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Subaru Forester 2005–2008technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-WVL-22 · NHTSA communication 10032510 · issued Oct 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2005–2008
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subaru service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. Fuel tank one way fuel valve. Certain models require permanent removal of the one way fuel valve located in the fuel tank. The one way fuel valve is located at the base of a small sub chamber contained in the fuel tank. Csc letter was received. *pe

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.