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Service bulletin 02-134-12R

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 id10154425
Published by NHTSA2019-03-11
Manufacturer's number02-134-12R
Manufacturer's date2019-01-31
NHTSA componentENGINE; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

The purpose of this bulletin is to announce a change to the specification of the valve springs used in the FB engine. The new springs have different color paint marks to help identify their application.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
SUBARU IMPREZA2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU LEGACY2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU OUTBACK2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SUBARU WRX2015, 2016

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
20152492015-06-04. Accessories
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
20144132014-09-22. Accessories
13V1590002013-04-24. EQUIPMENT
20130632013-02-25. Accessories
13V0610002013-02-25. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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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