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June 10, 2015 Service bulletin

This Bulletin provides a procedure for diagnosis and determination of necessary part replacement in the...

Subaru technical service bulletin 02-132-12R for 2013 Subaru Outback, 2011-2013 Subaru Forester and 2013 Subaru Legacy and others.

Bulletin number
02-132-12R
Component
Engine
Summary
This Bulletin provides a procedure for diagnosis and determination of necessary part replacement in the event any of the ?AVCS Slow Response? or ?AVCS System Failure? DTCs listed above are found to be stored in the ECM memory. A possible cause of these conditions is contamination within the camshaft sprocket and / or oil control solenoid valve (OCV) mechanism.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 427 complaints in the engine category.

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