2006 SUBARU TRIBECA stop start

3-16 Instruments and controls
The ABS warning light comes on together with the brake system warning light if the
EBD system becomes faulty. For further
details of the EBD system fault warning,
refer to “Brake system warning light”.
NOTE
If the warning light behavior is as de-
scribed in the following, the ABS sys-
tem may be considered normal.yThe warning light comes on right af-
ter the engine is started but goes out
immediately, remaining off.y The warning light remains on after
the engine has been started, but it goes
out when the vehicle speed reaches
approximately 8 mph (12 km/h). y The warning light comes on during
driving, but it goes out immediately
and remains off.
When driving with an insufficient battery
voltage such as when the engine is jumpstarted, the ABS warning light may come
on. This is due to the low battery voltage
and does not indicate a malfunction.
When the battery becomes fully charged,
the light will go out. „
Brake system
warning light
This light has the following three func-
tions: TParking brake warning
The light comes on with the parking brake
applied while the ignition switch is in the
“ON” position. It goes out when the park-
ing brake is fully released. T Brake fluid level warning
This light comes on when the brake fluid
level has dropped to near the “MIN” level
of the brake fluid reservoir with the ignition
switch in the “ON” position and with the parking brake fully released. If the brake system warning light should
come on while driving (with the parking
brake fully released and with the ignition
switch positioned in “ON”), it could be an
indication of leaking of brake fluid or worn
brake pads. If this occurs, immediately
stop the vehicle at the nearest safe place
and check the brake fluid level. If the fluid
level is below the “MIN” mark in the reser-
voir, do not drive the vehicle. Have the ve-
hicle towed to the nearest SUBARU deal-
er for repair. T
Electronic Brake Force Distribution
(EBD) system warning
The brake system warning light also illu-
minates if a malfunction occurs in the EBD
system. In that event, it comes on together
with the ABS warning light.
The EBD system may be faulty if the brake
system warning light and ABS warning
light illuminate simultaneously during driv-
ing.
Even if the EBD system fails, the conven-
tional braking system will still function.
However, the rear wheels will be more
prone to locking when the brakes are ap-
plied harder than usual and the vehicle’s
motion may therefore become somewhat
harder to control. If the brake system warning light and ABS
y Driving with the brake system
warning light on is dangerous.
This indicates your brake system
may not be working properly. If
the light remains on, have the
brakes inspected by a SUBARU
dealer immediately.
yIf at all in doubt about whether the
brakes are operating properly, do
not drive the vehicle. Have your
vehicle towed to the nearest
SUBARU dealer for repair.
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warning light illuminate simultaneously,
take the following steps:
1. Stop the vehicle in the nearest safe, flat
place.
2. Shut down the engine, then restart it.
3. Release the parking brake. If both
warning lights go out, the EBD system
may be faulty.
Drive carefully to the nearest SUBARU
dealer and have the system inspected.
4. If both warning lights come on again
and stay illuminated after the engine has
been restarted, shut down the engine
again, apply the parking brake, and check
the brake fluid level.
5. If the brake fluid level is not below the
“MIN” mark, the EBD system may be
faulty. Drive carefully to the nearest
SUBARU dealer and have the system in-
spected.
6. If the brake fluid level is below the
“MIN” mark, DO NOT drive the vehicle. In-
stead, have the vehicle towed to the near-
est SUBARU dealer for repair. „
Low fuel warning light
The low fuel warning light comes on when
the tank is nearly empty approximately 2.6
US gal (10 liters, or 2.2 Imp gal). It only op-
erates when the ignition switch is in the
“ON” position.
NOTE
This light does not go out unless the
tank is replenished up to an internal
fuel quantity of approximately 4.0 US
gal (15 liters, 3.3 Imp gal). „ Door open warning light
The indicators are located in the center
portion of the dashboard.
When any of the doors or the rear gate is
not fully closed, it is indicated by the corre-
sponding part of the door warning light.
