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Subaru Forester 2019–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16-130-20 · NHTSA communication 10179380 · issued Aug 5, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2019–2020
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces availability of reprogramming files to optimize the Transmission Control Module (TCM) used in the TR580 and TR690 CVT.

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.