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Service bulletin 15-199-16

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 id10139476
Published by NHTSA2018-06-04
Manufacturer's number15-199-16
Manufacturer's date2016-05-05
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.

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

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Software

Vehicles listed
SUBARU BRZ2015
SUBARU CROSSTREK2016
SUBARU FORESTER2016
SUBARU IMPREZA2015, 2016
SUBARU LEGACY2015, 2016
SUBARU OUTBACK2015, 2016
SUBARU WRX2016, 2017
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK2015

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

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