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Service bulletin 02-162-15

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 id10093067
Published by NHTSA2017-02-27
Manufacturer's number02-162-15
Manufacturer's date2015-09-10
NHTSA componentENGINE

NHTSA's summary

"THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN ANNOUNCES A DESIGN CHANGE TO THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ASSEMBLY. NICKEL PLATING HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE INTERNAL SWITCH CONTACTS TO ENHANCE THEIR DURABILITY AND REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR CONTACT WHICH COULD AFFECT OPERATION OR CAUSE IMPROPER ILLUMINATION OF THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LAMP. A SMALL PILOT PORTION WAS ADDED TO THE THREADED AREA ON P.N. 25240KA051 AS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION BELOW."

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

Engine

Vehicles listed
SUBARU B9 TRIBECA2012
SUBARU BRZ2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU FORESTER2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU IMPREZA2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU LEGACY2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU OUTBACK2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU TRIBECA2006 to 2011
SUBARU TRIBECA2013 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2008 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2015, 2016
SUBARU WRX STI2008 to 2014
SUBARU WRX STI2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2016

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20186062018-11-02. Engine
18V7720002018-11-01. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
16V1620002016-03-21. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
20161222016-03-17. Engine
10V1960002010-05-07. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS
08V4600002008-09-11. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
20083332008-09-09. Engine

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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