{"nhtsa_id":10131637,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-04-02","date":"2016-09-15","document_id":"07-113-16","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces a design change to the PRG mechanism in response to a small number of customer concerns regarding a gear-clash or grinding -type sound heard when opening or closing the rear gate. A material change and revised torque specification have been made to the drive gear retaining nut.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10131637-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10131637-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10131637","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_outback","2016_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":[]}