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Service bulletin 115398

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 id604484
Published by NHTSA1999-05-03
Manufacturer's number115398
Manufacturer's date1999-01-05
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF A SLIGHT ENGINE HESITATION ON VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS 2.5L AND 2.2L ENGINES. TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
SUBARU FORESTER1997
SUBARU FORESTER1998
SUBARU IMPREZA1997, 1998
SUBARU LEGACY1997, 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19981761998-09-08. Engine
98V1270001998-06-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
19980291998-02-19. Engine

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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022006-03-10. Service bulletin. RUBBING MARK ON TIMING BELT. SUBARU. *TT
0101982000-06-27. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON EXHAUST SMELL DURING COLD START. *AK