Service bulletins for the 2012 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.
388 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 11-116-12R | 2016-11-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE. "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." |
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| 02-132-12R | 2016-11-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR FOR AVCS-RELATED DTCS P000A, P000B, P000C, P000D, P0011, P0014, P0021 AND P0024 |
| PEOCCAS | 2016-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE. "PROPOSED ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT RECENTLY YOU MAY HAVE SEEN VARIOUS ONLINE AND OTHER MEDIA ARTICLES REGARDING SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. REACHING A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR ALLEGED OIL CONSUMPTION CONCERNS ON CERTAIN SUBARU VEHICLES. SOME MEDIA OUTLETS ALSO SUPPLIED VARYING INFORMATION ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS SETTLEMENT. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO YOU, OUR RETAILERS, IN ADVANCE OF ANY CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION." |
| 02-157-14R | 2016-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES INFORMATION REGARDING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE REPAIR PROCEDURES PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED IN SERVICE BULLETINS 02-143-13R, 02-144-13R AND 02-145-13R. THESE BULLETINS PROVIDED A REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PISTON RINGS TO ADDRESS VERIFIED CONCERNS OF UNUSUAL ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE PURPOSE OF REVISING THIS BULLETIN IS TO CORRECT THE TRANSMISSION TYPE. |
| 12-131-12R | 2016-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR OF OIL SEEPAGE WHICH MAY BE COMING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN COVER, FRONT CAMSHAFT CAP, CAMSHAFT CARRIER AND / OR UPPER OIL PAN. |
| 02-157-14R | 2016-09-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE. REVISED SERVICE BULLETIN: SURFACE TREATMENT CHANGE TO OIL CONTROL PISTON RINGS THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES INFORMATION REGARDING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE REPAIR PROCEDURES PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED IN SERVICE BULLETINS 02-143-13R, 02-144-13R AND 02-145-13R. |
| 11-153-15 | 2016-09-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF REPROGRAMMING FILES TO ADDRESS CUSTOMER CONCERNS OF EXTENDED CRANKING TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE STARTS. |
| 02-157-14R | 2016-09-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. REVISED SERVICE BULLETIN: SURFACE TREATMENT CHANGE TO OIL CONTROL PISTON RINGS THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES INFORMATION REGARDING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE REPAIR PROCEDURES PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED IN SERVICE BULLETINS 02-143-13R, 02-144-13R AND 02-145-13R. |
| SB-07-96-15 | 2016-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-144-13R | 2016-06-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-157-14R | 2016-06-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-157-14R | 2016-06-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-144-13R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-157-14R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 8-1-2014 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-147-13R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-144-13R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-147-13R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-130-13R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-130-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-144-13R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-135-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-133-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-130-13R | 2016-05-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-100-11R | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THAT THE ENGINE IS DIFFICULT TO START, THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AIR GAP MAY BE OUT OF SPECIFICATION. THIS IS CAUSED BY AN IRREGULAR STAMPING OF THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR PLATE. TO REMEDY THE CONDITION, A SHIM WILL NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE BANK 1 (RIGHT HAND) CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TO BRING THE AIR GAP INTO SPECIFICATION. NOTE: DTCS P0341 AND P0346 ARE APPLICABLE TO 2013MY VEHICLES ONLY. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.