Subaru WRX 2016–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin Subaru Announ · NHTSA communication 10169834 · issued Dec 5, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2016–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a service campaign/ voluntary emissions recall for certain 2015-2018 Forester 2.0L Turbo and 2016-2018 WRX models which may experience a loosening of the fornt exhaust pip nuts.
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.