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Service bulletin 15-185-15R

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 id10093063
Published by NHTSA2017-02-27
Manufacturer's number15-185-15R
Manufacturer's date2015-09-08
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE HELPFUL INSIGHT TO USE WHEN RESPONDING TO CUSTOMER INQUIRIES INVOLVING THE PAIRING AND USE OF CELLULAR PHONES WITH CLARION AUDIO UNITS. THIS INCLUDES CUSTOMER CONCERNS WHERE THE PHONE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY PAIR ITSELF BUT INSTEAD REQUIRES MANUAL PHONE SELECTION ON THE AUDIO UNIT TO ALLOW PAIRING TO PROCEED.

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

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
SUBARU CROSSTREK2013
SUBARU FORESTER2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU IMPREZA2012, 2013, 2014
SUBARU LEGACY2012, 2013, 2014
SUBARU OUTBACK2012, 2013, 2014
SUBARU WRX2012 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2015
SUBARU WRX STI2012 to 2014
SUBARU WRX STI2015 (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
20191912019-04-18. Electrical
19V2970002019-04-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
17V6250002017-10-06. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
16V7380002016-10-13. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20164922016-10-07. Electrical
13V0610002013-02-25. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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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