Subaru Forester 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 11-168-16 · NHTSA communication 10120992 · issued Nov 8, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces the availability of reprogramming files to optimize the ECM. These new files will address customer concerns of Check Engine light illumination resulting from DTC P013F or P014B* being stored in the ECM memory. *DTC P014B is applicable to 3.6L models only.
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.