# Service bulletin 15\-199\-16R

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10138774
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-05\-29
- Manufacturer's number: 15\-199\-16R
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-12\-20
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces reprogramming file availability and the software installation procedure to address a group of operational concerns received from the field and listed below involving the Clarion Display Audio unit with 6.2? display. The procedure will involve downloading the applicable software update files from Subarunet then loading them onto a flash drive for audio unit installation.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10138774-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10138774-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 to 2016 SUBARU BRZ
- 2016 to 2017 SUBARU CROSSTREK
- 2015 to 2016 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU IMPREZA
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU LEGACY
- 2015 to 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK
- 2016 to 2017 SUBARU WRX
- 2015 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [21V264000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V264000.md), 2021-04-15: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
- [19V743000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V743000.md), 2019-10-18: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [09\-103\-23](/bulletins/10240103.md), 2023-08-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This bulletin the announces diagnostic procedures and availability of new Engine Control Module \(ECM\) reprogramming files to address DTC P2404 \(Evap System Leak Detection Pump Sensor Circuit Range/Performance\) detection.
- [078314](/bulletins/10233431.md), 2023-04-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Diagnostics for DTC B1500 and U1500
- [15\-291\-22](/bulletins/10208659.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Going forward when a customer’s vehicle is equipped with a DCM that does not have Software version ID DCM\_06.00.17\_20190816 installed and they wish to subscribe to Starlink Telematics Service, the DCM must be replaced.
- [WTB\-63R](/bulletins/10182213.md), 2020-11-05, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is initiating a service campaign for all 2015 model year Legacy and Outback vehicles. Subaru has determined that vehicles affected by this Service Program require reprogramming of the Electronic Parking Brake \(EPB\) system.
- [Subaru Starlink](/bulletins/10180737.md), 2020-10-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Update for STARLINK Multimedia Software and Navigation Maps.
- [WUA\-86R](/bulletins/10176013.md), 2020-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. In the interest of customer satisfation, Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is initiating a service program to update the Harman Kardon head unit on certain vehicles with the latest version of software.
- [11\-200\-20R](/bulletins/10175989.md), 2020-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. This bulletin announces the availability of reprogramming files to optimize the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) for hard starting in sub\-freezing temperatures, DTC P0400, and surging in high altitudes.
- [11\-191\-19](/bulletins/10163563.md), 2019-08-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of a new Engine Control Module \(ECM\) for the models listed above designed to address DTC P2610: “ECM/PCM ENGINE OFF TIMER PERFORMANCE”. Under certain RARE conditions, an electrostatic surge may influence the ECM’s internal timer used after the engine is turned off and store a DTC P2610 in memory. Hardware in the ECM has been changed to eliminate any impact from electrostatic surges.
- [WUD\-89](/bulletins/10160489.md), 2019-05-28, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is initiating a service program to reprogram the combination meter software to ensure improved accuracy of the driving range indicator calculation in the multi\-information display.
- [15\-205\-16R](/bulletins/10154412.md), 2019-03-11, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM\(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM\); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This bulletin announces new reprogramming file availability and the software installation procedure to address additional operational concerns received from the field and listed below involving ?Gen 2? F10 Navigation and Display Audio units with 7? display.

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