Subaru Ascent 2017–2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16-132-20R · NHTSA communication 11036806 · issued Aug 20, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017–2023
model years
35
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Bulletin provides updated diagnostic procedures to follow and a brief questionnaire to complete when diagnosing an alleged Chain Slip condition on the TR580 and TR690 model CVT transmissions used in the models listed. This is an revised version of the original bulletin.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Subaru Ascent
- 2020 Subaru Ascent
- 2021 Subaru Ascent
- 2022 Subaru Ascent
- 2023 Subaru Ascent
- 2018 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2019 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2020 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2021 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2022 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2023 Subaru Crosstrek
- 2019 Subaru Forester
- 2020 Subaru Forester
- 2021 Subaru Forester
- 2022 Subaru Forester
- 2023 Subaru Forester
- 2017 Subaru Impreza
- 2018 Subaru Impreza
- 2019 Subaru Impreza
- 2020 Subaru Impreza
- 2021 Subaru Impreza
- 2022 Subaru Impreza
- 2023 Subaru Impreza
- 2018 Subaru Legacy
- 2019 Subaru Legacy
- 2020 Subaru Legacy
- 2021 Subaru Legacy
- 2022 Subaru Legacy
- 2023 Subaru Legacy
- 2018 Subaru Outback
- 2019 Subaru Outback
- 2020 Subaru Outback
- 2021 Subaru Outback
- 2022 Subaru Outback
- 2023 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.