2016 SUBARU IMPREZA maintenance

Warranties
&Warranties for U.S.A.
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 Warranties
. Federal Emission Control Systems
Warranties
. California Emissions Control Systems
Warranties
All warranty information, including applic-
ability, details of coverage and exclusions,
is in the “Warranty and Maintenance
Booklet ”. Read these warranties carefully.
& Warranties for Canada
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
. Emission Control System Warranty
All warranty information, including applic-
ability, details of coverage and exclusions,
is in the “Warranty and Service Booklet ”.
Read these warranties carefully.
& Warranties except for U.S.A.
and Canada
All warranty information, including details
of coverage and exclusions, is in the
“Warranty and Maintenance Booklet ”.
Read these warranties carefully.
& Models with HID headlights
CAUTION
High Intensity Discharge (HID) head-
lights 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.
&Models without HID head-
lights
NOTE
This vehicle does not contain mercury
devices or parts.
How to use this Owner ’s
Manual
& 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,
follow 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
information you want.
Chapter 1: Seat, seatbelt and SRS
airbags
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.
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Chapter 4: Climate control
This chapter informs you how to operate
the climate control.
Chapter 5: Audio
This chapter informs you how to operate
your audio system.
Chapter 6: Interior equipment
This chapter informs you how to operate
interior equipment.
Chapter 7: Starting and operating
This chapter informs you how to start and
operate your SUBARU.
Chapter 8: Driving tips
This chapter informs you how to drive your
SUBARU in various conditions and ex-
plains some safety tips on driving.
Chapter 9: In case of emergency
This chapter informs you what to do if you
have a problem, such as a flat tire or
engine overheating.
Chapter 10: Appearance care
This chapter informs you how to keep your
SUBARU looking good.
Chapter 11: Maintenance and service
This chapter informs you when you need
to take your SUBARU to the dealer for
scheduled maintenance and informs you
how to keep your SUBARU running
properly.Chapter 12: Specifications
This chapter informs you about dimen-
sions and capacities of your SUBARU.
Chapter 13: Consumer information and
Reporting safety defects
This chapter informs you about Uniform
tire quality grading standards and Report-
ing safety defects.
Chapter 14: Index
This is an alphabetical listing of all that’
sin
this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
& Safety warnings
You will find a number of WARNINGs,
CAUTIONs and NOTEs in this manual.
These safety warnings alert you to poten-
tial hazards that could result in injury to
you or others.
Please read these safety warnings as well
as all other portions of this manual care-
fully in order to gain a better understand-
ing of how to use your SUBARU vehicle
safely.
WARNING
A WARNING indicates a situation in
which serious injury or death could
result if the warning is ignored.
CAUTION
A CAUTION indicates a situation in
which injury or damage to your
vehicle, or both, could result if the
caution is ignored.
NOTE
A NOTE gives information or sugges-
tions how to make better use of your
vehicle.
&Safety symbol
You will find a circle with a slash through it
in this manual. This symbol means “Do
not ”,“Do not do this ”,or“Do not let this
happen ”, depending upon the context.
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Table of contents
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags1
Keys and doors2
Instruments and controls
Climate control4
Audio5
Interior equipment6
Starting and operating7
Driving tips8
In case of emergency9
Appearance care10
Maintenance and service11
Specifications12
Consumer information and Reporting safety defects13
Index14
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Front seats........................................................... 1-2Forward and backward adjustment ...................... 1-3
Reclining the seatback ........................................ 1-4
Seat height adjustment (driver ’s seat) .................. 1-4
Head restraint adjustment .................................... 1-5
Seat heater (if equipped).................................... 1-6Safety precautions.............................................. 1-6
Operation ............................................................ 1-7
Rear seats ............................................................ 1-7Armrest (if equipped) ........................................... 1-8
Head restraint adjustment .................................... 1-8
Folding down the rear seatback .......................... 1-10
Seatbelts............................................................. 1-11Seatbelt safety tips ............................................. 1-11
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) ................... 1-12
Automatic Locking Retractor/Emergency Locking Retractor (ALR/ELR) ......................................... 1-12
Seatbelt warning light and chime ........................ 1-13
Fastening the seatbelt ........................................ 1-13
Seatbelt maintenance ......................................... 1-20
Front seatbelt pretensioners ............................. 1-20Seatbelt with shoulder belt pretensioner .. ........... 1-20Seatbelt with shoulder belt and lap belt
pretensioners .................................................. 1-22
System monitors ............................................... 1-24
System servicing ............................................... 1-24
Precautions against vehicle modification ............ 1-24
Child restraint systems..................................... 1-25Where to place a child restraint system .............. 1-26
Choosing a child restraint system ...................... 1-27
Installing child restraint systems with ALR/ELR seatbelt ........................................................... 1-28
Installing a booster seat ..................................... 1-32
Installation of child restraint systems by use of lower and tether anchorages (LATCH) .............. 1-33
Top tether anchorages ....................................... 1-36
*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint
System airbag) ................................................ 1-39
General precautions regarding SRS airbag
system ............................................................ 1-39
Components ...................................................... 1-46
SUBARU advanced frontal airbag system ........... 1-48
SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag ............. 1-58
SRS airbag system monitors .............................. 1-67
SRS airbag system servicing ... .......................... 1-69
Precautions against vehicle modification ............ 1-70
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Front seatbelt pretensioners
&Seatbelt maintenance
To clean the seatbelts, use a mild soap
and lukewarm water. Never bleach or dye
the belts because this could seriously
affect their strength.
