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Warranties
Warranties for U.S.A.
All  SUBARU  vehicles  distributed  by 
Subaru of America, Inc. and sold at retail
by  an  authorized  SUBARU  dealer  in  the
United  States  come  with  the  following
warranties:
SUBARU Limited Warranty
Emission Control Systems Warranty
Emissions Performance Warranty
All  warranty  information,  including  details 
of  coverage  and  exclusions,  is  in  the  Warranty  and  Maintenance  Booklet .
Please read these warranties carefully.
Warranties for Canada
All  SUBARU  vehicles  distributed  by 
Subaru Canada, Inc. and sold at retail by 
an authorized SUBARU dealer in Canada 
come with the following warranties:
SUBARU Limited Warranty
Anti-Corrosion Warranty
Emission Control Warranty
All  warranty  information,  including  details 
of coverage and exclusions, is in the War- 
ranty  and  Service  Booklet.  Please  read 
these warranties carefully.
WRX-STI
All models except WRX-STI
How to use this owner s man-
ual
Using your Owner s manual
Before you operate your vehicle, carefully 
read this manual. To protect yourself and
extend the service life of your vehicle, fol-
low the instructions in this manual. Failure
to observe these instructions may result in 
serious injury and damage to your vehicle. 
This  manual  is  composed  of  fourteen 
chapters. Each chapter begins with a brief
table of contents, so you can usually tell at
a glance if that chapter contains the infor-
mation you want. 
Chapter  1:  Seat,  seatbelt  and  SRS  air- 
bags
This  chapter  informs  you  how  to  use  the
seat  and  seatbelt  and  contains  precau-
tions for the SRS airbags.
Chapter 2: Keys and doors 
This  chapter  informs  you  how  to  operate 
the keys, locks and windows. 
Chapter 3: Instruments and controls 
This chapter informs you about the opera- 
tion  of  instrument  panel  indicators  and 
how  to  use  the  instruments  and  other 
switches. 
Chapter 4: Climate Control 
This  chapter  informs  you  how  to  operate
WRX-STI  models  are  equipped  with 
High Intensity Discharge (HID) head-
lights that contain mercury. For that
reason,  it  is  necessary  to  remove
HID  headlights  before  vehicle  dis-
posal. Once removed, please reuse,
recycle  or dispose  of  the  HID  head-
lights as hazardous waste. 
This  vehicle  does  not  contain  mer- 
cury devices or parts. 
     
        
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Vehicle symbols
There  are  some  of  the  symbols  you  may 
see on your vehicle.
Mark Name
CAUTION 
Power door lock and unlock 
Passengers windows lock 
and unlock
Fuel 
Front fog lights 
Parking lights 
Hazard warning flasher 
Cigarette lighter 
Engine hood
Trunk lid (Sedan) 
Seat heater 
Child restraint top tether an- 
chorages 
Child restraint lower anchor- 
ages 
Horn 
Windshield wiper deicer 
Wiper intermittent 
Windshield wiper and wash- 
er 
Rear window wiper and  
washer 
Lights 
Parking lights, tail lights, li- 
cense plate light and instru-
ment panel illumination
Mark NameHead lights 
Headlight beam leveler 
Illumination brightness 
Fan speed 
Instrument panel outlets 
Instrument panel outlets and  
foot outlets 
Foot outlets 
Windshield defroster and  
foot outlets 
Windshield defroster 
Rear window defogger/Out- 
side mirror defogger 
Air recirculation 
Outside air
Mark Name 
     
