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Subaru Legacy 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin harman_gen_3_urg · NHTSA communication 10133515 · issued Mar 29, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Retailers must immediately discontinue use of and delete any saved local copies of the BASE Harman Gen 3 audio system update file for 2018 Legacy and Outback named: BASE ? 2018 Legacy?Outback Harman Audio Update 11?2017 This file folder has been found to contain errors that in some cases may result in head unit failure if installed.

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.