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Service bulletin 15-176-14R

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10090881
Published by NHTSA2017-02-08
Manufacturer's number15-176-14R
Manufacturer's date2015-03-30
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; SERVICE BRAKES

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF THE AUDIO VOLUME LEVEL DECREASING WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE FROM SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH BY APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE CONDITION OCCURS WHEN LISTENING TO AN FM RADIO STATION THAT IS EXHIBITING POOR TO MODERATE RECEPTION. REVISED TO ADD MODEL YEAR.

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

Brakes, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK HYBRID2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20191042019-03-01. Brakes
20152492015-06-04. Accessories
20152062015-05-15. Accessories

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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