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Subaru Crosstrek 2017–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin WTT-79 · NHTSA communication 10145080 · issued Aug 21, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017–2019
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subaru of America, Inc. has initiated a service program for certain 2017?2019 MY Impreza vehicles, and certain 2018?2019 MY Crosstrek vehicles. This service program involves installation of reprogramming files to optimize the ECM.

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.