Always make sure this light is out before
you start to drive. „
Windshield washer fluid
warning light
This light comes on when the fluid level in
the windshield washer fluid tank falls to
the lower limit (approximately 0.6 US qt,
0.6 liter, 0.5 Imp qt). „ All-Wheel Drive warn-
ing light
The All-Wheel Drive warning light comes
on when the ignition switch is turned to the
“ON” position and goes out after the en-
gine has started.
This light flashes if the vehicle is driven
with tires of different diameters fitted on its
wheels or with the air pressure excessive-
ly low in any of its tires.
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Continued driving with the AWD
warning light flashing can lead to
powertrain damage. If the AWD
warning light flashes, promptly park
in a safe place then check whether
all four tires are the same diameter
and whether any of the tires has a
puncture or has lost air pressure for
some other reason.

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complete, you have to push the button to
turn the deicer on again.
Your SUBARU dealer can set your wind-
shield wiper deicer for continuous opera-
tion. Contact your SUBARU dealer for de- tails.
Once the windshield wiper deicer has
been set for continuous operation, press-
ing the button results in continuous opera-
tion. The windshield wiper deicer automat-
ically stops operating if any one of the fol-
lowing conditions occurs during continu-
ous operation. y
The outside temperature becomes 41 °F
(5 °C) or higher.
y The vehicle speed remains at 9 mph (15
km/h) or lower for 15 minutes.y The battery voltage decreases below
the permissible level. Rear window defogger but-
ton
The rear window defogger operates only
when the ignition switch is in the “ON” po- sition.
The rear window defogger button is locat-
ed on the climate control panel.
To turn on the defogger, push the button.
To turn it off, push the button again.
The indicator light located on the button
lights up while the rear window defogger is
operating.
The defogger will automatically shut off af-
ter approximately 15 minutes. If the win-
dow clears before that time, push the but-
ton to turn it off. It also turns off when theignition switch is turned to the “ACC” or
“LOCK” position. If defrosting or defogging
is desired when you restart your vehicle,
you have to push the button to turn it on
again.
Your SUBARU dealer can set your rear
window defogger for continuous opera-
tion. Contact your SUBARU dealer for de- tails.
Once the rear window defogger has been
set for continuous operation, the rear win-
dow defogger repeatedly operates for 15
minutes, stops for two minutes, and again
operates for 15 minutes. If the battery volt-
age drops below the permissible level,
continuous operation is canceled and op-
eration stops as described in the follow-
ing. y
If the battery voltage drops below the
permissible level within 15 minutes of de-
pression of the button, continuous opera-
tion is canceled and the rear window de-
fogger stops operating 15 minutes later. y If the battery voltage drops below the
permissible level after the rear window de-
fogger has, following depression of the
button, operated for 15 minutes, stopped
operating for two minutes, and started op-
erating again, the rear window defogger
immediately stops operating.
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will appear on the display and the play-
er will revert to the previously selected
mode.y
The player is designed to be able to
play music CD-Rs and music CD-RWs,
but it may not be able to play certain
ones. y Single CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are
not supported, and if inserted, they will
be immediately ejected. V When CD is in the player
When the “CD” button (1) is pressed, the
player will start playback.
NOTE
After the last song finishes, the player
will automatically return to track 1 (the
first song on the disc). T To stop playback of a CD
When the “POWER-VOL” button is
pressed during playback of a CD, the CD
stops playing temporarily. To let the CD
resume playing, press the button again. T To select a song from its beginning
V Forward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the next track/file (track). Each time this
side of the button is pressed, the indicated
track/file (track) number will increase.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track/file (track) will take you back to
the first track/file (track) in the folder. V Backward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the current track/file (track). Each time
this side of the button is pressed, the indi-
cated track/file (track) number will de- crease.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track/file (track) will take you back to
the first track/file (track) in the folder. T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
V Fast-forwarding
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-forward the track/file.
Release the button to stop fast-forward-
ing.
NOTE
If you fast-forward past the last track/
file (track) on the disc, the player will select the first track/file (track) on the
disc and start playing it. V
Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-reverse the
track/file (track).
