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Service bulletins for the 2008 Subaru Forester

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.

158 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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SB-0014872012-12-04. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS: ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT AIR BAG. SUBARU: INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED REGARDING COUNTERFEIT AIR BAGS, BEING USED AS REPLACEMENT PARTS AND INSTALLED IN CERTAIN VEHICLES. MODELS 2008-2011 LEGACY, OUTBACK, IMPREZA, FORESTER. *PE
SPB-WVU-312011-06-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBARU SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ECM REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURE. 2006-2010 LEGACY/OUTBACK/FORESTER/IMPREZA. *RM UPDATED 9/26/11. *PE
WVM-232011-06-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUBARU SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. A SOFTWARE PROBLEM IS CAUSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO DEGRADE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. *RM
SB-05-50-10R2011-06-08. Service bulletin. TIRES. SUBARU: THERE IS A STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO AN IMPORPER WHEEL BALANCE. *RM
SB-WVM-232010-04-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. SUBARU SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) REPROGRAMMING. UNDER CERTAIN SEVERE DRIVING PATTERNS, SUCH AS HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY/UPHILL DRIVING AND/OR ACCELERATING WITH HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTIONS, THE EFFICIENCY OF AN AFFECTED VEHICLE'S CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAY BEGIN TO DEGRADE BEYOND DESIGN PARAMETERS. CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. *PE
SB-WVN-242010-04-07. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBARU SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) REPROGRAMMING AND FUEL TANK ONE WAY FUEL VALVE REMOVAL. AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE TWO CONDITIONS THAT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. TO CORRECT THESE CONDITIONS, AFFECTED VEHICLES REQUIRE ECM REPROGRAMMING AND PERMANENT REMOVAL OF THE FUEL TANK ONE WAY FUEL VALVE. CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. *PE UPDATED 6/30/11. *PE
SB-WVL-222010-04-07. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. SUBARU SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. FUEL TANK ONE WAY FUEL VALVE. CERTAIN MODELS REQUIRE PERMANENT REMOVAL OF THE ONE WAY FUEL VALVE LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK. THE ONE WAY FUEL VALVE IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF A SMALL SUB CHAMBER CONTAINED IN THE FUEL TANK. CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. *PE
SB-12-108-092009-05-06. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; STRUCTURE:BODY. SUBARU: VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, IT MAY BE COMING FROM THE BODY SEAM LOCATED BEHIND THE FRONT INNER FENDER WELL. TO CORRECT THE CONDITION, THE BODY SEAM WILL NEED TO BE SEALED. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.