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Service bulletin SB-16-92-14

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10056871
Published by NHTSA2015-03-03
Manufacturer's numberSB-16-92-14
Manufacturer's date2014-09-02
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SUBARU: REPLACING COOLANT PIPING LOCATED ADJACENT TO RADIATOR THAT'S CORRODED AND DAMAGED DUE TO ROAD SALT AND/OR SALT WATER ACCUMULATION AND NEW REPLACEMENT IS DOUBLE THICK TEFLON COATING. MODEL 2009-13 FORESTER AT, 20089-11 IMPREZA AT. *PE UPDATED 08/05/2015 *LJ

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Steering, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Power steering

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
SUBARU IMPREZA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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