Subaru Ascent 2019–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12-281-20 · NHTSA communication 10171927 · issued Feb 19, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2019–2020
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin provides a repair procedure to address a small number of customer concerns of the hood panel surface vibrating while driving. This condition can result if the mastic (adhesive) used to bond the inner hood reinforcing panel to the outer panel (skin) begins to separate.
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.