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Service bulletin 01-168-09R

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 id10171084
Published by NHTSA2020-02-05
Manufacturer's number01-168-09R
Manufacturer's date2020-01-10
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

The purpose of this bulletin is to provide replacement key and immobilizer information along with an overview of the Subaru Lock Information web-site.

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

Vehicles listed
SUBARU B9 TRIBECA2012
SUBARU BRZ2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU CROSSTREK2013
SUBARU CROSSTREK2015
SUBARU FORESTER2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU IMPREZA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
SUBARU IMPREZA2015
SUBARU LEGACY2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU OUTBACK2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
SUBARU TRIBECA2006 to 2011
SUBARU TRIBECA2013 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2008 to 2014
SUBARU WRX2015, 2016
SUBARU WRX STI2008 to 2014
SUBARU WRX STI2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUBARU XV CROSSTREK HYBRID2014 (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
20174872017-10-06. Electrical
17V6250002017-10-06. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
16V7380002016-10-13. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20164922016-10-07. Electrical
20152492015-06-04. Accessories
20152062015-05-15. Accessories
20144132014-09-22. Accessories
13V1590002013-04-24. EQUIPMENT

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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