Service bulletins for the 2011 Subaru Outback
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.
338 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| WQF42 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
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| 02-140-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 07-84-14 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 05-58-14 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOUND FROM REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE FOR DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING A RATTLE-TYPE REAR SUSPENSION SOUNDDETERMINED TO BE COMING FROM THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT. |
| 12-164-14 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. SEATS. FILM RESIDUE REMOVAL FROM UNDERSIDE OF FRONT SEAT CUSHION COVERS |
| 12-117-10R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 02-115-11R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING WHITE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE AND/OR HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION, IT MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE #1 AND/OR #4 INTAKE VALVE GUIDE INSERTION HOLE IMPROPERLY MACHINED, PERMITTING OIL TO ENTER THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. TO REMEDY THIS CONDITION, THE CYLINDER HEAD(S) WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE READ THIS BULLETIN IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE PROCEEDING. |
| 12-144-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES AN INSPECTION AND REPAIR PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS A MISALIGNMENT OF THE REAR UPPER AND LOWER WINDOW SASH WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FRONT DOOR GLASS TO BIND OR MOVE SLOWLY WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING. THIS CONDITION MAY ALSO CAUSE ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE POWER WINDOW AUTO-UP FEATURE (IF EQUIPPED). IN SOME CASES, WHEN CLOSING THE WINDOW, THE SYSTEM MAY MIS-INTERPRET THE BINDING CONDITION AND ACTIVATE THE PINCHING HAZARD PREVENTION FEATURE AND REVERSE THE MOTOR’S DIRECTION. |
| 16-91-14 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS SERVICE INFORMATION DESCRIBES 2 CORRECTIONS TO THE SERVICE MANUAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR THE DTCS LISTED ABOVE. THE INFORMATION IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5AT TRANSMISSIONS AND RELATES TO DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE LOCK-UP SOLENOID AND SHIFT SOLENOID CIRCUITS. ALL THE AFFECTED SERVICE MANUALS WILL BE REVISED ACCORDINGLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. |
| 16-80-11R | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A VEHICLE THAT HAS THE OIL TEMPERATURE WARNING LAMP FLASHING WITH P0751, P0756, P0761, P0766, P0771, P1840, P1841, P1842, P1843 OR P1844 STORED IN MEMORY AND POSSIBLY AN INTERMITTENT STALLING CONDITION, IT MAY BE THE RESULT OF CONTAMINATION IN THE VALVE BODY. INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE VALVE BODY, FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND PERFORM THE DYNAMIC CHECK MODE PROCEDURE. |
| 16-90-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| WQC-39 ECM | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| WQC-39 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| WQF-42 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 15-165-13 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 12-153-13 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 12-135-12R | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 12-147-13 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. WHEELS. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 07-72-13 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS; STRUCTURE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| WQE-41 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-126-12 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 16-85-12R | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 16-80-11R | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 11-111-12R | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 16-85-12 | 2016-05-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.