Service bulletins for the 2020 Subaru WRX
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.
307 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all
| SubaruNet Announcement (R | 2026-06-01. Other. POWER TRAIN. This announcement provides information on the remanufactured CVT transmission program. |
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| 03-97-26 | 2026-05-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces the service manual correction regarding clutch master cylinder reservoir service procedures. |
| Subaru Service Technical | 2025-09-02. Other. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. Subaru Service Technical Support Newsletter special edition. |
| 03-96-25 | 2025-05-01. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces design changes made to the rear axle hubs. These changes have been implemented to reduce cases water intrusion further leading to harmonic, humming, and grinding type sounds heard from the axle hub while driving. |
| Subarunet Announcement | 2024-08-05. Other. POWER TRAIN. This annoucement provides parts personnel information about remanufactured transmissions that will no longer be available. |
| WRE-22R | 2024-02-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new safety recall for certain 2015-2021 model year WRX STI vehicles, which may contain a defective back-up lamp switch. |
| SubaruNet Announ | 2024-02-02. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING; POWER TRAIN. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new safety recall for certain 2015-2021 model year WRX STI vehicles, which may contain a defective backup lamp switch. |
| 16-136-22R | 2023-07-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:CVT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). This service bulletin provides a temporary repair procedure to address vibrations and/or judder concerns experienced on turns during acceleration. |
| 037314 | 2023-04-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin informs of a design change to the reverse idler gear and its internal spring along with a revised assembly procedure. The only purpose for the change was to enhance production efficiency. |
| 16-131-20R | 2023-03-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. This Service Information Bulletin provides an updated diagnostic flow along with an IMPORTANT caution to follow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs as listed. |
| WRE-22R | 2022-11-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new safety recall for certain 2015-2021 model year WRX STI vehicles, which may contain a defective back-up lamp switch. |
| SubaruNet Announ | 2022-09-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN. WRE-22 Backup lamp switch failure safety recall |
| 16-131-20R | 2021-07-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides corrected diagnostics containing a revised flow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs. |
| 03-78-17R | 2021-02-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. This bulletin announces a design change to the clutch release bearing. |
| 4-26-20 | 2021-01-05. Service bulletin. STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION); POWER TRAIN. This bulletin describes a design change to the replacement hydraulic-type steering gearbox assembly. |
| 16-131-20 | 2020-12-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This Service Information Bulletin provides corrected diagnostics containing a revised flow for certain CVT solenoid related DTCs. |
| 03-86-20 | 2020-12-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:MASTER CYLINDER; EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides additional repair procedures to follow when replacing a leaking clutch master cylinder on certain vehicles. |
| 16-130-20 | 2020-09-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files to optimize the Transmission Control Module (TCM) used in the TR580 and TR690 CVT. |
| 03-83-20R | 2020-03-02. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. This bulletin announces availability of new shift forks and the corresponding sleeve and hub assembly to address isolated customer concerns of a rattling / vibration -type sound from the shift knob. The sound is primarily reported while driving in 4th gear between 1900 and 2500 rpm. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.