Subaru Crosstrek 2018–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 10-98-20R · NHTSA communication 10182192 · issued Oct 21, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018–2019
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces availability of new A/C compressor assemblies designed to address customer concerns of reduced system performance accompanied by a rattling and/or scraping type sound.
Vehicles covered
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.