# Service bulletin 18\-230\-26

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: 11033051
- Published by NHTSA: 2026\-06\-01
- Manufacturer's number: 18\-230\-26
- Manufacturer's date: 2026\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

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\(KACM\).

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11033051-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11033051-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Engine

## Trouble codes named

B1571, B1572

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2026 SUBARU ASCENT
- 2022 to 2026 SUBARU BRZ
- 2016 to 2026 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2016 to 2026 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2016 to 2026 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2016 to 2025 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2016 to 2025 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2017 to 2026 SUBARU WRX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [23V723000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V723000.md), 2023-10-26: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- [22V473000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V473000.md), 2022-07-01: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- [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 \(PCV\)
- [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.
- [07\-231\-26](/bulletins/11036791.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin announces the service procedure for battery replacement on 2025\-2026MY Impreza and Crosstrek.
- [07\-242\-26](/bulletins/11035637.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE; STEERING. This bulletin outlines a repair procedure to be performed if DTC B2781 is set in the steering lock control module.
- [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.
- [18\-243\-26](/bulletins/11034246.md), 2026-07-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This bulletin announces the elimination of oil spacers from both left\- and right side camshaft carriers on FB2.5 engines.

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