{"nhtsa_id":10131698,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-04-02","date":"2017-02-16","document_id":"1221717","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces a design change made to the front seat outer hinge cover trim panels. In some cases, when exiting the vehicle, the trim panel may inadvertently get kicked and become dislodged from the seat cushion assembly. The shape of the front portion of the panel has been changed to prevent this condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10131698-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10131698-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10131698","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_subaru_forester","2015_subaru_forester"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_subaru_impreza","2013_subaru_impreza","2014_subaru_impreza"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"WRX","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_wrx"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"WRX STI","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_wrx"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"XV CROSSTREK","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_subaru_xv-crosstrek","2014_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":[]}