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Subaru Crosstrek 2015–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15-208-17R · NHTSA communication 10169864 · issued Dec 9, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015–2018
model years
21
vehicle entries

Official summary

"This Service Information bulletin announces availability of an enhancement to the Gracenote database included in the vehicles listed above equipped with F10 7â Navigation and 7â Display Audio head units. When the user plays a pre-recorded CD, Gracenote recognizes the disc then shows the artist and track name information along with the album cover art on the head unit display (when available). This enhancement brings the currently installed database up to date with the most recent information available. This update does not affect any album art displayed when using SXM."

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.