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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 id10089801
Published by NHTSA2017-01-28
Manufacturer's numberFWR
Manufacturer's date2016-02-24
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

"DUE TO A FLASHWRITE DATABASE ERROR, WHEN SEARCHING FOR 2015 FORESTER 2.0L TURBO PACK FILES BY VEHICLE SPECIFICATION (ONLY), THE NEW CID FOR THE LATEST PAK FILES DISPLAYS INCORRECTLY AS SHOWN BELOW. THE ACTUAL NEW CID SHOULD READ AS LF61700B AS SHOWN WHEN THE SEARCH IS PERFORMED USING THE VEHICLE CID#. REGARDLESS OF HOW THE PAK FILE IS SEARCHED, THE CORRECT FILE IS APPLIED BY FLASHWRITE IN BOTH CASES. IF THE ECM IS CHECKED FOLLOWING PROGRAMMING, THE NEW CID LF61700B WILL BE FOUND AS LONG AS FLASHWRITE (RELEASE MONTH JAN 2016) IS USED FOR THIS APPLICATION. THIS DISPLAY ERROR WILL BE CORRECTED AS PART OF A FUTURE RELEASE OF SSM4/ FLASHWRITE. FIG 1- NEW CID DISPLAYS INCORRECTLY WHEN SEARCHED BY VEHICLE SPECIFICATION"

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER2015
SUBARU WRX2015

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

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