{"nhtsa_id":10051640,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2013-03-26","date":"2013-01-01","document_id":"WQD-40","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SUBARU: OVER TIME, FRONT CATALYTIC CONVERTER EFFICIENCY DEGRADES BEYOND AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL AND RELEASES AIR POLLUTANTS THAT REQUIRES THE FRONT CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO BE REPLACED AND ECM TO BE REPROGRAMMED. MODELS 2008-2009 LEGACY, OUTBACK, FORESTER. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10051640","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"catalytic-converter","name":"Catalytic converter","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2008,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_subaru_forester","2009_subaru_forester"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2008,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_subaru_legacy","2009_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2008,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_subaru_outback","2009_subaru_outback"]}],"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":[]}