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Subaru Ascent 2012–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin 07-169-20 · NHTSA communication 10171950 · issued Feb 21, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2020
model years
31
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Service Information bulletin describes a change made to the labels applied to the push to start switches used on the models listed.

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.