Service bulletin 15-342-26

Manufacturer communication, from NHTSA Manufacturer Communications

Published by NHTSA: Sep 3, 2026
Manufacturer: SUBARU
NHTSA ID: 11036819
NHTSA category: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: SUBARU ASCENT 2024-2025; SUBARU FORESTER 2025; SUBARU OUTBACK 2024-2025
Component, as stated by NHTSA: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Text of the manufacturer communication

This bulletin announces an inspection procedure for the Smart Rear View Mirror Assembly.

Manufacturer document number: 15-342-26
Date of the communication: 2026-08-31

NHTSA reuses some ID numbers across record types. If its page lists more than one record, this one is the manufacturer communication dated Sep 3, 2026.

For the 2020 Subaru Outback

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Ignored

Relevance of 13% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 13%
Attention: 29%
Interrupt probability: 25%

Importance to this owner: 0.4 of 4, none
Vehicle area the notice is about: Electrical

This manufacturer communication does not appear to warrant attention for this vehicle.

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 104 ms from 1,563 input tokens. Jev returns these figures and nothing else. It gives no reasons, and none are written for it here. The figures describe how relevant the notice is, not the condition of any vehicle.

Checked by code against NHTSA's fields

A plain comparison with the structured fields NHTSA filled in. Separate from Jev's decision.

YesNHTSA names this make
YesNHTSA names this model (listed as OUTBACK)
NoNHTSA lists model year 2020 for this model

The same notice, every vehicle

Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
13%	29%	25%	Ignored
2%	4%	4%	Ignored
2%	5%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored

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