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Service bulletin 15-179-15R

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10083902
Published by NHTSA2016-11-03
Manufacturer's number15-179-15R
Manufacturer's date2015-02-27
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN CONTAINS A SERIES OF SCREEN SHOTS WITH INSTRUCTIONS WHICH PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR PAIRING ANDROID SMARTPHONES TO BLUETOOTH-EQUIPPED CLARION AUDIO UNITS. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES CHANGING THE AUDIO UNIT’S DEFAULT “PASSKEY” WHICH MUST BE ENTERED INTO THE SMARTPHONE DURING THE PAIRING PROCESS. ONCE THE PASSKEY IS CHANGED FROM “1234” TO “0000”, TESTING RESULTS HAVE SHOWN THE REMAINDER OF THE PAIRING PROCESS COMPLETES NORMALLY.

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
SUBARU BRZ2014, 2015
SUBARU FORESTER2014, 2015
SUBARU IMPREZA2014, 2015
SUBARU LEGACY2014, 2015
SUBARU OUTBACK2014, 2015
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2014, 2015

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

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