Hi,

 

I'm taking my new subie into the service dept. tomorrow, but I just thought I'd share this since I find it so odd.

 

The seatbelt alarm won't stop going off every few seconds. It only stops when I click in the passenger side seatbelt in. So I guess it thinks I have a passenger, but I DON'T. Also, I don't have anything in the seat AND there is no seatbelt icon lit on the dashboard (like when I don't have MY seatbelt in) AND it says "passenger airbag OFF" so you'd think it'd KNOW there was no passenger.

 

I've had the car about 2 and a half weeks (brand new 2005 outback wagon 2.5i) and this just started doing this 2 days ago. Very strange. I figure I'll take it in to service and let them fix it (the new dealership has free wifi, wheee!). Clipping the seatbelt in on an empty seat is just a band-aid, and I don't want to always have to do that when a passenger gets out... and what if it starts doing that w/ the backseats? Talk about inconvenient.

 

So, I guess they'll fix this for me tomorrow. But I thought I'd share in case anyone else had a similar problem.

 

I did see the "fix" for turning off the alarm for good (except on car startup) but I don't want to disbable it, I just want it to work the way it's supposed to.

 

Lauren

Well I'm back from service. After waiting for 2 and a half hours or more, it looks like all they did was the trick to get the alarm to stop dinging entirely, rather than fix it so that it works properly.

 

I coulda done that and saved the time and trouble of going to the dealership, that and the fact that they ruined my car door handle and I have to get thar replaced now, too.

 

Why they had to disable it rather than fix it is beyond me. It worked properly for the first two weeks I owned it, but they can't fix it to work that way again. Odd.

 

Lauren

Take it back and make them fix it. That is unacceptable.

Bad dealer!

What the mechanic did may even be illegal for a dealer.