# Service bulletin 02\-168\-17

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: 10117529
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-09\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 02\-168\-17
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-06\-15
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

This Service Information bulletin announces a material change to the engine accessory drive / v\-belt made to address customer concerns of a slipping belt \(squeal or chirping\) sound.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10117529-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10117529-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Engine, Drive belts

## Vehicles listed

- 2016 to 2017 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2011 to 2017 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2012 to 2016 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2013 to 2017 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2013 to 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU WRX
- 2013 to 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02\-158\-14R](/bulletins/10080548.md), 2016-09-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE COMPONENT PARTS OF THE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY USED ON 3.6L H\-6 ENGINES. THESE DESIGN CHANGES WILL INCREASE THE RIGIDITY OF THE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY WHILE IMPROVING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY.
- [02\-158\-14](/bulletins/10068677.md), 2016-06-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [02\-156\-14](/bulletins/10068290.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-02\-116\-11](/bulletins/10041249.md), 2011-09-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. SUBARU: 2011 FORESTER. CRANKSHAFT PULLEY REPLACEMENT INFORMATION. \*RM

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