESITATION ON VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS 2.5L AND 2.2L ENGINES. TT |
| 053398 | 1999-02-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. 1997 AND LATER LEGACY EXHIBITING BODY DRIVELINE VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS. *YC |
| WXK68 | 1999-01-11. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. PROCEDURES ON TRANSVERSE LINK ASSEMBLIES. *YC |
| 010398 | 1998-09-21. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. SOME VEHICLES EXPERIENCE MOISTURE ACCUMULATION IN THE HEADLIGHTS. *YC |
| WXK68 | 1998-08-28. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SUBJECT ON TRANSVERSE LINK ASSEMBLIES. *YC |
| 970516971662 | 1998-03-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. SUBJECT ON TRANSFER CLUTCH BINDING AND/OR BUCKING ON TURNS. *YC |
| 01MAR9707 | 1997-07-17. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. REAR DEFOGGER TIMER. *JD |
| SUB199701 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. 1995-97 LEGACY REAR WHEEL BEARING/SEAL NOISE. *JD |
| SUB15970101 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. CHECK TO SEE WHERE THE RADIO FADER CONTROL KNOB IS POSITIONED AFTER INSTALLATION. *JD |
| SUB129701 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. CREAKING NOISE EMANATING FROM THE RIGHT REAR ROCKER PANEL AREA ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES- COMING FROM THE AREA JUST IN FRONT OF THE DOG LEG AREA AT THE ROCKER SILL. *JD |
| SUB049701 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION). CLUNK NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING OVER A BUMPY ROAD SURFACE- NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOX. *JD |
| SUB039701 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. HIGH PITCHED NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLES- THE CAUSE MAY BE REAR AXLE OIL SEAL NUMBER 2 COMING LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING (PLACE VEHICLE ON LIFT AND ROTATING THE TIRE ON THE SIDE SUSPECTED OF NOISE). *JD |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.