Friday, August 7, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Subaru Forester 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin 04-16-17 · NHTSA communication 10192927 · issued May 31, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2017
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces availability of a new steering wheel designed to address a possible customer concern of insufficient performance of the heated steering wheel feature on applicable models.

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.