Subaru Forester 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16-111-18 · NHTSA communication 10130284 · issued Jan 30, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2018
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces reprogramming file availability to optimize the Transmission Control Module (TCM) used with the TR580 CVT. Contamination in a fluid pressure solenoid valve can cause a DTC P0841. The new logic will allow the solenoid to operate in a manner enabling it to discharge the contamination.
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.