Subaru Crosstrek 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 02-175-18 · NHTSA communication 10141486 · issued May 31, 2018

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

2017–2018

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces a design change to the PCV valve used on the models listed above. Customers may have concerns of white smoke from the exhaust and / or in some cases, excessive engine oil consumption.

Vehicles covered

2017 Subaru Crosstrek
2018 Subaru Crosstrek
2017 Subaru Impreza
2018 Subaru Impreza

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.