{"nhtsa_id":10030944,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2009-12-24","date":"2009-07-24","document_id":"SB-CF-18/19","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SUBARU: SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE LINEARTRONIC CVT MAY EXHIBIT A LACK OF POWER CONCERN IN REVERSE WHEN ON A STEEP INCLINE. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, VEHICLES MAY NOT CONTINUE TO REVERSE AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STOPPED WHILE BACKING UP AN INCLINE. THE CONCERN IS MOST PROMINENT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURES. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10030944","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_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":[]}