{"nhtsa_id":10182603,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-11-16","date":"2016-08-30","document_id":"WTJ70","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The CVT fluid in affected vehicles was not filled to the proper specified level at the factory. The condition could cause a noticeable air vacuum noise or possibly even chain slip under high levels of shock load depending upon driving conditions (i.e. rapid acceleration or hill climbing). Extended driving under this low-fill condition is not recommended.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10182603-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10182603-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10182603","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":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_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":[]}