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Service bulletins for the 2021 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.

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

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Only bulletins with component: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
Subarunet Announ2022-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. WRK-21 CVT Chain Guide Breakage Recall - Customer communications and rental.
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.
03-87-212022-02-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides a repair procedure for R152 type rear differentials.
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.
16-132-20R2021-08-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Diagnostic Information for Alleged Chain Slip Condition on TR580 / TR690 Transmissions.
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.
Subarunet Announ2021-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2021 model year Outback and Impreza vehicles in which the CVT select lever cable nut may have been under-torqued during vehicle assembly.
WRA-21R2021-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2021 model year Outback and Impreza vehicles in which the CVT select lever cable nut may have been under-torqued during vehicle assembly.
WRA-212021-02-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. is recalling certain 2021 model year Outback and Impreza vehicles in which the CVT select lever cable nut may have been under-torqued during vehicle assembly.
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.
Subarunet Announ2021-02-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. is recalling certain 2021 model year Outback and Impreza vehicles in which the CVT select lever cable nut may have been under-torqued during vehicle assembly.
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.
16-131-202020-12-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Service Information Bulletin provides corrected diagnostics containing a revised flow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs.

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