{"nhtsa_id":10140485,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-06-11","date":"2018-02-13","document_id":"12-231-18R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces a design change to the air vent grille located in the lower portion of the trunk (or cargo) area. The shutters of the vent grille are designed to open briefly and relieve cabin pressure when the doors are shut with the windows fully closed. The vent grilles have rubber ?shutters? which occasionally, may catch on the frame (case) portion and not close properly allowing outside air / odor to enter the cabin.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10140485-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10140485-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10140485","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"BRZ","year_from":2013,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_subaru_brz","2014_subaru_brz","2015_subaru_brz","2016_subaru_brz","2017_subaru_brz","2018_subaru_brz"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"CROSSTREK","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_subaru_crosstrek","2017_subaru_crosstrek","2018_subaru_crosstrek"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2008,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_subaru_impreza","2009_subaru_impreza","2010_subaru_impreza","2011_subaru_impreza","2012_subaru_impreza","2013_subaru_impreza","2014_subaru_impreza","2015_subaru_impreza","2016_subaru_impreza"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"WRX","year_from":2015,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_wrx","2016_subaru_wrx","2017_subaru_wrx","2018_subaru_wrx"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"WRX STI","year_from":2015,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_wrx","2016_subaru_wrx","2017_subaru_wrx","2018_subaru_wrx"]},{"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":[]}