Subaru Forester 2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 05-52-12 · NHTSA communication 10093183 · issued Oct 8, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2011
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
The purpose of this bulletin is to inform you of a change made to enhance vehicle production during the middle of the 2011my. This change involves the self-locking nuts and tightening torque specifications used on the 5 selected rear suspension components shown in the illustration below.
Vehicles covered
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.