Just traded in the wife's 99 OBW for a 2006 OBW (base model, no options). Just wondering if it uses the same OBD reader as the 99. Can't find any plugs like the 99 had above the left knee. Do I need a new reader?

96 thru the 2007 model year will be OBDII, yeah the same. 2008 seems to be the year CAN will be manditory across all manufacturers. Some have already adopted it, but not Subaru until 2008.

 

WRONG...looks like 2007

 

CORRECTION...Just went to the CAN Bus Engineer support website and found the following entry:

 

 

4/26/2006

 

Informed by John Rugge (Subaru) of 2007-2008 Subaru models to be added to Can 11 bit implementation