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Service bulletins for the 2020 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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
07-235-252025-08-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. In the interest of customer satisfaction Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is extending the New Car Limited Warranty coverage in the models listed for the selected EyeSight & Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) components.
12-252-23R2025-08-04. Service bulletin. SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the availability of new seat ventilation blower units.
SubaruNet Announcement2025-08-04. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST; LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS. This announcement provides information about a Subaru of America, Inc. preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit regarding the EyeSight system in certain Subaru vehicles.
SubaruNet Announcement2025-08-04. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This OTA is released to address Telematic functions that may stop working after a certain amount of time from the vehicle's production.
10-105-25R2025-08-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. "This bulletin announces the new procedure and Warranty Fail Code for FirstTime air conditioning (A/C) performance concerns possibly resulting from an undetected A/C refrigerant leak. To improve Fixed Right First-Time (FRFT) and customer satisfaction, SOA is introducing a new procedure and fail code for first-time suspected A/C refrigerant leaks for cases when a Technician is unable to find the source of the leak or believes there was a potential factory under charge of the A/C system refrigerant."
SubaruNet Announcement (W2025-08-04. Other. SEATS; AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This announcement is to inform subscribed customers of a software update for in-vehicle multimedia system.
16-155-25R2025-08-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is extending the New Car Limited Powertrain Warranty coverage for the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) on the above listed models and model years from the original five (5) years or sixty thousand (60,000) miles (whichever comes first) to ten (10) years or one-hundred thousand (100,000) miles (whichever comes first).
15-246-19R2025-08-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin outlines a new required procedure to follow when performing immobilizer-related repairs.
SubaruNet Announcement2025-07-01. Other. POWER TRAIN. As part of Subaru's dedication to customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is announcing an extension to the new car powertrain limited warranty for the CVT for certain 2019-2020MY vehicles.
SubaruNet Annoucement2025-07-01. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. This announcment provides information on the release of the latest software updates to the Subaru Midtronics DSS-5000 Battery Diagnostic tool.
15-246-19R2025-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. This Service Information Bulletin outlines a new required procedure to follow when performing immobilizer-related repairs on the models listed.
12-248-23R2025-07-01. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. This Bulletin announces the repair procedure developed to address rattle-type sounds heard from the left and/or right B-Pillar area.
SubaruNet Announcement (S2025-07-01. Other. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. This announcement is to bring attention to the OTA for In-vehicle service appointment scheduler and In-vehicle message center.
10-105-25R2025-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Information bulletin announces the new procedure and Warranty Fail Code for FirstTime air conditioning (A/C) performance concerns possibly resulting from an undetected A/C refrigerant leak.
15-251-19R2025-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
WRA-24R2025-07-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEATS; AIR BAGS. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2020-2022 model year Legacy and Outback vehicles to replace all (four) of the Occupant Detection System (ODS) sensors on the front passenger seat.
02-193-24R2025-06-03. Service bulletin. FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM; ENGINE. This bulletin provides updated parts information and a service procedure to follow for removing accumulated carbon deposits from fuel injectors and internal engine components (e.g. intake valves and / or manifold, and combustion chambers).
15-322-25R2025-06-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. In the interest of customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is extending the New Car Limited Warranty coverage for the CP1 & Gen 3.1 Head Unit used in the listed models and model years to (8) eight years / 150,000 miles to cover certain qualifying repairs to the infotainment audio system.
01-168-09R2025-06-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide replacement key and immobilizer information along with an overview of the Subaru Lock Information web-site.
SubaruNet Announcement2025-06-03. Other. SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS. This announcement provide information on WRA-24 ODS sensor replacement FAQs for used and CPO vehicle inventory.
12-266-252025-06-03. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY/WIPER. This bulletin announces the design change made to the Washer Tank.
Subarunet Announcement (W2025-06-03. Other. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS; SEATS. This is an update to the WRA-24 ODS sensor replacement.
10-105-25R2025-06-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin announces the new procedure and Warranty Fail Code for FirstTime air conditioning (A/C) performance concerns possibly resulting from an undetected A/C refrigerant leak. To improve Fixed Right First-Time (FRFT) and customer satisfaction, SOA is introducing a new procedure and fail code for first-time suspected A/C refrigerant leaks for cases when a Technician is unable to find the source of the leak or believes there was a potential factory under charge of the A/C system refrigerant.
15-251-19R2025-05-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Service Bulletin provides additional diagnostics to follow when addressing a Telematics-related DTC B2A16.
07-189-21R2025-05-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. This bulletin announces availability of new door window regulator assemblies and door glass run channel seals in response to limited concerns of erratic operation of the anti-entrapment feature and / or the door glass either not closing or closing very slowly.

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