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Service bulletins for the 2015 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.

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

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15-188-15R2016-11-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES THE REPROGRAMMING FILE AVAILABILITY AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMER CONCERNS WHEN OPERATING THE CLARION 6.2” DISPLAY AUDIO UNIT: • CONCERN: SLOW START-UP TIME (APPROXIMATELY 18 SECONDS) FOR THE FM MENU SCREEN TO DISPLAY IMPROVEMENT: REDUCED START-UP TIME TO 12 SECONDS. • CONCERN: DELAY (APPROXIMATELY 14 SECONDS) BEFORE GUIDELINES ON BACK-UP CAMERA DISPLAY APPEAR IMPROVEMENT: REDUCED DELAY TO 12 SECONDS. • CONCERN: BACK-UP CAMERA DISPLAY FREEZES (FOR 2 TO 10 SECONDS) WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AFTER SWITCHING THE IGNITION ON IMPROVEMENT: MODIFIED SOFTWARE TO ELIMINATE FREEZING OF BACK-UP CAMERA DISPLAY. • CONCERN: DELAY (UP TO 10 SECONDS) BEFORE BACK-UP CAMERA DISPLAY IS SHOWN AFTER SHIFTING INTO REVERSE WHEN A USB MEMORY DEVICE AND / OR AN IPHONE IS CONNECTED IMPROVEMENT: REDUCED DELAY TO 2 SECONDS. THE PROCEDURE WILL INVOLVE DOWNLOADING THE APPLICABLE UPDATE FILE FROM SUBARUNET THEN LOADING IT ONTO A FLASH DRIVE FOR INSTALLATION."
15-179-15R2016-11-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN CONTAINS A SERIES OF SCREEN SHOTS WITH INSTRUCTIONS WHICH PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR PAIRING ANDROID SMARTPHONES TO BLUETOOTH-EQUIPPED CLARION AUDIO UNITS. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES CHANGING THE AUDIO UNIT’S DEFAULT “PASSKEY” WHICH MUST BE ENTERED INTO THE SMARTPHONE DURING THE PAIRING PROCESS. ONCE THE PASSKEY IS CHANGED FROM “1234” TO “0000”, TESTING RESULTS HAVE SHOWN THE REMAINDER OF THE PAIRING PROCESS COMPLETES NORMALLY.
07-89-15R2016-09-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; ENGINE. "IF YOU RECEIVE A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A NO CRANK / NO START CONDITION DURING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES, THE IG1, IG2, ACC1, ACC2 AND/OR THE EGI MAIN RELAYS MAY BE THE ROOT CAUSE AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. IT IS GENERALLY REPORTED THAT THE CAR STARTS NORMALLY AFTER AN OVERNIGHT SOAK. AFTER THE INITIAL START, THE CUSTOMER DRIVES A SHORT DISTANCE THEN SHUTS THE CAR OFF (EXAMPLE: AT A GAS PUMP OR COFFEE SHOP). AFTER THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO PUMP THEIR GAS OR GET THEIR COFFEE, THEY RETURN TO THE CAR AND IT WILL NOT START. THE CUSTOMER MAY ALSO NOTICE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND/OR INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE NOT ILLUMINATING ALONG WITH THE HVAC BEING INOPERATIVE. THE SOURCE OF THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CONDENSATION FLASH-FREEZING INSIDE THE RELAYS. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL 5 RELAYS, 4 OF WHICH ARE LOCATED TOGETHER IN THE VEHICLE’S INTERIOR FUSE BOX (F/B) AND THE EGI MAIN RELAY WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE UNDER-HOOD MAIN FUSE BOX (M/B). "
11-154-152016-09-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF REPROGRAMMING FILES TO ADDRESS DTCS P000A AND P000C. THESE DTCS MAY SET AND CAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE WHEN VOLTAGE SUPPLIED TO THE ENGINE’S OIL CONTROL VALVES (OCV) IS REDUCED.
07-89-15R2016-06-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
15-174-142016-05-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. 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.