P050A on the 2011 Subaru Forester
The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.
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| 1113513 | 2023-03-20. Service bulletin. ECM Reprogramming Availability for DTC P050A |
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| 1111612R | 2023-03-06. Service bulletin. DTC P0301 ? P0304 and P050A Reprogramming |
| 11-135-13 | 2017-03-03. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF ECM REPROGRAMMING FILES TO ADDRESS A FALSE CEL/MIL ILLUMINATION AND SETTING OF DTC P050A. THIS DTC CAN RESULT FROM SPECIFIC CLUTCH OPERATION (ON MT MODELS) AND / OR DRIVING PATTERNS OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE. |
| 11-116-12R | 2016-11-18. Service bulletin. "THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE AVAILABILITY OF UPDATED ECM REPROGRAMMING FILES TO ADDRESS DTCS P0301 – P0304 AND P050A. NOTE: THESE REPROGRAMMING FILES ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS A CONDITION WHEN DTCS ARE PRESENT FOR MISFIRE, BUT NO ACTUAL DRIVABILITY CONDITION EXISTS OR HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE CUSTOMER. ACTUAL ENGINE MISFIRE OR ROUGHNESS CONDITIONS MUST BE DIAGNOSED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURES LISTED IN THE APPLICABLE SERVICE MANUAL." |
| SB-11-135-13 | 2014-01-03. Service bulletin. SUBARU: ECM IS AVAILABLE FOR REPROGRAMMING FILES TO ADDRESS FALSE CEL/MIL ILLUMINATION AND THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P050A RESULTED FROM SPECIFIC CLUTCH OPERATIONS AND/OR DRIVING PATTERNS AFTER STARTING ENGINE. MODEL 2011-2013 LEGACY, FORESTER, IMPREZA. *PE |
5 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.