Inspect the seatbelts and attachments
including the webbing and all hardware
periodically for cracks , cuts, gashes,
tears, damage, loose bolts or worn areas.
Replace the seatbelts even if only minor
damage is found.
CAUTION
. Keep the belts free of polishes,
oils, chemicals and particularly
battery acid.
. Never attempt to make modifica-
tions or changes that will prevent
the seatbelt from operating prop-
erly.
Front seatbelt pretensioners
The driver ’s and front passenger ’s seat-
belts have a seatbelt pretensioner. The
seatbelt pretensioners are designed to be
activated in the event of an accident
involving a moderate to severe frontal
and side collision and rollover accident.
& Seatbelt with shoulder belt
pretensioner
NOTE
This section is applicable to the follow-
ing components.
. Except Crosstrek models:
– Driver ’s seatbelt
– Front passenger ’s seatbelt
. Crosstrek models:
– Driver ’s seatbeltThe pretensioner sensor also serves as
follows.
. SRS frontal airbag sensor
. Side impact sensor
. Front door impact sensor
. Rollover sensor (Crosstrek models)
If the sensor detects a certain predeter-
mined amount of force during frontal or
side collisions or rollover accidents, the
front seatbelt is quickly drawn back in by
the retractor to take up the slack so that
the belt more effectively restrains the
driver.
When a seatbelt pretensioner is activated,
an operating noise will be heard and a
small amount of smoke will be released.
These occurrences are normal and not
harmful. This smoke does not indicate a
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If the device continues to cause
interference, the use of that device
in the vehicle should be discontin-
ued.
NOTE
This device complies with Part 18 of
the FCC Rules. This device may cause
interference. If this device causes inter-
ference, consult the nearest SUBARU
dealer. Also, for maintenance of the
system, consult the nearest SUBARU
dealer. This product may cause inter-
ference to radio equipment and should
not be installed near maritime safety
communications equipment or other
critical navigation or communication
equipment operating between 0.45-30
MHz.
!Conditions in which front passen-
ger’s SRS frontal airbag is not
activated
The front passenger ’s SRS frontal airbag
will not be activated when any of the
following conditions are met regarding the
front passenger ’s seat:
. The seat is empty.
. The seat is equipped with an appro-
priate child restraint system and an infant
is restrained in it. (See WARNING that follows.)
.
The front passenger ’s occupant detec-
tion system is malfunctioning.
WARNING
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FA-
CING CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER ’S SEAT EVEN IF THE
FRONT PASSENGER ’S SRS FRON-
TAL AIRBAG IS DEACTIVATED. Be
sure to install it in the REAR seat in
a correct manner. Also, it is strongly
recommended that any forward fa-
cing child seat or booster seat be
installed in the REAR seat, and that
even children who have outgrown a
child restraint system be also
seated in the REAR seat. This is
because children sitting in the front
passenger ’s seat may be killed or
severely injured should the front
passenger ’s SRS frontal airbag de-
ploy. REAR seats are the safest
place for children.
CAUTION
When the front passenger ’s seat is
occupied by an infant in an appro-
priate child restraint system, ob-
serve the following precautions. Failure to do so may interfere with
the proper operation of the occu-
pant detection system, activating
the front passenger
’s SRS frontal
airbag even though that seat is
occupied by the infant in the child
restraint system.
. Do not place any article (includ-
ing electronic devices) on the
seat other than the infant in the
child restraint system.
. Do not place more than one
infant in the child restraint sys-
tem.
! If the front passenger ’s frontal
airbag ON indicator illuminates
and the OFF indicator turns off
even when an infant or a small
child is in a child restraint sys-
tem (including booster seat)
1. Turn the ignition switch to the “LOCK”/
“ OFF ”position.
2. Remove the child restraint system
from the seat.
