Subaru Legacy 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 15-194-16R · NHTSA communication 10145072 · issued Aug 22, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015–2016
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces availability of an enhanced audio system power amplifier which contains software to address customer concerns of voice guidance instructions (words) being cut short or cut off. For example: instead of the instruction saying ?Turn right ahead?, it might be ?right ahead? or even just ?ahead?. This intermittent condition occurs after completing a Bluetooth hands-free phone call while using the navigation system?s voice guidance feature. The new software also stops the Voice Guidance tone setting (as selected by the customer) from intermittently returning back to the system
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.