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
NOTE
If you fast-reverse to the beginning of
the first track/file (track) on the disc,
the fast-reversing will stop and the
player will start playing the first track/
file (track) on the disc. T Folder selection (MP3 disc)
Press the “ ” side of the SEEK FLDR
button (2) briefly to select the next folder.
Pressing the “ ” side of the same button
the first time makes the player go back to
the beginning of the currently selected file;
pressing it a second time makes it go back
to the previously selected file.
NOTE
Only MP3 folders are recognized when
an attempt to select the next or previ-
ous folder is made. If no appropriate
folder exists on the disc, pressing the
“ ” or “ ” side of the SEEK FLDR
button has no effect.

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THow to insert a CD(s)
V Inserting a CD
1. Briefly press the “LOAD” button (10). If
the magazine in the player has an idle po-
sition where you can insert a disc, the disc
number indicator associated with the idle
position will blink.
If no indicator blinks, it means that there is
no idle position in the magazine.
2. After the disc number indicator has
started to flash, insert the disc when
“LOAD” flashes on the display. The disc
will then be automatically drawn in, and
the player will begin to play back the first
track of the disc. y To insert more discs in succession, re-
peat Steps 1 and 2. The magazine will be
loaded with discs in the ascending order
of position number.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds
after you have pressed the “LOAD” but-
ton, the player will begin to play back the
first track of the last disc you have insert-
ed. y The disc indicator steadily lights up if a
disc is already inserted in the correspond-
ing position of the magazine. y While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press “FM” or “AM” button, the play-
er will enter the standby mode. Press the
“CD” button to start playback. V
Inserting a disc in a desired position
1. Briefly press the “LOAD” button (10). If
the magazine in the player has an idle po-
sition where you can insert a disc, the disc
number indicator associated with the idle
position will blink.
The positions in the magazine the indica-
tor of which steadily lights up are already
loaded with discs.
2. Press the disc select button (9) at the
position where you want to insert a disc.
3. Insert the disc when “LOAD” flashes on
the display. The disc will then be automat-
ically drawn in, and the player will begin to
play the first track on the disc. y If you wish to insert another disc, repeat
the procedure beginning with step 1.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds
after you have pressed the “LOAD” but-
ton, the player will begin to play back the
first track of the last disc you have insert- ed. y While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press “FM” or “AM” button, the play-
er will enter standby mode. Press the “CD”
button to start playback. V Loading all the magazine (Full disc
loading mode)
1. If you continue to press the “LOAD”
button (10) for more than 1.5 seconds, the
player will produce beep sound and will enter the full disc loading mode.
2. A “disc number” indicator will blink, and
“ALL LOAD” will be on display for a period
of 15 seconds. If a disc is successfully
loaded during this period, the disc number
indicator will stop blinking and will steadily
light.
3. When the loading of a disc is complete,
the next disc number indicator will blink.
Then repeat Step 2.
4. When the magazine is filled with discs
by repeating Steps 2 and 3, the player will
start playback of the discs, beginning with
the one inserted first.
If you fail to insert any disc during each 15
seconds interval, the full disc loading
mode will be canceled, and the player will
start playback of the disc inserted first. T
How to play back a CD or make a
pause
V When there is no CD inserted:
Insert a CD by referring to “How to insert aCD(s)”.
When a CD is loaded, the player will start
playback of the CD, beginning with the
first track. V When there are CDs loaded:
Press a desired one of the disc select but-
tons (9) the disc number indicator of which

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steadily lights up. The player will then start
playback of the selected CD, beginning
with the first track.
If a disc that the player cannot read has
been loaded, “CHECK DISC” will appear
on the display and the player will not play
anything. T
To select a song from its beginning
V Forward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the next track/file (track). Each time the
button is pressed, the indicated track/file
(track) number will increase.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track/file (track) will take you back to
the first track/file (track) in the folder. V Backward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the current track/file (track). Each time
the button is pressed, the indicated track/
file (track) number will decrease.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the first
track/file (track) will take you to the last
track/file (track) in the folder. T
Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
V Fast-forwarding
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-forward thetrack/file.
