{"nhtsa_id":10093343,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-01","date":"2013-10-16","document_id":"12-155-13R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO ELIMINATE A “REED-TYPE” WHISTLING OR SCREECHING SOUND WHICH HAS BEEN ISOLATED TO ORIGINATING FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD UPPER MOLDING / WEATHERSTRIP. THE SOUND IS MOST PREVALENT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MPH) WHEN THERE ARE CROSSWINDS PRESENT. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES THE INSTALLATION OF 2 SMALL STRIPS OF EPDM FOAM MATERIAL, ONE UNDER EACH UPPER CORNER AREA OF THE WINDSHIELD MOLDING LIP TO PREVENT THE CONDITION FROM OCCURRING.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10093343","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"windshield","name":"Windshield","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"CROSSTREK","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_subaru_impreza","2013_subaru_impreza"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}