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Subaru Ascent 2016–2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15-298-22 · NHTSA communication 10216981 · issued Jul 11, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2022
model years
53
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Bulletin announces the preferred practices to be used when handling vehicles equipped with Gen2 Telematics which are enrolled in the Subaru STARLINK® Security Plus Service featuring Stolen Vehicle Recovery Plus with Immobilizer.

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.