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Subaru Forester 2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin 11-161-16 · NHTSA communication 10120966 · issued Feb 29, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces the availability of new reprogramming files for optimizing the ECM to address the following customer concern: ? Rough idle after a warm engine restart. In rare cases, DTC P0300 may also be stored.

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.