# Service bulletin 02\-157\-14R

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: 10186419
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-02\-01
- Manufacturer's number: 02\-157\-14R
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-01\-26
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

As part of our dedication to customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. is initiating a program to extend the original New Car Powertrain Limited Warranty coverage for excessive engine oil consumption on applicable vehicles to 8 years / 100,000 miles from the original warranty start date.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10186419-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10186419-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Transmission and driveline

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2011 to 2015 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2013 to 2014 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2013 to 2014 SUBARU OUTBACK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2013262](/recalls/tc/2013262.md), 2013-08-02: Powertrain
- [13V336000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V336000.md), 2013-08-01: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [16\-156\-25R](/bulletins/11036810.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces a design change made to the CVT Control Valve Body. The updated valve body incorporates an enhanced valve sleeve to improve durability. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [16\-156\-25R](/bulletins/11034242.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces a design change made to the CVT Control Valve Body which incorporates an enhanced valve sleeve to improve durability. \(This is an revised version of the orignal bulletin.\)
- [16\-156\-25R](/bulletins/11033063.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces a design change made to the CVT Control Valve Body which incorporates an enhanced valve sleeve to improve durability.
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(R](/bulletins/11033056.md), 2026-06-01, Other: POWER TRAIN. This announcement provides information on the remanufactured CVT transmission program.
- [03\-97\-26](/bulletins/11032040.md), 2026-05-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces the service manual correction regarding clutch master cylinder reservoir service procedures.
- [16\-156\-25R](/bulletins/11024861.md), 2025-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces a design change made to the CVT Control Valve Body which enhancement was implemented to prevent abnormal operations. The updated valve body incorporates an enhanced valve sleeve to improve durability.
- [16\-156\-25](/bulletins/11023523.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces a design change made to the CVT Control Valve Body. The updated valve body incorporates an enhanced valve sleeve to improve durability.
- [Subaru Service Technical](/bulletins/11022305.md), 2025-09-02, Other: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. Subaru Service Technical Support Newsletter special edition.
- [16\-103\-16R](/bulletins/11014872.md), 2025-03-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. This bulletin has been developed in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding fluid seepage found coming from the CVT assembly.
- [Subarunet Announcement](/bulletins/11005624.md), 2024-08-05, Other: POWER TRAIN. This annoucement provides parts personnel information about remanufactured transmissions that will no longer be available.

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