# Service bulletin 11\-187\-18

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: 10153624
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-02\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 11\-187\-18
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-12\-21
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\); FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces reprogramming file availability to optimize the ECM and address isolated customer concerns of hesitation on acceleration. The new logic provides enhanced ignition timing control during Exhaust Gas Recirculation \(EGR\) operation.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153624-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153624-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Engine, Exhaust and emissions, Fuel system, EGR valve

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2018 SUBARU FORESTER

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10153624](/v1/bulletins/10153624)

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