Subaru Forester 2011–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16-97-15 · NHTSA communication 10093861 · issued Nov 4, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2011–2016
model years
24
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin provides a procedure for diagnosing a customer concern of a delayed and / or harsh engagement of the cvt (model tr580) when shifting into reverse or drive from neutral. All 2013-16my, 4-cylinder, n/a models with cvt
Vehicles covered
- 2014 Subaru Forester
- 2015 Subaru Forester
- 2016 Subaru Forester
- 2012 Subaru Impreza
- 2013 Subaru Impreza
- 2014 Subaru Impreza
- 2015 Subaru Impreza
- 2016 Subaru Impreza
- 2011 Subaru Legacy
- 2012 Subaru Legacy
- 2013 Subaru Legacy
- 2014 Subaru Legacy
- 2015 Subaru Legacy
- 2016 Subaru Legacy
- 2011 Subaru Outback
- 2012 Subaru Outback
- 2013 Subaru Outback
- 2014 Subaru Outback
- 2015 Subaru Outback
- 2016 Subaru Outback
- 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek
- 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek
- 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek
- 2016 Subaru XV Crosstrek
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.