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Subaru Forester 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin WTJ-70R · NHTSA communication 10187325 · issued Feb 1, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a Service Campaign for certain 2017 model year Forester normally aspirated vehicles with CVT transmissions. Subaru has determined vehicles affected by this Service Program require additional CVT fluid.

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.