Service bulletin 15-261-20R

Manufacturer communication, from NHTSA Manufacturer Communications

Published by NHTSA: Sep 3, 2026
Manufacturer: SUBARU
NHTSA ID: 11036823
NHTSA category: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: SUBARU LEGACY 2020-2022; SUBARU OUTBACK 2020-2022
Component, as stated by NHTSA: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Text of the manufacturer communication

This bulletin announces reprogramming file availability and provides a software update installation procedure to optimize the new Gen 4 Denso CP1 Audio and Navigation head units utilized in the models listed.This is an revised version of the original bulletin.

Manufacturer document number: 15-261-20R
Date of the communication: 2026-08-31

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Documents filed with NHTSA (PDF)

Bulletin

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For the 2020 Subaru Outback

Premium

Worth knowing

Relevance of 83% and attention of 66% are one half or more. Interrupt probability of 44% is under one half.

Vehicle relevance: 83%
Attention: 66%
Interrupt probability: 44%

Importance to this owner: 2.6 of 4, important
Vehicle area the notice is about: Infotainment

This manufacturer communication appears highly relevant to this vehicle configuration. It is worth knowing and does not call for an interruption.

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 139 ms from 1,585 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)
YesNHTSA lists model year 2020 for this model

The same notice, every vehicle

Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
83%	66%	44%	Worth knowing
2%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	3%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	4%	5%	Ignored
1%	3%	4%	Ignored
1%	4%	4%	Ignored

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