{"nhtsa_id":10092011,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-16","date":"2015-07-28","document_id":"02-157-14R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"\"THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES INFORMATION REGARDING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE REPAIR PROCEDURES PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED IN SERVICE BULLETINS 02-143-13R, 02-144-13R AND 02-145-13R. THESE BULLETINS PROVIDED A REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PISTON RINGS TO ADDRESS VERIFIED CONCERNS OF UNUSUAL ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. VEHICLES CONFIRMED AS HAVING THIS CONDITION WHICH ARE WITHIN THE SUPPLIED VIN RANGES WILL NO LONGER BE REPAIRED WITH PISTON RING REPLACEMENT. THE REVISED REPAIR PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS VERIFIED UNUSUAL OIL CONSUMPTION CONCERNS ON THESE SPECIFIC VEHICLES WILL CONSIST OF REPLACING THE ENGINE SHORT BLOCK ASSEMBLY.\"","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10092011","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"CROSSTREK","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_subaru_forester","2012_subaru_forester","2013_subaru_forester","2014_subaru_forester"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_subaru_impreza","2013_subaru_impreza"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_subaru_legacy","2014_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_subaru_outback","2014_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":[]}