# Service bulletin 09\-51\-08R

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: 10198749
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-07\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 09\-51\-08R
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-06\-07
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin is to advise of SOA’s revised catalytic converter recycling program shipping procedure.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10198749-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10198749-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Engine, Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 1972 to 1973 SUBARU 22
- 1972 to 1973 SUBARU 23
- 1972 to 1973 SUBARU 62
- 1972 to 1973 SUBARU 63
- 2019 to 2021 SUBARU ASCENT
- 2006 to 2012 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA
- 2003 to 2006 SUBARU BAJA
- 1978 to 1979 SUBARU BRAT
- 1982 to 1986 SUBARU BRAT
- 1987 to 1994 SUBARU BRAT
- 2013 to 2020 SUBARU BRZ
- 2012 to 2015 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2021 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2017 SUBARU CROSSTREK HYBRID
- 1974 SUBARU DL
- 1980 SUBARU DL
- 1981 to 1989 SUBARU DL
- 1990 to 1994 SUBARU DL
- 1984 SUBARU DL1600
- 2000 to 2001 SUBARU ESTEEM
- 1970 to 1971 SUBARU FF\-1
- SUBARU FORESTER
- 1995 to 1997 SUBARU FORESTER
- 1998 to 2021 SUBARU FORESTER
- SUBARU GL
- 1980 SUBARU GL
- 1981 to 1989 SUBARU GL
- 1990 to 1994 SUBARU GL
- 1983 to 1984 SUBARU GL\-10
- 1985 to 1989 SUBARU GL\-10
- 1990 to 1993 SUBARU GL\-10
- 1980 SUBARU GLF
- 1981 SUBARU GLF
- SUBARU IMPREZA
- 1990 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 1993 to 2021 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2008 to 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA STI
- 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX
- 1987 to 1994 SUBARU JUSTY
- 1995 SUBARU JUSTY
- SUBARU LEGACY
- 1987 to 1989 SUBARU LEGACY
- 1990 to 2022 SUBARU LEGACY
- 1990 SUBARU LOYAL
- 1983 to 1989 SUBARU LOYALE
- 1990 to 1994 SUBARU LOYALE
- SUBARU OUTBACK
- 1995 to 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2005 to 2021 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT
- 2008 to 2009 SUBARU OUTBACK SPORT
- SUBARU SUBARU
- 1972 to 1993 SUBARU SUBARU
- SUBARU SUBARU TRUCK
- 1988 SUBARU SUBARU TRUCK
- SUBARU SVX
- 1990 SUBARU SVX
- 1992 to 1997 SUBARU SVX
- 2006 to 2011 SUBARU TRIBECA
- 2013 to 2014 SUBARU TRIBECA
- 1976 to 1977 SUBARU WAGON
- 1983 to 1994 SUBARU WAGON
- 2002 to 2003 SUBARU WAGON
- 2002 to 2014 SUBARU WRX
- 2015 to 2021 SUBARU WRX
- 2004 to 2005 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2008 to 2014 SUBARU WRX STI
- 2015 to 2020 SUBARU WRX STI
- 1983 to 1984 SUBARU XT
- 1985 to 1991 SUBARU XT
- 1992 to 1994 SUBARU XT
- 1983 to 1987 SUBARU XT\-6
- 1988 to 1991 SUBARU XT\-6
- 1992 to 1994 SUBARU XT\-6
- 2012 to 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2017 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK
- 2014 to 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK HYBRID

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [26V436000](/recalls/nhtsa/26V436000.md), 2026-07-07: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- [21V264000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V264000.md), 2021-04-15: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
- [2019604](/recalls/tc/2019604.md), 2019-12-02: Engine
- [19V856000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V856000.md), 2019-12-02: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE \(PCV\)
- [2019536](/recalls/tc/2019536.md), 2019-10-25: Accessories
- [2019527](/recalls/tc/2019527.md), 2019-10-17: Engine
- [2019526](/recalls/tc/2019526.md), 2019-10-17: Engine
- [2019525](/recalls/tc/2019525.md), 2019-10-17: Engine
- [19V745000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V745000.md), 2019-10-17: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE \(PCV\)
- [19V744000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V744000.md), 2019-10-17: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE \(PCV\)

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [09\-141\-26](/bulletins/11037946.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin provides a diagnostic procedure for customer concerns about hesitation, reduced acceleration, or lack of power when driving uphill or under heavy engine load.
- [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.
- [09\-98\-22R](/bulletins/11036821.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the availability of new reprograming files for the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) developed to remedy the following DTCs: P0016, P0017, P0018, P0019, P0014, P0024, P0128, P2109. If any of the DTCs listed above are found to be stored in the ECM, follow the procedures outlined in the bulletin. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
- [02\-196\-26R](/bulletins/11036811.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This service bulletin outlines the diagnostic and repair procedure for white smoke emitted from the exhaust after startup. 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 \(e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers\). \(This is an revised version of the original bulletin.\)
- [09\-74\-21R](/bulletins/11034264.md), 2026-07-02, 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 \(e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers\). \(This is an revised version of the original bulletin.\)
- [02\-196\-26](/bulletins/11034257.md), 2026-07-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin outlines the diagnostic and repair procedure for white smoke emitted from the exhaust after startup.
- [09\-130\-25R](/bulletins/11034243.md), 2026-07-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin announces the design change made to the exhaust manifold flange nut material that has been changed from stainless steel to medium carbon steel. This change also necessitates a revised tightening torque specification. \(This is an revised version of the original bulletin.\)
- [02\-195\-26](/bulletins/11034240.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. This bulletin announces the availability of reprogramming files for the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) for certain vehicles equipped with 3.6L engines.
- [18\-240\-26](/bulletins/11034237.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE. "This bulletin provides a new diagnostic procedure for vehicles equipped with a Denso CP 1, 1.5 and 2.5 head units to provide an enhanced version of the troubleshooting steps for Sound does not come out from the speaker."

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