Subaru Ascent 2019–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12-267-25 · NHTSA communication 11017459 · issued Apr 28, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2019–2025
model years
17
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin announces a design change to the hood lock switch portion of the hood lock assembly.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Subaru Ascent
- 2020 Subaru Ascent
- 2021 Subaru Ascent
- 2022 Subaru Ascent
- 2023 Subaru Ascent
- 2024 Subaru Ascent
- 2025 Subaru Ascent
- 2020 Subaru Legacy
- 2021 Subaru Legacy
- 2022 Subaru Legacy
- 2023 Subaru Legacy
- 2024 Subaru Legacy
- 2020 Subaru Outback
- 2021 Subaru Outback
- 2022 Subaru Outback
- 2023 Subaru Outback
- 2024 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.