Subaru Forester 2018–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin WRA-26 · NHTSA communication 11030577 · issued Mar 16, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2018–2019
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new voluntary emissions recall for certain 2018 model year WRX and Forester vehicles and certain 2019 MY WRX equipped with a 2.0L turbo engine.
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.