Subaru Crosstrek 2011–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 02-157-14R · NHTSA communication 10093904 · issued Nov 19, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2011–2015
model years
17
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces information regarding a major change to the repair procedures previously outlined in service bulletins 02-143-13r, 02-144-13r and 02-145-13r. These bulletins provided a repair procedure for the replacement of the piston rings to address verified concerns of unusual engine oil consumption. Vehicles confirmed as having this condition which are within the supplied vin ranges will no longer be repaired with piston ring replacement. The revised repair procedure to address verified unusual oil consumption concerns on these specific vehicles will consist of replacing the engin
Vehicles covered
- 2012 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2013 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2014 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2015 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2011 Subaru Forester
- 2012 Subaru Forester
- 2013 Subaru Forester
- 2014 Subaru Forester
- 2015 Subaru Forester
- 2012 Subaru Impreza
- 2013 Subaru Impreza
- 2014 Subaru Impreza
- 2015 Subaru Impreza
- 2013 Subaru Legacy
- 2014 Subaru Legacy
- 2013 Subaru Outback
- 2014 Subaru Outback
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.