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February 16, 2017 Service bulletin

This bulletin announces a design change made to the front seat outer hinge cover trim panels

Subaru technical service bulletin 1221717 for 2014-2015 Subaru Forester, 2012-2014 Subaru Impreza and 2015 Subaru WRX and others.

Bulletin number
1221717
Component
Seats
Summary
This bulletin announces a design change made to the front seat outer hinge cover trim panels. In some cases, when exiting the vehicle, the trim panel may inadvertently get kicked and become dislodged from the seat cushion assembly. The shape of the front portion of the panel has been changed to prevent this condition.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 68 complaints in the seats category.

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