{"nhtsa_id":10166886,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-10-31","date":"2019-10-02","document_id":"12-262-19","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces availability of a new hood lock release cable to address concerns of the front hood lock not releasing when the release lever is pulled. The new inner cable diameter has been increased and the shape of the cable end has been changed to improve engagement between the release cable end and the lock release mechanism. Latching of the hood is not affected by this change.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10166886-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10166886-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10166886","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2019,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_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":[]}