Subaru Forester 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 15-186-15 · NHTSA communication 10093061 · issued Sep 8, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
"this bulletin announces reprogramming file availability and a corresponding installation procedure which will allow bluetooth pairing to be completed successfully when using voice commands on the clarion audio units listed below. Pairing of phones using voice recognition is the preferred method on these clarion audio units. See bulletin 15-185-15 for additional details on using voice recognition to pair phones to clarion audio units. The procedure will involve downloading the applicable update file from subarunet then loading it onto a flash drive for installation."
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.