# Service bulletin 16\-103\-16R

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: 10111086
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 16\-103\-16R
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-04\-20
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin has been developed in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding fluid seepage found coming from the CVT assembly. Investigation has identified a likely source of the seepage to be the sealant used on the CVT's oil pump chain cover. The repair involves removal, a thorough cleaning and inspection of the sealing surfaces followed by re\-sealing the cover.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10111086-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10111086-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2017 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2010 to 2012 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2010 to 2012 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU WRX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [15V502000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V502000.md), 2015-08-10: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Service](/bulletins/10235866.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. This announcement relates to specific 2014 Forester 2.5 Non?Turbo CVT models which have been identified as having an excess amount of fluid in the CVT transmission.
- [169013](/bulletins/10235836.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Design Change to Lock\-Up Type Torque Converter
- [168011R](/bulletins/10235835.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Inspection Procedure for AT Oil Temperature Warning Lamp Flashing
- [169114](/bulletins/10234840.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Correction to Diagnostics for 5AT\-Related DTCs
- [169013R](/bulletins/10234839.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Design Change to Lock\-Up Type Torque Converter
- [168913](/bulletins/10233083.md), 2023-03-20, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:CVT. CVT Component Design Changes
- [16\-104\-17R](/bulletins/10192928.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. This bulletin provides a diagnostic procedure along with Transmission Control Module \(TCM\) reprogramming files to address isolated customer concerns of a ?bump? feeling from the CVT. The bump feeling has been reported to occur after the CVT is fully up to operating temperature, in Drive and with the engine at idle.
- [WTJ70](/bulletins/10182603.md), 2020-11-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. The CVT fluid in affected vehicles was not filled to the proper specified level at the factory. The condition could cause a noticeable air vacuum noise or possibly even chain slip under high levels of shock load depending upon driving conditions \(i.e. rapid acceleration or hill climbing\). Extended driving under this low\-fill condition is not recommended.
- [16\-103\-16R](/bulletins/10154206.md), 2019-03-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. This bulletin has been developed in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding fluid seepage found coming from the CVT assembly. Investigation has identified a likely source of the seepage to be the sealant used on the CVT?s oil pump chain cover. The repair involves removal, a thorough cleaning and inspection of the sealing surfaces followed by re\-sealing the cover.
- [16\-100\-16](/bulletins/10140512.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE; EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files to optimize the TCM. The files will address customer concerns of inconsistency in the amount of engine braking experienced when using Manual mode \(or paddle shifters if equipped\) when descending long downgrades. 2.5L NA models.

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