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Service bulletins for the 2021 Subaru Outback

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.

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

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Only bulletins with component: Body and frame are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
05-62-18R2026-09-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of surface rust accumulating in the top center retaining nut area of the front strut mounts. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
12-275-252025-12-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. This Bulletin announces a new diagnostic procedure for addressing NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) originating from the roof area.
13-108-252025-09-02. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides information on paint codes for vehicles in the 2026 line up.
07-189-21R2025-05-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces availability of new door window regulator assemblies and door glass run channel seals in response to limited concerns of erratic operation of the anti-entrapment feature and / or the door glass either not closing or closing very slowly.
12-267-252025-05-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces a design change to the hood lock switch portion of the hood lock assembly.
12-262-252025-04-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. This Bulletin announces diagnostic procedures to be followed when working with a Power Rear Gate (PRG).
12-251-23R2024-12-02. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the initialization service procedures to be followed when diagnosing and/or repairing Power Rear Gate (PRG) systems.
12-251-232023-12-05. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the initialization service procedures to be followed when diagnosing and/or repairing Power Rear Gate (PRG) systems.
12-248-23R2023-11-06. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. This Bulletin announces the repair procedure developed to address rattle-type sounds heard from the left and/or right B-Pillar area.
12-248-23R2023-10-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. This Service Information Bulletin announces the repair procedure developed to address rattle-type sounds heard from the left and/or right B-Pillar area.
07-203-232023-10-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announced a design change made to the power rear gate drive unit assemblies.
12-320-21R2023-05-02. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; STRUCTURE. This Service Information Bulletin announces a design change made to the front and rear door outer garnish trim.
12-313-21R2021-11-02. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces changes made to the rear doors and weatherstrips to optimize their water sealing performance.
12-322-212021-09-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces a design change made to the cross bar integrated roof rails. The new roof rails have added reinforcement ribs on the bottom of the rail cover section.
12-320-212021-07-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces a design change made to the front door outer garnish trim.
12-314-212021-03-05. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This bulletin announces availability of new weatherstrips designed to eliminate a squeaking / chirp-type sound heard when closing the front doors.
12-313-212021-03-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces changes made to the rear door weatherstrip to optimize their water sealing performance.
13-103-202020-09-04. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. 2021 MY Paint Coding Information.

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