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Service bulletin 15-316-24R

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 id11008262
Published by NHTSA2024-10-02
Manufacturer's number15-316-24R
Manufacturer's date2024-09-10
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin announces the procedures required to reprogram the DCM (Data Communication Module) in Gen1 Subaru vehicles in response to the 3G network sunsetting.

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 CROSSTREK2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU FORESTER2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU IMPREZA2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU LEGACY2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU OUTBACK2016, 2017, 2018
SUBARU WRX2017, 2018
SUBARU WRX STI2017, 2018 (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
20212282021-04-15. Electrical
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.

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