tmhlegacy

Hey - i think you have the same as me, is this the slightly-rare radar assisted cruise control? Not full Eye-sight like on the newer models, but an older radar version? Have a look in your grille, see if you can see a black box quite far forward in front of the radiator - mine is on the driver's side and has a few labels like do not paint and do not remove. I think this is the radar to measure distance between the car in front for cruise control. Check my post here http://clubsub.org.nz/forum/showthread.php?45552-06-BP-Legacy-Questions I think the green arrows are it telling you when it's found a car in front and is keeping the required distance from it, by slowing you down as needed. With your cruise control on, if you approach stationary traffic (or traffic moving a lot slower than you), it'll give 3 quick beeps, flash the orange wavy lines and on mine shows BRAKE in the info section where all the warnings are. If cruise control is on but in standby / not activated, then it'll give 3 beeps and show the orange lines if you come up behind someone too quickly. Late to the party but hope that helps...

Hi there, newbie Legacy owner here, it’s a Japanese export facelift 2006 BP wagon, 3.0R with SI drive and a few unusual items I need some help with. I’ve searched around the usual places and still have a few queries that I hope you may be able to help with: SI Drive If I search for the 2006 Legacy manuals online, the results I get (mainly US-spec) don’t have SI-drive. Did SI-drive make it to the US (where manuals are available), and if so what MY, or is there an SI drive instruction manual anyone can point me towards? It’s fairly easy to understand, but I get a beep from the dash occasionally when manually down-shifting using the paddle shift. If cruise control is active and I try and manually shift then I get a message in the dash (in Japanese) presumably telling me that cruise is on standby whilst I manually shift. But sometimes, without cruise active, if I downshift for a bit of acceleration I get a beep or double-beep and I don’t quite know what it could be. Same beep as when you change modes in SI-Drive (I/S/S#). Cruise Control The car seems to have radar cruise control – I don’t know if this was standard on Japanese models or not on this MY. There is a black box in the front grille which I presume is the radar, and when set to 100kmh for example it will reduce speed if someone pulls in front or if I approach behind another car. Clever and I’ve used it on other cars, I just wasn’t expecting it on a 2006 MY Legacy BP. If the car in front comes to a stop it reduces my speed to about 30 and then “BRAKE!!!” appears in the dash! What I don’t understand is what the green arrows on the dash are telling me! They are constantly flashing and I get 2 arrows when following someone – presumably when “locked on” to a target in front, and only 1 arrow when the road is clear. Can anyone shed some light – or again point me in the direction of a manual? Push Button Start Again, not sure if this was standard or not, but I have a remote key fob with lock, unlock, and trunk unlock buttons only. Once inside the car, push button to turn ignition on or press brake and push button to start. There is a key hidden inside the keyfob which unlocks the door, but with no key barrel inside the car, how could I start it if the battery in the keyfob was dead? Also – how do I get a replacement keyfob? I only have one and a spare is going to be a must. I expect this will have an immobiliser chip and I’ll need to take the car to someone to programme the new key? Going to be expensive? There are also little black rubber buttons on the boot and door handles – I assume this locks the corresponding door if pressed? I need a manual to see if there are any other tricks I need to know... Couple of other items I’ll be working on… Headlight glass – bit misty so will polish them up – seem to be polycarbonate rather than glass – is that correct? McIntosh stereo is really decent, pity about the Japanese Nav unit, locked to Japanese time via GPS and no English available. May think about putting in a UK spec one at some point, and hooking up an ipod cable. Again, all the dash dismantling instructions I've found are for 2006 MY cars without SI-drive, so I wondered if there are any specific dismantling instructions for removing the SI-drive shift surround in order to get to the head-unit?? Subaru Servicing – any suggestions for the best / most recommended independent garage for servicing / maintenance / repairs going forward? I’m in Auckland. When servicing the E39 I’ve just sold, people would recommend Burgers or BM Workshop. Is there an equivalent well-known well-respected all-round nice-guy Subaru specialist in Auckland?! Thanks in advance