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Service bulletins for the 2020 Subaru Ascent

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.

530 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About B2A16 on the 2020 Subaru Ascent: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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18-226-25R2026-01-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. This Service Information Bulletin provides the Service Manual Correction to the diagnostic procedure for DTC B2A16 (Immobilizer Key Collation Diagnosis).
15-251-19R2025-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2025-05-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2025-03-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. "This Service Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16."
15-251-19R2024-09-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2024-02-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2022-11-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2022-01-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2021-11-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
15-251-19R2019-12-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. "This Service Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16. In most cases involving this DTC, the following scenario(s) occur: • When trying to use the remote engine starter (RES) feature through Telematics (STARLINK / My Subaru app) the request is unsuccessful and the red Telematics indicator lamp illuminates. • The customer takes their vehicle to the Retailer and the Technician finds the only code stored to be B2A16 in the DCM. • The Technician diagnoses the DTC per the applicable Service Manual trouble tree and replaced the DCM."
15-251-192019-10-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Information Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16. In most cases involving this DTC, the following scenario(s) occur: • When trying to use the remote engine starter (RES) feature through Telematics (STARLINK / My Subaru app) the request is unsuccessful and the red Telematics indicator lamp illuminates. • The customer takes their vehicle to the Retailer and the Technician finds the only code stored to be B2A16 in the DCM. • The Technician diagnoses the DTC per the applicable Service Manual trouble tree and replaced the DCM.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.