{"nhtsa_id":10140512,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-06-11","date":"2016-04-15","document_id":"16-100-16","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE; EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files to optimize the TCM. The files will address customer concerns of inconsistency in the amount of engine braking experienced when using Manual mode (or paddle shifters if equipped) when descending long downgrades. 2.5L NA models.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10140512-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10140512-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10140512","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"transmission-control-module","name":"Transmission control module","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_subaru_legacy","2011_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_subaru_outback","2011_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":[]}