{"nhtsa_id":10002990,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2003-10-03","date":"2003-07-01","document_id":"070103","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"STOP SALE ON 2004 FORESTER HOOD PROTECTOR. TWO MOUNTING HOLES ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD, USED FOR MOUNTING THE HOOD PROTECTOR, HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED. THE HOOD PROTECTOR SHOULD NOT BE INSTALLED ON 2004 FORESTERS UNLESS INSPECTED. ENGINEERING IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10002990","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}