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Subaru Forester 2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin WRJ-20R · NHTSA communication 10186304 · issued Jan 6, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a service program to replace the power rear gate electronic control unit (ECU) in certain 2019 model year Forester vehicles.

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.