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Subaru Forester 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin 09-104-23R · NHTSA communication 10244897 · issued Oct 12, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files for the Engine Control Module (ECM) to address rare cases of DTCs P0011 (â Aâ Camshaft Position â Timing Over-Advanced or System Performance Bank 1) and P0021 (â Aâ Camshaft Position â Timing Over-Advanced or System Performance Bank 2) detected by the ECM. The new files contain enhanced logic to optimize the detection parameters of DTCs P0011 & P0023.

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.