Subaru Forester 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 10-179-19 · NHTSA communication 10165504 · issued Sep 9, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Service Information Bulletin provides a procedure to â resetâ the headlight leveler system. After an affected vehicle is transported on a flatbed or other type of carrier, the headlight beam adjustment may become either too high or too low. During normal operation, system sensors measure inclination of the road surface in comparison to the vehicle and adjust the headlight beams accordingly. When moving the vehicle with the ignition off (typically during transport), the next time the ignition is ON, the system may adjust the headlights to the wrong height. Although the system will automati
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.