{"nhtsa_id":51247,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-01-01","document_id":"SUB039701","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:REAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"HIGH PITCHED NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLES- THE CAUSE MAY BE REAR AXLE OIL SEAL NUMBER 2 COMING LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING (PLACE VEHICLE ON LIFT AND ROTATING THE TIRE ON THE SIDE SUSPECTED OF NOISE). *JD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51247","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_subaru_legacy"]}],"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":[]}