Subaru BRZ 2011–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 02-132-12R · NHTSA communication 10140462 · issued Jun 10, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2013
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Bulletin provides a procedure for diagnosis and determination of necessary part replacement in the event any of the ?AVCS Slow Response? or ?AVCS System Failure? DTCs listed above are found to be stored in the ECM memory. A possible cause of these conditions is contamination within the camshaft sprocket and / or oil control solenoid valve (OCV) mechanism.
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.