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Subaru BRZ 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin WTZ-85R · NHTSA communication 10168591 · issued Nov 8, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling 2018 model year Legacy, Outback, and BRZ vehicles equipped with a certain combination of head unit hardware and software, due to the possibility of noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 111 â â Rear Visibility.â

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.