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Subaru Legacy 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin HFO-1234yf · NHTSA communication 10140531 · issued Apr 20, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Your SOA DPSM concluded surveys in 2015 to determine the readiness of your facility to perform service and repairs on 2017 Outback and Legacy models equipped with the new HFO-1234yf air conditioning refrigerant. All Subaru Retailers will be required to have the equipment necessary to repair and service these vehicles at the time of Vehicle launch (July, 2016).

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.