Subaru Ascent 2017–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16-132-20R · NHTSA communication 10186416 · issued Jan 18, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017–2021
model years
23
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged chain slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Subaru Ascent
- 2020 Subaru Ascent
- 2021 Subaru Ascent
- 2018 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2019 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2020 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2021 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2019 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Forester
- 2021 Subaru Forester
- 2017 Subaru Impreza
- 2018 Subaru Impreza
- 2019 Subaru Impreza
- 2020 Subaru Impreza
- 2021 Subaru Impreza
- 2018 Subaru Legacy
- 2019 Subaru Legacy
- 2020 Subaru Legacy
- 2021 Subaru Legacy
- 2018 Subaru Outback
- 2019 Subaru Outback
- 2020 Subaru Outback
- 2021 Subaru Outback
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.