{"nhtsa_id":10164444,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-09-05","date":"2019-08-26","document_id":"16-124-19","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Service Information Bulletin announces a design change to the CVT torque converter assembly made to address a small number of reports describing a squeaking -type sound heard while the engine is being cranked over. The sound results from contact between the starter pinion gear and the converter ring gear. Both the number and length of the welds securing the ring gear to the converter shell have been increased significantly.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10164444-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10164444-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10164444","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2015,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_legacy","2016_subaru_legacy","2017_subaru_legacy","2018_subaru_legacy","2019_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2015,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_subaru_outback","2016_subaru_outback","2017_subaru_outback"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2019,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_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":[]}