{"nhtsa_id":10094059,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-07","date":"2013-12-18","document_id":"16-89-13","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS SERVICE INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THREE NEW PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CVT TRANSMISSION (MODEL TR690) USED IN THE FORESTER MODEL WITH 2.0L DIT(DIRECT INJECTION TURBO) ENGINE: • AN IN-LINE CVT FLUID FILTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATION ENTERING THE LOCK-UP CIRCUIT OF THE VALVE BODY • MACHINING OF AN EXISTING FLUID PASSAGE IN THE TRANSMISSION CASE TO ACCEPT THE NEW FILTER • A SMALLER CORRESPONDING PORT ON THE MATING SURFACE OF THE VALVE BODY ALONG WITH A SEALING O-RING WAS ADDED TO RETAIN THE FILTER IN THE TRANSMISSION CASE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10094059","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_subaru_forester"]}],"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":[]}