System Alarm Operation; Activating And Deactivating The Alarm System; If You Have Accidentally Triggered The Alarm System - Subaru legacy 2017 Owner's Manual

System alarm operation

The alarm system will give the following
alarms when triggered.
. The vehicle s horn will sound for 30
seconds.
. The hazard warning flashers will flash
for 30 seconds.
If any of the doors (or the rear gate/trunk
lid) remains open after the 30-second
period, the horn will continue to sound
for a maximum of 3 minutes. If the door (or
the rear gate/trunk lid) is closed while the
horn is sounding, the horn will stop
sounding with a delay of up to 30 seconds.
The alarm is triggered by:
. Opening any of the doors, rear gate or
the trunk lid
. Physical impact to the vehicle, such as
forced entry (only models with shock
sensors (dealer option))
NOTE
The alarm system can be set to trigger
the illumination of the following interior
lights.
. Map lights
. Dome light (illuminates only when
the dome light switch is in the DOOR
position)
. Cargo area light (Outback)
The notifications regarding the map
lights, dome light and cargo area light
(Outback) are deactivated as the fac-
tory setting. A SUBARU dealer can
activate the system. Contact your
SUBARU dealer for details.
Activating and deactivating
the alarm system
To change the setting of your vehicle s
alarm system for activation or deactiva-
tion, do the following.
1. Disarm the alarm system. Refer to
Disarming the system 2-32.
2. Sit in the driver s seat and shut all
doors (and the rear gate (Outback)).
3. Turn the ignition switch to the ON
position.
4. Hold down the REAR (UNLOCK) side
of the driver s power door locking switch,
open the driver s door within the following
1 second, and wait 10 seconds without
releasing the switch. The setting will then
be changed as follows:
If the system was previously activated:
The odometer screen displays ALOF
and the horn sounds twice, indicating that
the system is now deactivated.
Keys and doors/Alarm system
If the system was previously deacti-
vated:
The odometer screen displays ALON
and the horn sounds once, indicating that
the system is now activated.
NOTE
You may have the above setting
change done by your SUBARU dealer.
If you have accidentally trig-
gered the alarm system
To stop the alarm
Perform any of the following operations.
. Press any button on the access key/
remote transmitter.
. Turn the ignition switch to the ON
position (models without keyless access
with push-button start system ).
. Turn the push-button ignition switch to
the ACC position (models with keyless
access with push-button start system ).
NOTE
Only registered keys will stop the
alarm. If the key is not registered, the
alarm will not stop.
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