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Service bulletin 15-208-17R

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 id10160202
Published by NHTSA2019-05-20
Manufacturer's number15-208-17R
Manufacturer's date2019-04-25
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.

NHTSA's summary

This Service Information bulletin announces availability of an enhancement to the Gracenote database included in the vehicles listed above equipped with F10 7? Navigation and 7? Display Audio head units.

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

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
SUBARU CROSSTREK2015
SUBARU CROSSTREK2016, 2017
SUBARU FORESTER2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU IMPREZA2015, 2016
SUBARU LEGACY2015, 2016, 2017
SUBARU OUTBACK2015, 2016, 2017
SUBARU WRX2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU WRX STI2016, 2017, 2018 (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
18V4550002018-07-10. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; TIRES
20152492015-06-04. Accessories
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
20144132014-09-22. 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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