{"nhtsa_id":10153624,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-02-25","date":"2018-12-21","document_id":"11-187-18","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE); FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces reprogramming file availability to optimize the ECM and address isolated customer concerns of hesitation on acceleration. The new logic provides enhanced ignition timing control during Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) operation.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153624-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153624-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10153624","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null},{"id":"egr-valve","name":"EGR valve","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_subaru_forester","2015_subaru_forester","2016_subaru_forester","2017_subaru_forester","2018_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":[]}