Release the button to stop fast-forward-
ing.
NOTE
If you fast-forward to the end of the last track/file (track), fast-forwarding will
stop and the player will start playback beginning with the first track/file (track). V Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-reverse the track/file.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
NOTE
If you fast-reverse to the beginning of
the first track/file (track), fast-reversing
will stop and the player will start play-
back. T Repeating
V To repeat the currently playing track/file (track)
To repeat a track/file (track), briefly press
the “RPT” button (6) while the track/file (track) is playing. The display will show
“RPT”, and the track/file (track) will be re-
peated.
To cancel the track/file (track) repeat-play
mode, briefly press the “RPT” button
twice. The “RPT” indication will go off, and
the normal playback mode will be re- sumed.
NOTE y
Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.
If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the track/file (track) repeat-
play mode, press it again to reselect
the repeat-play mode. y The repeat-play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps: yPress the “RDM” button
y Press the “SCAN” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “RSE AUX” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc)
RPT D-RPT CANCEL

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Starting and operating
Fuel ...................................................................... 7-2 Fuel requirements .................................................. 7-2
Fuel filler lid and cap .............................................. 7-3
State emission testing (U.S. only) .................... 7-5
Preparing to drive .............................................. 7-6
Starting the engine ............................................. 7-7
Stopping the engine ........................................... 7-8
Automatic transmission .................................... 7-8 Selector lever .......................................................... 7-9
Selector lever reverse inhibiting function ............ 7-10
Selection of manual mode ..................................... 7-11
Maximum speeds .................................................... 7-12
Driving tips .............................................................. 7-13
SPORT mode ........................................................... 7-13
Shift lock release .................................................... 7-14
Power steering ................................................... 7-15
Braking ................................................................ 7-15 Braking tips ............................................................. 7-15
Brake system .......................................................... 7-15
Disc brake pad wear warning indicators .............. 7-16
ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) .......................... 7-16 ABS system self-check .......................................... 7-17
ABS warning light ................................................... 7-17
Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) system .............................................................. 7-18Steps to take if EBD system fails .......................... 7-18
Vehicle Dynamics Control system ................... 7-19 Vehicle Dynamics Control system monitor .......... 7-21 Traction Control system OFF switch .................... 7-23
Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) ........ 7-24
Parking your vehicle .......................................... 7-25
Cruise control ..................................................... 7-27 To set cruise control .............................................. 7-27
To temporarily cancel the cruise control ............. 7-28
To turn off the cruise control ................................. 7-28
To change the cruising speed ............................... 7-28
Cruise control indicator light ................................. 7-29
Cruise control set indicator light .......................... 7-30

7-4 Starting and operating
2. Open the fuel filler lid.
1) Open
2) Close
3. Remove the fuel filler cap by turning it
slowly counterclockwise.
4. Stop filling the tank after the fuel filler
pump automatically clicks off. Do not add
any more fuel.
5. Put the cap back on, turn it clockwise
until you hear a clicking noise. Be certain
not to catch the tether under the cap while
tightening.
6. Close the fuel filler lid completely.
If you spill any fuel on the painted surface,
rinse it off immediately. Otherwise, the
painted surface could be damaged.
NOTE y You will see the “ ” sign in the
fuel gauge. This indicates that the fuel filler door (lid) is located on the right
side of the vehicle. y If the fuel filler cap is not tightened
until it clicks or if the tether is caught
under the cap, the CHECK ENGINE
warning light may come on. Refer to
the “Warning and indicator lights” sec-
tion located in chapter 3.
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y
Gasoline vapor is highly flamma-
ble. Before refueling, always first
stop the engine and make sure
that there are no lighted ciga-
rettes, open flames or electrical
sparks in the adjacent area.
yWhen opening the cap, do not re-
move the cap quickly. Fuel may be
under pressure and spray out of
the fuel filler neck especially in
hot weather, which may cause in-jury.
yNever add any cleaning agents to
the fuel tank. The addition of a
cleaning agent may cause dam-
age to the fuel system.
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