# Service bulletin 12\-262\-19

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: 10166886
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-10\-31
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-262\-19
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-10\-02
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces availability of a new hood lock release cable to address concerns of the front hood lock not releasing when the release lever is pulled. The new inner cable diameter has been increased and the shape of the cable end has been changed to improve engagement between the release cable end and the lock release mechanism. Latching of the hood is not affected by this change.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10166886-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10166886-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 SUBARU FORESTER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12\-269\-25R](/bulletins/11036824.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces the service procedures to be followed when encountering instances of water intrusion from the sunroof area. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [05\-62\-18R](/bulletins/11036822.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of surface rust accumulating in the top center retaining nut area of the front strut mounts. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [12\-279\-26](/bulletins/11033052.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a design change to the Power Rear Gate Drive \(PRG\) Unit to address rare concerns about a very slight drop immediately after the gate is fully open.
- [12\-269\-25](/bulletins/11022328.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. "This bulletin announces the service procedures to be followed when encountering instances of water intrusion from the sunroof area for models listed. "
- [13\-108\-25](/bulletins/11022304.md), 2025-09-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin provides information on paint codes for vehicles in the 2026 line up.
- [12\-265\-25](/bulletins/11016230.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces design changes made to the Power Rear Gate Drive \(PRG\) Unit to address concerns of the power rear gate being inoperative.
- [12\-262\-25](/bulletins/11016174.md), 2025-04-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. This Bulletin announces diagnostic procedures to be followed when working with a Power Rear Gate \(PRG\).
- [12\-251\-23R](/bulletins/11010905.md), 2024-12-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the initialization service procedures to be followed when diagnosing and/or repairing Power Rear Gate \(PRG\) systems.
- [12\-251\-23](/bulletins/10246093.md), 2023-12-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the initialization service procedures to be followed when diagnosing and/or repairing Power Rear Gate \(PRG\) systems.
- [12\-248\-23R](/bulletins/10244910.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. This Bulletin announces the repair procedure developed to address rattle\-type sounds heard from the left and/or right B\-Pillar area.

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