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Subaru Impreza 2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin 11-156-15 · NHTSA communication 10090401 · issued May 27, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2012
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files for optimizing the ecm to address customer concerns of extended engine cranking time before the engine starts.

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.