Subaru Ascent 2019–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SubaruNet Announ · NHTSA communication 10205920 · issued Dec 10, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2019–2020
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating a new safety and emissions recall for certain 2019 - 2020 model year Ascent vehicles, 2020 model year turbo Legacy vehicles, and 2020 model year turbo Outback vehicles in which the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) chain may slip and/or break.
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.