Subaru Crosstrek 2018–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 09-81-21R · NHTSA communication 11035654 · issued Jul 27, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018–2025
model years
21
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces design changes made to the fuel injector in response to the DTCs listed. (This is an revised version of the original bulletin.)
Vehicles covered
- 2018 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2019 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2020 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2021 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2022 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2023 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2024 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2025 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2018 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
- 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
- 2020 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
- 2021 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
- 2019 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Forester
- 2021 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Legacy
- 2021 Subaru Legacy
- 2022 Subaru Legacy
- 2020 Subaru Outback
- 2021 Subaru Outback
- 2022 Subaru Outback
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.