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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.

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SubaruNet Announ2022-09-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating this safety and emissions Recall for certain 2019-2020 model year Ascent vehicles, 2020 model year turbo Legacy vehicles, and 2020 model year turbo Outback vehicles in which the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) chain may slip and/or break. Updates of Affected Vehicles and Owner Notification).
SubaruNet Announ2022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN. Recently following the release of the WRK-21 CVT Chain Guide Breakage, SOA’s Techline started to receive some retailer inquiries regarding TCMs not accepting the testing/ temporary pak file or the final pak file and then failing to communicate.
16-132-20R2022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions used in the models listed.
16-139-222022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. The WRK-21 recall includes TCM reprogramming to prevent CVT chain slip. If, during the recall inspection, a vehicle is confirmed to have already experienced severe enough CVT chain slip, the CVT assembly will be replaced.
WRK-21R2022-08-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new safety and emissions Recall for certain 2019 - 2020 model year Ascent vehicles, 2020 model year turbo Legacy vehicles, and 2020 model year turbo Outback vehicles in which the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) chain may slip and/or break.
SubaruNet Announ2022-07-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT. WRK-21 rental pre-authorization.
SubaruNet Announ2022-07-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. UPDATE Subaru Safety & Emissions Recall: WRK-21 – CVT Chain Guide Breakage.
16-136-22R2022-05-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This service bulletin provides a temporary repair procedure to address vibrations and/or judder concerns experienced on turns during acceleration.
16-136-22R2022-04-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This service bulletin provides a temporary repair procedure to address vibrations and/or judder concerns experienced on turns during acceleration.
16-132-20R2022-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions.
Subarunet Announ2022-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. WRK-21 CVT Chain Guide Breakage Recall - Customer communications and rental.
Subarunet Announ2022-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Subaru Safety & Emissions Recall: WRK-21 – CVT Chain Guide Breakage
16-136-22R2022-02-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This service bulletin provides a temporary repair procedure to address vibrations and/or judder concerns experienced on turns during acceleration.
16-132-20R2022-02-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. This bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions.
SubaruNet Announ2022-01-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new safety and emissions recall for certain 2019 - 2020 model year Ascent vehicles, 2020 model year turbo Legacy vehicles, and 2020 model year turbo Outback vehicles in which the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) chain may slip and/or break.
16-103-16R2021-11-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin has been developed in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding fluid seepage found coming from the CVT assembly.
16-132-20R2021-08-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Diagnostic Information for Alleged Chain Slip Condition on TR580 / TR690 Transmissions.
16-131-20R2021-07-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides corrected diagnostics containing a revised flow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs.
16-132-20R2021-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This Service Information Bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions.
16-128-20R2021-02-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of a new transmission harness for use when diagnosis of DTC P0842 -TRANSMISSION FLUID PRESSURE SENSOR / SWITCH “A” CIRCUIT LOW determines the sensor itself is OK but the transmission wiring harness is NG.
16-132-20R2021-02-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged chain slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions.
16-132-20R2021-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT. This Service Information Bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions.
16-103-16R2021-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin has been developed in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding fluid seepage found coming from the CVT assembly.
16-131-202020-12-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Service Information Bulletin provides corrected diagnostics containing a revised flow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs.
16-128-20R2020-11-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces availability of a new transmission harness for use when diagnosis of DTC P0842 determines the sensor itself is OK but the transmission wiring harness is NG.

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