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Service bulletin 07-199-21R

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 id10201793
Published by NHTSA2021-10-04
Manufacturer's number07-199-21R
Manufacturer's date2021-09-08
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin provides additional information for the diagnostic procedures concerning measurement of dark current (a.k.a. standby current).

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

Vehicles listed
SUBARU ASCENT2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU FORESTER2019, 2020, 2021
SUBARU OUTBACK2020, 2021

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20236072023-11-09. Electrical
20227032022-12-08. Electrical
22V9070002022-12-08. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

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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