{"nhtsa_id":10131633,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-04-02","date":"2017-09-06","document_id":"10-83-15R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Models with Manual HVAC Systems only. This Service Information bulletin provides precautions to use when removing the HVAC control panel to prevent damaging the blower fan speed switch. When removing the control panel, if the fan speed switch wiring harness is pulled taught or becomes stressed, the switch may be damaged. If the connector (lower) portion of the switch becomes separated from the switch body even slightly (see Fig. 1 on page 2), the HVAC control panel assembly must be replaced. The switch itself is not serviceable. The related instrument panel (IP) wiring harness must also be inspected and replaced if any damage is confirmed. NOTE: For 2012MY Impreza, see TSB 10-78-12, dated 4/18/2012.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10131633-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10131633-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10131633","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"CROSSTREK","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_subaru_crosstrek","2017_subaru_crosstrek"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_subaru_forester","2015_subaru_forester","2016_subaru_forester","2017_subaru_forester","2018_subaru_forester"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_subaru_impreza","2014_subaru_impreza","2015_subaru_impreza","2016_subaru_impreza"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"XV CROSSTREK","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_subaru_xv-crosstrek","2014_subaru_xv-crosstrek","2015_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":[]}