# Service bulletin 16\-130\-20

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: 10179380
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-09\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 16\-130\-20
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-08\-05
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files to optimize the Transmission Control Module \(TCM\) used in the TR580 and TR690 CVT.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179380-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179380-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2020 SUBARU FORESTER
- 2020 SUBARU WRX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15\-236\-18R](/bulletins/10238443.md), 2023-07-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM\(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3.1 Audio and Navigation head units utilized in the models as listed.
- [Subaru Starlink](/bulletins/10180739.md), 2020-10-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Update your STARLINK Multimedia Software and Navigation Maps.
- [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.
- [GEN 3\-1](/bulletins/10160507.md), 2019-05-28, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Immediately discontinue the use of latest 2019 MY Gen 3.1 Harman Software update.
- [15\-236\-18R](/bulletins/10160501.md), 2019-05-28, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3.1 Audio and Navigation head units utilized in the models as listed above. The procedure will involve either downloading the software update files from Subarunet \(or using those sent directly from Nuspire\) and transferring them onto a flash drive for head unit installation. It is VERY IMPORTANT to read and understand this information completely to understand all changes from prior releases before proceeding.

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