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Subaru Impreza 2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15-181-15R · NHTSA communication 10091973 · issued Jul 9, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

"this bulletin provides a procedure to follow when addressing customer concerns of a popping type sound heard through the audio unit speakers. This condition occurs when listening to cached radio . The cached radio feature allows you to hear the radio broadcast which otherwise would have been missed while taking a phone call using the bluetooth hands-free feature. While on the phone call, the radio broadcast is being stored (recorded) in the unit s cache memory. This cache memory can store up to about 20 minutes of digital broadcast audio. Once the call terminates, the stored radio broadcast i

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.