{"nhtsa_id":11014856,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-03-04","date":"2025-02-10","document_id":"WWM-96R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) has determined that affected vehicles, listed below, may have been manufactured with improperly applied paint to the rear suspension sub-frame. Affected vehicles which are operated in the \"salt-belt\" for an extensive period could result in the rear sub-frame rusting out and possibly breaking. There has been a change in the kits for the rust-proofing material along with a part number change.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11014856-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11014856-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11014856","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2001,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_subaru_legacy","2002_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2001,"year_to":2002,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}