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Subaru Ascent 2019–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SubaruNet Announ · NHTSA communication 10219472 · issued Aug 5, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2019–2020
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is initiating this 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. Updates of Affected Vehicles and Owner Notification).

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.