Subaru Forester 2015–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin WUM-98 · NHTSA communication 10169876 · issued Dec 13, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
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 366,282 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.