{"nhtsa_id":10030868,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2009-12-16","date":"2009-06-01","document_id":"SB-WVI-19","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SUBARU: ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) REPROGRAMMING. UNDER CERTAIN UNIQUE DRIVING PATTERNS, SUCH AS REPEATED ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION AND/OR CONTINUOUS UPHILL DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (ABOUT 75MPH), THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS OF AFFECTIVE VEHICLES MAY DEVELOP HIGH INTERNAL TEMPERATURES THAT EXCEED DESIGN PARAMETER. IF LEFT UNCORRECTED, THIS CONDITION MAY EVENTUALLY DEGRADE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. CSC LETTER WAS REC'D. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10030868","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"catalytic-converter","name":"Catalytic converter","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2005,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2005,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_subaru_outback"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}