# Service bulletin 11\-120\-12R

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: 10083914
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-11\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 11\-120\-12R
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-02\-02
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUBARU STATE I/M PROGRAM ADVISORY BULLETIN \# 11\-98\-10R. ABOUT 30 STATES HAVE IMPLEMENTED REGULATIONS FOR INSPECTING THE VEHICLE’S ON\-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC \(OBD\) SYSTEM AS PART OF THEIR STATE EMISSIONS INSPECTION PROGRAM. EPA GUIDANCE RECOMMENDS NO MORE THAN ONE UNSET READINESS CODE MONITOR FOR 2001 AND NEWER MODEL VEHICLES. A STATE EMISSION INSPECTION MAY NOT PASS A VEHICLE IF THE NUMBER OF OBD SYSTEM READINESS MONITORS “NOT READY” OR “INCOMPLETE” IS GREATER THAN STATED ABOVE. UNDER THIS CONDITION, THE VEHICLE OPERATOR SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO DRIVE HIS/HER VEHICLE FOR A FEW DAYS TO SET THE MONITORS BEFORE RETURNING FOR AN EMISSION TEST RE\-INSPECTION. 2005MY AND NEWER VEHICLES

## 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

Electrical system, Engine, Exhaust and emissions, Software

## Vehicles listed

- SUBARU SUBARU

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