Subaru Forester 1998–2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 128505 · NHTSA communication 10015186 · issued Feb 25, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1998–2002
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin provides information to properly diagnosis the rear gate stays and also avoids unnecessary replacement of non-failed stays. *tt
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.