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Subaru Outback 2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16-135-21R · NHTSA communication 10203874 · issued Nov 5, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2022
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin announces the availability of a Transmission Control Module (TCM) reprogramming file to address DTC P0871.

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.