Locking And Unlocking From The Inside; Battery Drainage Prevention Function - Subaru Outback 2016 Manual

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Keys and doors/Door locks
& Locking and unlocking from
the inside
1) Unlock
2) Lock
To lock the door from the inside, rotate the
lock lever forward. To unlock the door from
the inside, rotate the lock lever rearward.
The red mark on the lock lever appears
when the door is unlocked.
Pull the inside door handle to open an
unlocked door.
Always make sure that all doors and the
rear gate (Outback) are closed before
starting to drive.
! Models with double locking system
If the double locking system is activated,
the door will not be unlocked even when
you move the door lock lever rearward.
& Battery drainage prevention
function
If a door or the rear gate (Outback) is not
completely closed, the interior lights will
remain illuminated as a result. However,
several lights are automatically turned off
by the battery drainage prevention func-
tion to prevent the battery from going
dead. The following interior lights are
affected by this function.
Switch Automatically turning
Item
position
Approximately 20
Map lights DOOR
minutes later
Approximately 20
Dome light DOOR
minutes later
Ignition Approximately 20
—
switch light minutes later
Door step
—
lights
Cargo area Approximately 20
DOOR
light minutes later
*: The door step lights are not affected by the
battery drainage prevention function, so the
lights do not turn off automatically. To turn off
the lights, it is necessary that each door and the
rear gate (Outback) are completely closed.
The operational/non-operational setting of
this function can be changed by a
SUBARU dealer. We recommend that
you contact the nearest SUBARU dealer
if you would like to change the setting.
NOTE
. The factory setting (default setting)
for this function is set as "operational".
. When leaving the vehicle, please
make sure that all doors and the rear
gate are completely closed.
. The battery drainage prevention
function does not operate under the
following condition.
– While the push-button ignition
off
switch is in "ACC" or "ON" (models
with the push-button ignition
switch)
– While the key is in the ignition
switch (models without the push-
button ignition switch)
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