Found this mystery box in my 91 legacy sedan. (Also found a similar unit in a wagon that I recently yanked the rear struts out of), it's a green plastic box with two connectors going to it, one on each end. It was located in the same spot on both cars, driver's side rear strut tower. Part number is 88013AA060 152000-0390

 

and it's labeled "P/B control unit" I don't think it is for the ABS since teh ABS computer is under teh passenger seat, and the wagon I pulled teh struts from does not have ABS. I originally thought it was for teh rear wiper, but I don't have a rear wiper lol.. The wagon one was silver in color, instead of green plastic, and I think it was just labeled "Control unit"

Any ideas??

It's the control box for the automatic seatbelts.

Yeah, we figured that one out when we drove it around the block and realized that the auto belts no longer worked. I wonder why the %*%*@* they put it all the way back there, when the belts are in the FRONT lol..

Crazy Subaru engineers....

My problem was that green box

Edited August 31, 20187 yr by MilesTolle

Junk yard. None of that stuff is still available from Subaru. Or you can track down some manual belts from a postal legacy or from Canada.

Automatic seat belts have to be the most stupidest invention ever.  If you are too stupid to not use the seat belt, then suffer the consequences!

2 hours ago, Mike104 said:

Automatic seat belts have to be the most stupidest invention ever.  If you are too stupid to not use the seat belt, then suffer the consequences!

i dunno, I kinda liked them on the 90 Legacy wagon I had.. but I looked at it as more of a convenience thing...

but apparently the auto engineers agreed with you since they did not stay around for long

Edited September 1, 20187 yr by heartless

7 hours ago, Mike104 said:

Automatic seat belts have to be the most stupidest invention ever.  If you are too stupid to not use the seat belt, then suffer the consequences!

They were a short lived feature that wasn't designed to remind people to wear the belt - for a short time in the early 90's they met the legal requirement for supplemental restraints while being cheaper than actual airbag implementations. The laws changed and they closed the "loop hole" that allowed this and they went away. No consumer pressure asked for this nonsense. 

GD