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Service bulletins for the 2022 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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
07-178-21R2022-11-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin is being released as guidance for proper testing and charging of vehicle batteries.
12-242-222022-11-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. This bulletin announces the shape design change made to the roof molding fasteners to help prevent any deformation of the molding.
5-88-21R2022-11-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. This bulletin announces a design change made to the front stabilizer bushings.
09-74-21R2022-10-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides updated parts information and a service procedure to follow for removing accumulated carbon deposits from fuel injectors and internal engine components.
18-229-222022-10-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide a description of current changes to Service Manuals.
18-225-22R2022-10-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Bulletin is to inform you of the diagnosis procedure of the Harman Infotainment System when DTC B2255 is detected.
07-209-22R2022-10-04. Service bulletin. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces new software available for the EyeSight® Stereo Camera Assembly.
01-167-08R2022-09-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This bulletin contains additional information for recommended materials listed in the Service Manuals for individual models.
15-302-222022-09-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin contains illustrations of exchange components and their manufacturer as well as a description of the proper exchange procedure.
15-300-222022-09-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Bulletin provides the diagnostic procedure for the STARLINK® Remote Engine Start (RES). All Gen2 Telematic equipped models.
07-209-22R2022-09-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE. This bulletin announces new software available for the EyeSight® Stereo Camera Assembly.
Subaru Tech Tips2022-09-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Special Edition, 2012 current model subaru evaporative diagnostics and smoke testing.
15-282-21R2022-09-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. This Bulletin provides additional procedures and a detailed flow chart to use when diagnosing customer concerns regarding operation of the STARLINK RES feature.
03-88-222022-09-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. The bulletin announces the design change made the propeller shaft to address the small number of customer concerns regarding a growling-type sound being heard from under the vehicle when driving.
15-283-21R2022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:AUX AUDIO JACK/PLUG; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin contains illustrations of exchange components and their manufacturer as well as a description of the proper exchange procedure.
16-132-20R2022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions used in the models listed.
15-298-222022-08-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION:MANUFACTURER TELEMATICS. This Bulletin announces the preferred practices to be used when handling vehicles equipped with Gen2 Telematics which are enrolled in the Subaru STARLINK® Security Plus Service featuring Stolen Vehicle Recovery Plus with Immobilizer.
15-294-222022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin announces a repair process to address a small number of cases where the original equipment key fobs (short range) may be unable to perform a remote start request on push button start models.
05-88-212022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; SUSPENSION. This bulletin announces a design change made to the front stabilizer bushings.
15-246-19R2022-07-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Information Bulletin outlines a new required procedure to follow when performing immobilizer-related repairs.
15-236-18R2022-07-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3.1 Audio and Navigation head units utilized in the models as listed.
18-225-222022-07-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. This Service Bulletin is to inform you of the diagnosis procedure of the Harman Infotainment System when DTC B2255 is detected.
15-236-18R2022-06-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3.1 Audio and Navigation head units.
09-89-222022-06-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of new reprograming files for the Engine Control Module (ECM).
18-218-222022-06-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the Service Manual correction for the diagnostic trouble tree for DTC B281C.

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