        
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Child safety
Never  hold  a  child  on  your  lap  or 
in  your  arms  while  the  vehicle  is 
moving.  The  passenger  cannot 
protect  the  child  from  injury  in  a
collision, because the child will be
caught  between  the  passenger
and objects inside the vehicle.
While riding in the vehicle, infants 
and small children should always
be  placed  in  the  REAR  seat  in  an
infant  or  child  restraint  system
which  is  appropriate  for  the 
childs age, height and weight. If a
child is too big for a child restraint 
system, the child should sit in the
REAR  seat  and  be  restrained  us-
ing the seatbelts. According to ac-
cident  statistics,  children  are  saf-
er when properly restrained in the
rear  seating  positions  than  in  the
front  seating  positions.  Never  al-
low a child to stand up or kneel on 
the seat.
Put children aged 12 and under in 
the REAR seat properly restrained
at all times in a child restraint de-
vice or in a seatbelt. The SRS air-
bag  deploys  with  considerable
speed and force and can injure or
even  kill  children,  especially  if 
they are 12 years of age and under 
and  are  not  restrained  or  improp- 
erly  restrained.  Because  children 
are  lighter  and  weaker  than 
adults,  their  risk  being  injured 
from deployment is greater.
NEVER  INSTALL  A  REARWARD 
FACING  CHILD  SEAT  IN  THE
FRONT  SEAT.  DOING  SO  RISKS
SERIOUS  INJURY  OR  DEATH  TO
THE  CHILD  BY  PLACING  THE
CHILD S  HEAD  TOO  CLOSE  TO
THE SRS AIRBAG.
Always use the child safety locks 
whenever a child rides in the rear
seat. Serious injury could result if
a  child  accidentally  opened  the
door  and  fell  out.  Refer  to  the Child  safety  locks   section  in
chapter 2.
Always lock the passenger s win-
dows using  the  lock  switch  when 
children  are  riding  in  the  vehicle.
Failure  to  follow  this  procedure
could result in injury to a child op-
erating  the  power  window.  Refer
to the  Windows  section in chap-
ter 2.
Never  leave  unattended  children 
in  the  vehicle.  They  could  acci-
dentally injure themselves or oth-
ers through inadvertent operation
of the vehicle. Also, on hot or sun-
ny  days,  temperature  in  a  closed
vehicle  could  quickly  become
high  enough  to  cause  severe  or
possibly fatal injuries to them.
Help prevent young children from 
locking  themselves  in  the  trunk.
When  leaving  the  vehicle,  either
close  all  windows  and  lock  all
doors  or  cancel  the  inside  trunk
lid release. Also make certain that
the trunk is closed. On hot or sun-
ny  days,  the  temperature  in  a
trunk  could  quickly  become  high
enough to cause death or serious
heat-related  injuries  including 
brain  damage  to  anyone  locked 
inside,  particularly  for  small  chil- 
dren. 
     
        
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Illustrated index
Exterior
1 2 34 5
12 11 10 9 87 6
000168
1) Engine hood (page 11-4) 
2) Headlight switch (page 3-22)
3) Replacing bulbs (page 11-44) 
4) Wiper switch (page 3-27) 
5) Moonroof (page 2-24)
6) Door locks (page 2-4)
7) Tire pressure (page 11-30)
8) Flat tires (page 9-4)
9) Tire chains (page 8-11) 
10) Front fog light button (page 3-26) 
11) Tie-down hooks (page 9-11)
12) Towing hooks (page 9-11) 
     
        
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1
2 3
4 5
000187
1) Cup holder (page 6-5) 
2) Center console (page 6-4)
3) Glove box (page 6-4) 
4) Cigarette lighter (page 6-6) 
5) Ashtray (page 6-8) 
     
        
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Instrument panel
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
15
16 14 12 10 11
13 9 8
000188
1) Door locks (page 2-4) 
2) Outside mirror switch (page 3-34)
3) Light control lever (page 3-22) 
4) Combination meter (page 3-11) 
5) Wiper control lever (page 3-26)
6) Hazard warning flasher switch (page 
3-6)
7) Audio (page 5-1)
8) Gear shift lever (5MT) (page 7-11)/
Gear shift lever (6MT) (page 7-9)/Se-
lector lever (AT) (page 7-16)
9) Climate control (page 4-1) 
10) Cruise control (page 7-27) 
11) Horn (page 3-35) 
12) SRS airbag (page 1-35) 
13) Tilt steering (page 3-35) 
14) Fuse box (page 11-41) 
15) Hood lock release knob (page 11-4) 
16) Power windows (page 2-18) 
     
        
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Light control and wiper control levers/switches
000020
12
3
4
5
1
10 9 7
11
2
6
8
1) Parking light switch (page 3-25) 
2) Windshield wiper (page 3-27)
3) Mist (page 3-28) 
4) Windshield washer (page 3-28) 
5) Rear window wiper and washer 
switch (page 3-28)
6) Wiper control lever (page 3-28)
7) Illumination brightness control (page  3-25)
8) Light control lever (page 3-22)
9) Headlight ON/OFF (page 3-22)
10) Headlight flasher High/Low beam  change (page 3-22)
11) Turn signal (for lane change) (page 3-
24)
12) Turn signal (page 3-24) 
     
        
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Combination meter
U.S.-spec. vehicles
WRX
AB
9 87 65
4
3
2
1
000159
1) Fuel gauge (page 3-12) 
2) Selector lever position indicator 
(page 3-20)
3) Temperature gauge (page 3-13)
4) Tachometer (page 3-12)
5) Speedometer (page 3-11)
6) Odometer and trip meter (page 3-11)
7) Trip meter A/B selection and trip  meter reset knob (page 3-11)
8) Outside temperature indicator (page  3-13)
9) Low fuel warning light (page 3-12)