Subaru Forester 2019–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12-248-23R · NHTSA communication 11019944 · issued Jun 24, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2019–2025
model years
18
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Bulletin announces the repair procedure developed to address rattle-type sounds heard from the left and/or right B-Pillar area.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Forester
- 2021 Subaru Forester
- 2022 Subaru Forester
- 2023 Subaru Forester
- 2024 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Legacy
- 2021 Subaru Legacy
- 2022 Subaru Legacy
- 2023 Subaru Legacy
- 2024 Subaru Legacy
- 2025 Subaru Legacy
- 2020 Subaru Outback
- 2021 Subaru Outback
- 2022 Subaru Outback
- 2023 Subaru Outback
- 2024 Subaru Outback
- 2025 Subaru Outback
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.