# Service bulletin 15\-131\-08R

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10067853
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-05\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 15\-131\-08R
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-02\-22
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

## 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

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2013 SUBARU FORESTER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [13\-108\-25](/bulletins/11022304.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides information on paint codes for vehicles in the 2026 line up.
- [1513108R](/bulletins/10232875.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Rear Door Wheel Arch Molding
- [214413](/bulletins/10232851.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Front Door Glass Does Not Close Properly
- [12\-231\-18](/bulletins/10130277.md), 2018-03-13, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. \( 2017\-2018MY Impreza \- 5 Dr Only\)
- [15\-131\-08R](/bulletins/10083705.md), 2016-10-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. IN THE EVENT YOU ENCOUNTER A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THAT THE REAR DOOR WHEEL ARCH MOLDING IS LOOSE, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE 3M™ TAPE WHICH ATTACHES THE MOLDING HAS NOT ADHERED PROPERLY. PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING THE MOLDING\(S\).
- [SB\-12\-108\-09](/bulletins/10028526.md), 2009-05-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; STRUCTURE:BODY. SUBARU: VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, IT MAY BE COMING FROM THE BODY SEAM LOCATED BEHIND THE FRONT INNER FENDER WELL. TO CORRECT THE CONDITION, THE BODY SEAM WILL NEED TO BE SEALED. \*PE

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