Subaru Ascent 2019–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12-262-25 · NHTSA communication 11016174 · issued Mar 6, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2019–2025
model years
20
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Bulletin announces diagnostic procedures to be followed when working with a Power Rear Gate (PRG).
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Subaru Ascent
- 2020 Subaru Ascent
- 2021 Subaru Ascent
- 2022 Subaru Ascent
- 2023 Subaru Ascent
- 2024 Subaru Ascent
- 2025 Subaru Ascent
- 2019 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Forester
- 2021 Subaru Forester
- 2022 Subaru Forester
- 2023 Subaru Forester
- 2024 Subaru Forester
- 2025 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Outback
- 2021 Subaru Outback
- 2022 Subaru Outback
- 2023 Subaru Outback
- 2024 Subaru Outback
- 2025 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.