Subaru Legacy BN/BS (2015-2019) Owners Manual: Registering a PIN code

Preparation

1.  Turn off the ignition switch.
2. Close all doors (including trunk/rear gate).
3.  Press and hold the " " button on the access key. Then all doors (including rear gate) will be locked.
4.  Keep the " " button pressed, and press the following button within 5 seconds after step 3.

•  Legacy: the trunk opener button
•  Outback: the rear lock button

5.  Press and hold the above button for more than 5 seconds. Then a chirp will sound.
6.  Press the " " button on the access key while the chirp sounds.

   Then the chirp will stop and the preparation is complete.

NOTE If you do not press the " " button on the access key, the chirp will sound for 30 seconds. In this case, the preparation for registering a PIN code does not complete even if the chirp stops.

Registration

For example, to register "32468" as the PIN code, perform the following procedure.

Legacy:

1.  Press the trunk opener button three times.
2.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the trunk opener button twice.
3.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the trunk opener button four times.
4.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the trunk opener button six times.
5.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the trunk opener button eight times.
6.  Perform steps 1 to 5 again within approximately 30 seconds after the buzzer starts sounding intermittently.
7.  All doors will be unlocked and locked.

   Then the PIN code will be registered.

Outback:

1.  Press the rear lock button three times.
2.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the rear lock button twice.
3.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the rear lock button four times.
4.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the rear lock button six times.
5.  After a buzzer (ding) sounds once, press the rear lock button eight times.
6.  Perform steps 1 to 5 again within approximately 30 seconds after the buzzer starts sounding intermittently.
7.  All doors (including rear gate) will be unlocked and locked. Then the PIN code will be registered

NOTE

•  Press the trunk opener button/rear lock button ten times to enter "0".
•  Change the PIN code frequently to protect your vehicle from theft.
•  If you have lent your vehicle to another person, confirm that the PIN code has not been changed or deleted.

  If the PIN code has been changed or deleted, reregister a new PIN code.

•  If you make an error during the registration procedure, press the " " or " " button on the access key.

  Then, start over from the procedure described in "Preparation".

•  To protect your vehicle from theft, you cannot register "00000" to "99999" or "12345" as a PIN code.
•  Do not register your vehicle license plate number or simple numbers such as "11122" or "12121" as a PIN code.

  Doing so will increase the risk of vehicle theft.

•  When you try to register "22222", the registered PIN code will be deleted.

  You cannot unlock the doors by PIN Code Access until a new code is registered.

•  After registering a new PIN code, make sure that you can unlock the doors using the PIN code.
•  The PIN code cannot be deleted while the keyless access function is disabled by operating the access key.
•  Reregister the PIN code in the following case.

•  when you forget the PIN code
•  when you want to change the PIN code