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Service bulletin 07-108-16R

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10138780
Published by NHTSA2018-05-29
Manufacturer's number07-108-16R
Manufacturer's date2017-12-07
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

NHTSA's summary

This Service Information Bulletin provides a revised troubleshooting procedure and tips to follow when diagnosing a DTC B1650- ?Occupant Classification System Malfunction?. This DTC may also be accompanied by B1760, B1761, B1771 or B1795 as found in the Occupant Detection control module. The new procedure is designed to help avoid unnecessary part (seat cushion assembly) replacements.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Air bags, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

Trouble codes named

B1650, B1760, B1761, B1771, B1795

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20245462024-08-15. Label
20194922019-10-04. Airbag
19V7010002019-10-03. AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
18V4550002018-07-10. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; TIRES
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
13V1590002013-04-24. EQUIPMENT

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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