Get Keys and doors -> Door locks Guide for Subaru Outback SUV Fourth Generation (2010-2014)

2-6 Keys and doors

Door locks

& Locking and unlocking from

the outside

NOTE

If you unlock the driver’s door with a

key (including a mechanical key) and

open the door while the alarm system

is armed, the alarm system is triggered

and the vehicle’s horn sounds. In this

case, perform any of the following

operations:

Models with “keyless access with

push-button start system”:

. Press any button on the access key

(except when the access key battery is

discharged).

. Turn the push-button ignition switch

to the “Acc” position.

. Carry the access key and perform

either of the following procedures.

– Grip the front door handle

– Press the rear gate opener button

Models without “keyless access with

push-button start system”:

. Press any button on th e remote

transmitter (except when the transmit-

ter battery is discharged).

. Insert the key into the ignition

switch and turn the ignition switch to

the “ON” position.

For details about the alarm system,

refer to “Alarm system” F2-25.

To lock the driver’s door from the outside

with the key, turn the key toward the rear.

To unlock the door, turn the key toward the

front.

Pull the outside door handle to open an

unlocked door.

Locking without the key

1) Rotate the lock lever rearward.

2) Close the door.

To lock the door from the outside without

the key, rotate the lock lever rearward and

then close the door.

Locking without the key

1) Press the front side of the power door

locking switch.

2) Close the door.

To lock the door from the outside using the

power door locking switch, press the front

side of the switch (“LOCK” side) and then

close the door. In this case, all closed

doors and the rear gate (Outback) are

locked at the same time.

Always make sure that all doors and the

rear gate are locked before leaving your

vehicle.

NOTE

Make sure that you do not leave the key

inside the vehicle before locking the

doors from the outside without the key.

& Locking and unlocking from

the inside

WARNING

Keep all doors locked when you

drive, especially when small chil-

dren are in your vehicle.

Along with the proper use of seat-

belts and child restraints, locking

the doors reduces the chance of

being thrown out of the vehicle in an

accident.

It also helps prevent pas sengers

from falling out by preventing a door

from being accidentally opened, and

intruders from unexpectedly open-

ing doors and entering your vehicle.

1) Lock

2) Unlock

To lock the door from the inside, rotate the

lock lever rearward. To unlock the door

from the i nside, rotate the lock lever

forward.

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.

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2-8 Keys and doors

& 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.

Item

Switch

position

Automatically turning

off

Map lights OFF

Approximately 20

minutes later

Dome light DOOR

Approximately 20

minutes later

Ignition

switch light

—

Approximately 20

minutes later

Door step

lights

— None

Cargo area

light

DOOR

Approximately 20

minutes later

*1: The map lights can be controlled by the

battery drainage prevention function only when

the map light switches are in the OFF position

and the door interlock switch is in the DOOR

position. For the switch positions, refer to “Map

light” F6-2

*2: 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 is

completely closed.

The operational/non-operational setting of

this function can be changed by a

SUBARU dea ler. Contac t the nearest

SUBA RU 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 (Outback) are completely closed.

. The batter y drain age prevention

function does not operate while the

key is in the ignition switch.

Power door locking switches

1) Lock

2) Unlock

All doors and the rear gate (Outback) can

be locked and unlocked by the power door

locking switches located at the driver’s

side and the front passenger’s side doors.

To lock the doors, press the front side of

the switch.

To unlock the doors, press the rear side of

the switch.

When you close the doors after you set

the door locks, the doors remain locked.

NOTE

Make sure that you do not leave the key

inside the vehicle before locking the

doors from the outside using the power

door locking switches.

& Key lock-in prevention func-

tion

This function prevents the doors from

being locked under the following condi-

tions.

. The key is still in the ignition switch

(model s wit hout “keyless access with

push-button start system”)

. The ignition switch is in the “ON ”

position (models with “keyless access with

push-button start system”)

T his function’s oper ational/non-opera-

tional setting can be changed by a

SUBA RU dealer. Contact a SUBARU

dealer for details.

NOTE

. The factory setting (default setting)

for this function is set as “operational”.

. When leaving the vehicle, make sure

you are holding the key before locking

the doors.

! Behavior with key lock-in preven-

tion function operational

With the driver’s door open, the doors are

automatically kept unlocked even if the

front side of the power door locking switch

is pressed.

! Behavior with key lock-in preven-

tion function non-operational

. If the lock lever is turned to the rear

(“LOCK”) position with the driver’s door

open and the driver’s door is then closed

with the lock lever in that position, the

driver’s door is locked.

. If the spare key is used to lock the

driver’s door from the outside of the

vehicle, the door is locked.

Keyless access with push-

button start system (Outback

– if equipped)

1) Access key (main)

2) Access key (sub)

3) Key number plate

The vehicle has two access keys and a

key number plate. For details about the

key number plate, refer to “Key number

plate” F2-3.

The keyless access with push-button start

system allows you to perform the following

functions when you are carrying the

access key.

. Locking and unlocking of the doors and

rear gate

. Starting and stopping the engine. For

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