Service bulletin 03-69-12R

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10065090
Published by NHTSA	2016-05-13
Manufacturer's number	03-69-12R
Manufacturer's date	2012-12-11
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
SUBARU OUTBACK	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V502000	2015-08-10. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
13V336000	2013-08-01. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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