{"nhtsa_id":10189671,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-04-02","date":"2021-03-15","document_id":"WQZ-61R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a service program for certain 2016 model year Forester, Impreza, Crosstrek, Legacy, and Outback vehicles equipped with Telematics (STARLINK). Subaru has determined that vehicles affected by this Service Program require reprogramming of the Telematics System Data Communications Module (DCM).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189671-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189671-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10189671","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"CROSSTREK","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_subaru_crosstrek"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_subaru_forester"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"IMPREZA","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_subaru_impreza"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"LEGACY","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_subaru_legacy"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}