{"nhtsa_id":10111093,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-14","date":"2016-07-14","document_id":"12-203-16","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEAT BELTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of a squeaking sound originating from where the front seat belt buckle assembly attaches to the seat frame. A design change was made to the wave washer used at the attachment point to eliminate the sound. The sound can be heard when moving the buckle assembly side to side.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10111093-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10111093-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10111093","components":[{"id":"seat-belts","name":"Seat belts","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_subaru_impreza","2013_subaru_impreza","2014_subaru_impreza","2015_subaru_impreza","2016_subaru_impreza"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_legacy","2016_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_outback","2016_subaru_outback"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"XV CROSSTREK","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_subaru_xv-crosstrek"]}],"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":[]}