Subaru Forester 2015–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin Subarunet Announ · NHTSA communication 10166905 · issued Oct 8, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015–2018
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Subaru of America Inc.. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2015-2018 model year Forester vehicles to replace the passenger-side front airbag Occupant Detection System (ODS) harness. A total of 365,515 U.S. vehicles will be affected by this recall.
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.