# Service bulletin 11\-169\-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: 10155221
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-03\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 11\-169\-16R
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-02\-20
- NHTSA component: ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces the availability of reprogramming files to optimize the ECM. These new files will address customer concerns of: ? Spark knock \(ping\) during high intake air temperature operation ? Surge on acceleration due to phantom knock detection ? Check Engine light illumination resulting from DTC P113A and / or P0137 being stored in the ECM memory.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10155221-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10155221-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Engine

## Trouble codes named

P0137, P113A

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2017 SUBARU FORESTER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [16V162000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V162000.md), 2016-03-21: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
- [2016122](/recalls/tc/2016122.md), 2016-03-17: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [09\-84\-22R](/bulletins/11037934.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin announces Warranty Extension and design changes made to the front exhaust pipe and covers to address the concerns of some customers regarding an odor or a rattle\-type noise/fluttering sound coming from the undercarriage, during acceleration. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [02\-193\-24R](/bulletins/11034269.md), 2026-07-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin provides updated parts information and a service procedure to follow for removing accumulated carbon deposits from fuel injectors and internal engine components \(e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers\). \(This is an revised version of the original bulletin.\)
- [02\-193\-24R](/bulletins/11033065.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin provides updated parts information and a service procedure to follow for removing accumulated carbon deposits from fuel injectors and internal engine components \(e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers\).
- [18\-230\-26](/bulletins/11033051.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin announces the diagnostic procedures to be used when DTCs B1571\(REFERENCE CODE INCOMPATIBILITY IMMOBILIZER CM TO ECM\) and B1572\(IMM CIRCUIT EXCEPT ANTENNA CIRCUIT\) are detected by Keyless Access with Push Button Start\(KACM\).
- [15\-300\-22R](/bulletins/11027982.md), 2026-02-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. This Bulletin provides the diagnostic procedure for the STARLINK® Remote Engine Start \(RES\).
- [09\-74\-21R](/bulletins/11027090.md), 2026-01-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE; FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM. This bulletin provides updated parts information and a service procedure to follow for removing accumulated carbon deposits from fuel injectors and internal engine components \(e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers\).
- [18\-226\-25R](/bulletins/11027083.md), 2026-01-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. This Service Information Bulletin provides the Service Manual Correction to the diagnostic procedure for DTC B2A16 \(Immobilizer Key Collation Diagnosis\).
- [07\-235\-25](/bulletins/11023536.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS; ENGINE. In the interest of customer satisfaction Subaru of America, Inc. \(SOA\) is extending the New Car Limited Warranty coverage in the models listed. The extension will address instances of “phantom braking” or the EyeSight/RAB systems causing unnecessary stoppage/slowing of the vehicle.
- [02\-193\-24R](/bulletins/11022313.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin provides updated parts information and a service procedure to follow for removing accumulated carbon deposits from fuel injectors and internal engine components \(e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers\).
- [WRA\-25R](/bulletins/11022307.md), 2025-09-02, Other: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is initiating a new voluntary emissions recall for certain 2017 model year WRX and Forester vehicles equipped with a 2.0L turbo engine.

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