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Jerry
-Karen-
Now the big question, are the blue bulbs available for the B9?
Thanks,
Steve in NH
-mike
-mike
I gave up. My wife will have to take it to the shop. IMO, it is a poor design that would require a trip to the dealer to replace a bulb. Shame on Subaru..
Steve
I think it's not a Subaru only problem. I guess to get things compacted into such small spaces, they have to pack it in there.
-mike
I changed my bulbs to Silver Stars... Nice and bright and white!!!! Do the passenger side first... There are more room. The bulb opening is covered by a round rubber cover.. So look for that.. There are 3 different ones on the light assembly, 1 for the high beam, 1 for low and 1 for the signal. So look for the correct one and pop out the cover. Unplug the wire harness. There is a philips screw that holds the bulb clip. Unscrew that and release the clip/spring/latch, whatever u want to call it.
Installation is the reverse. U might want a pair of gloves, when doing the bulb so u don't get oil/grease on it. It could cause the bulb to smoke and blows up.
The driver side is more painful since the batt is in the way. U might want to loosen that out first to give u more room.
So I had the dealer replace the bulb and wiper blades. Now, 1 week later, the other bulb blew... figures.
I bet the mechanic used his hands or dirty gloves and touched the bulb....
then a few weeks later it will do it again...
thanks!
-mike
Has anyone else had this experience?
Subaru replaced my clock assembly, after the clock repeatedly lost hours. The clock now works, but this other mysterious thing still happens.
Do a Google search for "Single Point Ground Subaru". A while back, a few years ago, a few people did these and while it helped a few it harmed noone, so you may have nothing to lose.
Just kidding.
Is the lens dirty, perhaps? They ought to be the same wattage.
maybe they are burning out? I didnt think LEDs went DIM. I thought they either worked or not but ... who knows
anyway do a google search for "Puddle Light Install ScoobyMods" and you will find a link to the install sheet for the Puddle lights. you can trace out the connector in the front wheel well and see if it is loose. when you open the driver door only is the interior light any dimmer then if you open the passenger side door only?
I hadn't noticed any difference with the interior lighting when opening the driver's side doors vs. the passenger side doors, but I wasn't really looking for a diffierence. I'll try this tonight and see. This may help decipher whether this is a localized problem or something bigger...
I've a '06 Tribeca which was, for the most part, okay until I moved to this new apartment. Ever since I moved there and parked in my assigned carport, either I can't seem to lock the car using the keyless remote or if after moving around and clicking it several times, I'm able to lock it - then I can't open it the next time. This happens everyday - I've experienced this recently only in 3 other different places in malls parking but mostly it happens in my apartments carport. I've taken it to dealers 4 times (2 different dealers) and no one has been able to fix it - they don't seem to have a clue. They have replaced the battery and done / checked several things but found nothing wrong.
Can anyone help? It's a big annoyance!
Thank you in advance..
-Karen in AZ-
jammer. I wouldn't think it likely, but one never knows.
KuoH
I checked the manual and couldn't find any info on the specific remote frequency but was able to look up the FCC ID printed on the remote and found this:
Tohoku Alps Co Ltd
Alps Car Electronics Division
Nakazato, Furukawa
Frequency range: 433.92-433.92 MHz
Looks like cell phones operate in the 800 MHz range so that's not it. What operates around the 433.92 radio range? From jneuhaus.com:
420 - 450 MHz
# Government radiolocation limited to the military services [2.106 footnote G2]
# Amateur (70 centimeter band) (secondary) [Part 97]
# Radiolocation [Part 90 Subpart F]
# RF ID tags to identify the contents of commercial shipping containers, 433.5 - 434.5 MHz only [15.240]
I don't live near a military base so the first one is out; could be an amateur radio operator in my neighborhood (the problem with my remote just started recently). I'm not sure what Radiolocation is but from what I can tell it's probably used for airports while the RF ID line seems to be talking about shipping containers only (I'm not near a port). RF ID is becoming much more mainstream though so I wouldn't be surprised if a place like WalMart was using it in the stores (no WalMart nearby either).
I'll add one more piece to the puzzle for anyone else trying to figure out the mystery. My house is located directly across the street from a metro/rail station. I guess the next test is to drive to another station and see if my remote is similarly disabled...
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you have to crawl under the car, pull the plastic pins from the plastic spash guard from the front of the front wheel all the way around the front to at least half way to the middle. pull down the splash guard. then you can reach in and find the fog light back housing. twist the cover off and you can get to the light bulb area. its tough to see so you have to go on feel and remove the clip holding the bulb (easy part). swing out the clip remove bulb and unplug wires from bulb.
now the HARD part. get the new bulb in with the tab UP I think so it fits into the slot. much easier I would think if the car is on a lift and you can look directly into the fog light rear housing. so you have do this by FEEL if you dont have it on a lift. then flip the metal clip back over and hook it on the TINY hook to latch the bulb in. re attach wires and screw cover back on fog light housing rear.
reassemble the splash guard make sure to push the tabs UNDER the lip and snap in the pins. the first time you do this it sucks. the second time it sucks less.. but its never fun. takes me about 2 hrs to do it now because of the 1.5 hrs of getting the bulb in there right and getting the clip engaged all without touching the bulb.
Here is a link to the Subaru installation manual. All the information you need for disassembly. http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/down...?doc_id=139240
Good luck!
Has anyone else had this problem??? Any ideas??
Is it possible that the lights can be aiming the wrong way? Or do I need a brighter bulb? I'm sure I've turned the switch all the way to the full position for the lights. The low beams that come on are the two outer, circular lights.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!