Service bulletin WUD-89

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10160489
Published by NHTSA	2019-05-28
Manufacturer's number	WUD-89
Manufacturer's date	2019-03-06
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

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.

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
SUBARU LEGACY	2017
SUBARU OUTBACK	2017

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

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