{"nhtsa_id":10083914,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-11-04","date":"2016-02-02","document_id":"11-120-12R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUBARU STATE I/M PROGRAM ADVISORY BULLETIN # 11-98-10R. ABOUT 30 STATES HAVE IMPLEMENTED REGULATIONS FOR INSPECTING THE VEHICLE’S ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC (OBD) SYSTEM AS PART OF THEIR STATE EMISSIONS INSPECTION PROGRAM. EPA GUIDANCE RECOMMENDS NO MORE THAN ONE UNSET READINESS CODE MONITOR FOR 2001 AND NEWER MODEL VEHICLES. A STATE EMISSION INSPECTION MAY NOT PASS A VEHICLE IF THE NUMBER OF OBD SYSTEM READINESS MONITORS “NOT READY” OR “INCOMPLETE” IS GREATER THAN STATED ABOVE. UNDER THIS CONDITION, THE VEHICLE OPERATOR SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO DRIVE HIS/HER VEHICLE FOR A FEW DAYS TO SET THE MONITORS BEFORE RETURNING FOR AN EMISSION TEST RE-INSPECTION. 2005MY AND NEWER VEHICLES","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10083914","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"SUBARU","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"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":[]}