Subaru Legacy 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12-192-15R · NHTSA communication 10093903 · issued Nov 19, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2015–2016
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Subaru of america, inc. (soa) quality assurance has identified an increase in the number of cracked windshields on some 2015 and 2016my legacy and outback models. Further investigation has determined the root cause for many of these failures to be the ceramic materials used for the black-colored printed perimeter combined with the silver-colored material used for the wiper deicer portion of the windshield glass. In response to this increase, soa is extending the original warranty on applicable factory-installed windshields to 5 years / unlimited miles. This warranty extension will cover windsh
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.