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February 20, 2019 Service bulletin

This bulletin announces a design change to the CVT select lever (shifter) mechanism in response to...

Subaru technical service bulletin 16-112-18R for 2015-2018 Subaru Outback, 2014-2018 Subaru Forester and 2015-2018 Subaru Legacy and others.

Bulletin number
16-112-18R
Component
Electrical system: ignition
Summary
This bulletin announces a design change to the CVT select lever (shifter) mechanism in response to isolated customer concerns of not being able to remove the key from the ignition switch when the vehicle is in Park. The cause is contamination of the Park-Range switch internal components.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 1,932 complaints in the electrical category.

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