Subaru Forester 2017 — technical 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.