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Service bulletins for the 2016 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.

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

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02-162-152017-02-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE. "THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN ANNOUNCES A DESIGN CHANGE TO THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ASSEMBLY. NICKEL PLATING HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE INTERNAL SWITCH CONTACTS TO ENHANCE THEIR DURABILITY AND REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR CONTACT WHICH COULD AFFECT OPERATION OR CAUSE IMPROPER ILLUMINATION OF THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LAMP. A SMALL PILOT PORTION WAS ADDED TO THE THREADED AREA ON P.N. 25240KA051 AS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION BELOW."
SM2017-02-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. THE 2016 MY FORESTER SERVICE MANUAL (LOCATED IN THE SERVICE DIAGNOSTICS SECTION OF STIS) REQUIRES INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 11 OR HIGHER. ALL SDS NOTEBOOKS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING INTERNET EXPLORER 8 AND WILL BE UPGRADED TO INTERNET EXPLORER 11 BY EARLY FALL 2015. THIS IS THE ONLY SERVICE MANUAL THAT REQUIRES INTERNET EXPLORER 11 AT THIS TIME. ALL OTHER SERVICE MANUALS WILL WORK WITH INTERNET EXPLORER 8.
F10TSG2016-11-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). TECHNICAL SUPPORT GUIDE - GEN 2.0 & 2.1 MICRO SD NAVIGATION (AVN) DISPLAY AUDIO (DA)
09-63-162016-11-08. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY. THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN SERVES AS A REMINDER TO ALWAYS FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURES WHEN DIAGNOSIS OF A DTC B1500 LEADS TO REPLACEMENT OF A FAULTY MAIN AND / OR SUB FUEL LEVEL SENSOR.
11-123-122016-05-13. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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