{"nhtsa_id":10138771,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-05-29","date":"2017-12-27","document_id":"12-197-16R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"As part of our dedication to customer satisfaction, Subaru of America, Inc. is initiating a program to extend the original New Car Limited Warranty coverage of the instrument panel (IP) or dashboard assembly on the applicable vehicles listed above to 10 years/regardless of miles from the original warranty start date. This warranty extension will cover a ONE-TIME replacement of the IP if it melts or becomes sticky to the touch as a result of exposure to heat and/or humidity conditions. This extension will NOT cover IPs with damage resulting from outside influence such as abuse, vandalism or application of harsh chemicals such as acids, bases, or petroleum products.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10138771-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10138771-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10138771","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"instrument-cluster","name":"Instrument cluster","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2005,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_subaru_legacy","2006_subaru_legacy","2007_subaru_legacy","2008_subaru_legacy","2009_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2005,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_subaru_outback","2006_subaru_outback","2007_subaru_outback","2008_subaru_outback","2009_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":[]}