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Subaru Forester 2017technical 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.