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Service bulletin 04-13-14

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 id10067857
Published by NHTSA2016-05-23
Manufacturer's number04-13-14
Manufacturer's date2014-02-19
NHTSA componentSTEERING; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

NEW ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) CONTROL UNIT FOR DTC C2532

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, Power steering

Trouble codes named

C2532

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER2014
SUBARU IMPREZA2012, 2013, 2014
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2012, 2013, 2014

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0413142023-03-13. Service bulletin. New Electric Power Steering (EPS) Control Unit for DTC C2532
04-23-18R2019-03-11. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides helpful tips to simplify the diagnosis of sound concerns originating in the electronic power steering (EPS) gearbox (steering rack) assembly. If a vehicle presents with a ?rattling?, ?knocking? or possibly a ?clanging? type sound coming from the steering rack and / or a vibration felt through the steering wheel, use the flow chart below to help make diagnosis of the concern easier.
04-24-182019-02-19. Service bulletin. This bulletin announces a new Electronic Power Steering (EPS) control module for the models listed above. These new EPS control modules address a limited number of customer concerns regarding increased steering effort which may occur during freezing temperatures after a cold start. The cause has been identified as a frozen relay contact inside the control module. Illumination of the EPS warning lamp can also occur and a DTC C2532 may be stored.
SB-04-13-14R2016-02-19. Service bulletin. SUBARU: AN ISSUE OF INCREASE STEERING EFFORT, ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) C2532 AND TO ADDRESS CODE A NEW EPS CONTROL UNIT THAT IS AVAILABLE. MODEL 2014 FORESTER, 2012-14 IMPREZA, XV CROSSTREK (INCLUDING HYBRID). *PE