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Service bulletin Subaru Starlink

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 id10180737
Published by NHTSA2020-10-05
Manufacturer's numberSubaru Starlink
Manufacturer's date2020-09-22
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

Update for STARLINK Multimedia Software and Navigation Maps.

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 BRZ2018
SUBARU CROSSTREK2018
SUBARU IMPREZA2017, 2018
SUBARU LEGACY2018
SUBARU OUTBACK2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
21V2640002021-04-15. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
19V7430002019-10-18. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
18V7730002018-11-01. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
15-291-222022-03-04. Service bulletin. Going forward when a customer’s vehicle is equipped with a DCM that does not have Software version ID DCM_06.00.17_20190816 installed and they wish to subscribe to Starlink Telematics Service, the DCM must be replaced.
WUA-86R2020-06-02. Service bulletin. In the interest of customer satisfation, Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a service program to update the Harman Kardon head unit on certain vehicles with the latest version of software.
11-200-20R2020-06-02. Service bulletin. 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.
15-204-16R2019-05-28. Service bulletin. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling 2018 model year Legacy, Outback, and BRZ vehicles equipped with a certain combination of head unit hardware and software, due to the possibility of noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 111 ? ?Rear Visibility.?
WTZ-85R2019-05-28. Service bulletin. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling 2018 model year Legacy, Outback, and BRZ vehicles equipped with a certain combination of head unit hardware and software, due to the possibility of noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 111 ? ?Rear Visibility.?
15-211-17R2019-03-11. Service bulletin. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3 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.
WUA-86R2019-03-11. Service bulletin. In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a service program to update the Harman Kardon head unit on certain vehicles with the latest version of software.
11-184-182019-02-25. Service bulletin. This bulletin announces reprogramming file availability to optimize the ECM. These new files prevent an incorrect diagnosis of DTC P119F: AIR FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE FOR DIRECT INJECTION (BANK 1 FLUCTUATION ENGINE SPEED) and DTC P219A: AIR FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE (BANK 1).
15-211-17R2018-12-10. Service bulletin. The following information addresses reprogramming file availability and a software update installation procedure to provide optimization to the new Harman Gen 3 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.
15-199-16R2018-12-10. Service bulletin. 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.