Subaru Crosstrek 2012–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 10-86-17R · NHTSA communication 10146486 · issued Sep 27, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2016
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
A design change was made to the blower motor assembly to address the following customer concerns: ? Blower fan is either inoperative or only operates on high speed. ? Excessive rotational-type sound heard when the fan is operating.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2014 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2015 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2016 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2014 Subaru Forester
- 2015 Subaru Forester
- 2016 Subaru Forester
- 2012 Subaru Impreza
- 2013 Subaru Impreza
- 2014 Subaru Impreza
- 2015 Subaru Impreza
- 2016 Subaru Impreza
- 2015 Subaru WRX
- 2016 Subaru WRX
- 2015 Subaru WRX Sti
- 2016 Subaru WRX Sti
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.