Service bulletin 12-269-25R

Manufacturer communication, from NHTSA Manufacturer Communications

Published by NHTSA: Sep 3, 2026
Manufacturer: SUBARU
NHTSA ID: 11036824
NHTSA category: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: SUBARU FORESTER 2019-2026
Component, as stated by NHTSA: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY

Text of the manufacturer communication

This bulletin announces the service procedures to be followed when encountering instances of water intrusion from the sunroof area. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.

Manufacturer document number: 12-269-25R
Date of the communication: 2026-08-31

View original source on NHTSA.gov

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For the 2020 Subaru Outback

Premium

Ignored

Relevance of 9% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 9%
Attention: 30%
Interrupt probability: 24%

Importance to this owner: 0.7 of 4, minor
Vehicle area the notice is about: Body and interior

This manufacturer communication does not appear to warrant attention for this vehicle.

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 116 ms from 1,559 input tokens. Jev returns these figures and nothing else. It gives no reasons, and none are written for it here. The figures describe how relevant the notice is, not the condition of any vehicle.

Checked by code against NHTSA's fields

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YesNHTSA names this make
NoNHTSA names this model
n/aNHTSA lists model year 2020 for this model

The same notice, every vehicle

Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
9%	30%	24%	Ignored
2%	5%	6%	Ignored
2%	5%	6%	Ignored
2%	5%	6%	Ignored
2%	5%	6%	Ignored
2%	5%	6%	Ignored
1%	5%	6%	Ignored
1%	5%	6%	Ignored
1%	6%	6%	Ignored
1%	6%	6%	Ignored
1%	6%	6%	Ignored
1%	5%	6%	Ignored
1%	5%	6%	Ignored
1%	5%	6%	Ignored
1%	5%	5%	Ignored
1%	5%	6%	Ignored

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