3. By referring to the child restraint
manufacturer ’s recommendations as well
as the child restraint system installation
procedures in “Child restraint systems ”
F 1-25, correctly install the child restraint
system.
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag)
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Keys and doors/Immobilizer
CAUTION
.Do not place the key under direct
sunlight or anywhere it may
become hot.
. Do not get the key wet. If the key
gets wet, wipe it dry with a cloth
immediately.
NOTE
. To protect your vehicle from theft,
please pay close attention to the fol-
lowing security precautions:
–Never leave your vehicle unat-
tended with its keys inside.
– Before leaving your vehicle,
close all windows and the moon-
roof, and lock the doors and rear
gate.
– Do not leave spare keys or any
record of your key number in the
vehicle.
. The vehicle has a maintenance-free
type immobilizer system.
& Security indicator light
Refer to “Security indicator light ”F 3-30.
& Key replacement
Your key number plate will be required if
you ever need a replacement key made.
Any new key must be registered for use
with your vehicle ’s immobilizer system
before it can be used. The maximum
number of keys that can be registered
for use with one vehicle is as follows.
. Four (models without “keyless access
with push-button start system ”)
. Seven (models with “keyless access
with push-button start system ”)
One key that has already been registered
is required in order to register a new key.
If you lose a key, the lost key ’s ID code still
remains in the memory of the vehicle’ s
immobilizer system. For security reasons,
the lost key ’s ID code should be erased
from the memory. To erase the lost key ’s
ID code, all keys that will be used are
required.
For details about new key registration and
erasing the lost key ’s ID code, contact
your SUBARU dealer.
& Certification for immobilizer
system
. For models with “keyless access
with push-button start system”:
Refer to “Certification for keyless access
with push-button start system ”F 2-20.
. For models without “keyless access
with push-button start system”:
–U.S.-spec. models
FCC ID: MOZRI-38BFH
CAUTION
FCC WARNING
Changes or modifications not ex-
pressly approved by the party re-
sponsible for compliance could void
the user ’s authority to operate the
equipment.
This device complies with part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This de-
vice may not cause harmful interfer-
ence, and (2) this device must accept
any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired
operation.
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Instruments and controls
Cruise control indicator light (if equipped).......... 3-31
Cruise control set indicator light (if equipped) ......................................................... 3-31
Automatic headlight beam leveler warning light (models with HID headlights) ............................ 3-31
Front fog light indicator light (if equipped) .......... 3-31
Headlight indicator light (if equipped) ................. 3-32
Steering responsive fog lights warning indicator/ Steering responsive fog lights OFF indicator
(models with EyeSight system) ......................... 3-32
BSD/RCTA warning indicator (if equipped) .......... 3-32
BSD/RCTA OFF indicator (if equipped) ................ 3-32
Information display (if equipped)...................... 3-32Outside temperature indicator............................ 3-33
Driving information display ................................. 3-33
Clock ................................................................. 3-37
Multi information display (models with type
B combination meter) ..................................... 3-38
Basic operation.................................................. 3-39
Welcome screen and Good-bye screen ............... 3-39
Warning screen .................................................. 3-40
Basic screens .................................................... 3-40
Menu screens .................................................... 3-40
Multi function display ........................................ 3-42Models without multi function display ................. 3-42
Safety precautions ............................................. 3-43
Features ............................................................ 3-43
Locations ........................................................... 3-43
Basic operation .................................................. 3-44
Welcome screen ................................................. 3-44
Date screen ........................................................ 3-44 Ending screen
................................................... 3-45
Self-check screen .............................................. 3-45
Interruption screen ............................................ 3-46
Basic screens .................................................... 3-47
Selection screen ................................................ 3-54
Date and time settings ....................................... 3-57
Image quality and volume settings ..................... 3-64
Screen settings. ................................................. 3-66
Maintenance settings ......................................... 3-74
Driving history registration ................................. 3-77
Car settings ....................................................... 3-78
Initialize ............................................................. 3-86
Light control switch ........................................... 3-89Precautions and tips .......................................... 3-89
Headlights ......................................................... 3-89
High/low beam change (dimmer) ... ..................... 3-91
Headlight flasher ............................................... 3-91
Daytime running light system ............................. 3-92
Turn signal lever................................................ 3-92One-touch lane changer ..................................... 3-93
Illumination brightness control ......................... 3-93
Headlight beam leveler (if equipped) ............... 3-94
Automatic headlight beam leveler (models with
HID headlights) ................................................ 3-94
Fog light switch (if equipped) ........................... 3-94Steering responsive fog lights system (models
with EyeSight system) ..................................... 3-95
Wiper and washer.............................................. 3-96Windshield wiper and washer switches .............. 3-97
Rear window wiper and washer switch –
5-door ............................................................. 3-99