{"nhtsa_id":10143869,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-08-20","date":"2018-07-24","document_id":"04-21-18","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces availability of a new Electronic Power Steering (EPS) gear box assembly designed to address a VERY limited number of customer concerns regarding uneven steering effort felt when turning left or right. In areas where high concentrations of road salt are used to melt ice and snow, corrosion may develop and cause a portion of the gear box housing to crack if the vehicle were to suffer a large enough impact from hitting a pothole or similar type of road hazard.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143869-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143869-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10143869","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"CROSSTREK","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"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":2012,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_subaru_impreza","2013_subaru_impreza","2014_subaru_impreza","2015_subaru_impreza","2016_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":[]}