Subaru Outback 2015–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 07-127-18 · NHTSA communication 10130269 · issued Jan 30, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2015–2017
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces a design change to the power rear gate (PRG) rod. The new rod will address isolated cases of one end of the rod coming off the ball stud just as the latch releases and the gate starts to open / move.
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.