{"nhtsa_id":10111097,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-14","date":"2016-07-22","document_id":"11-164-16R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces the availability of reprogramming files to optimize the ECM. These files will address customer concerns of a slight surging / decrease in engine power condition between approx. 2000-2500 RPM on light acceleration during high ambient temperatures (intake air temperatures exceeding 104 deg. F).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10111097-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10111097-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10111097","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"},{"id":"transmission-control-module","name":"Transmission control module","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_subaru_forester","2015_subaru_forester","2016_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":[]}