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Service bulletin 07-191-21

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 id10189663
Published by NHTSA2021-04-02
Manufacturer's number07-191-21
Manufacturer's date2021-03-04
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces a design change made to the front hood lock (latch) assembly.

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

Latches and locks

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER2019, 2020, 2021

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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