FrankensteinLegacy

Ah right I see, I remember looking for the purple wire on the diagrams and could not find it at all. The last option if you really want to be sure is actually follow the purple wire to where it leads. It's a pain in the ass but at least you'll be sure.

I'm unsure what the purpose of the purple wire is but I do know that I left that one alone. I just left it unplugged on the floor and it hasn't given me any issue! The white wire is the ods positive from what I can see.

Yeah I found it on ShopKey. I had to go back and forth between the 08 and 05 diagrams to match the wires. Note that half the wires on the 08 roll won't be needed depending on your wheel set up. I'll try to remember to post the diagrams when I get home.

The entire body harness, front to back had to be swapped in order for everything to work. It was a massive job and it's only possible with a donor car

I was lucky enough that I was able to rewire the main white connector and haven't had any issues since. Just had to study the diagrams from both years to match up the correct wires.

Good luck! It's much easier than it looks

It's definitely possible but you'll have to cut and weld an extension on the column. Unfortunately I can't give you any more in for since I had a different issue then what the OP had. I fixed mine without disassembling everything.

Wanted to post an update months ago but got side tracked. I followed the instructions and it works beautifully!! I'm so happy that damn airbag light is off on my cluster. Passenger occupancy works just as it would from the factory. Thank you so much for this amazing write up! Next up is fixing the CEL

Alright. So I've decided that pulling out the entire harness is far too much work. You're right, they are really IN there. So I just got back from the scrap yard now with all my goodies. I will be building the harness shortly following your guide but I'm confused as to what this connector does? 2 pin connector with 1 wire only? What do I do with it? Male connector from the body harness on my LGT Female end from my original seat that I'll be taking the 4 pin from.

I appreciate your help! I was close to throwing in the towel on this swap. A million times thank you!

Oh my bad! I first read your post on my phone late at night and didn't see you linked a "how-to" pdf! Wow you did an amazing job formatting and organizing! I've been going around in circles for months trying to figure out what to do! My LGT is already half apart so getting to the ACM is easy. I would avoid modifying any harnesses in my situation simply because before swapping seats, there were already airbag codes for communication errors involving the 2005 ODS etc. so I'm unsure if it was the ODS from the 05 or it could be a messed up harness between the seat and ACM or maybe even the ACM itself. My question is. Would it work to swap the ACM, seatbelt, and the entire harness to the front seats? I know it would be a lot more work since I would have to remove the carpet to replace everything but that ensures there would be no issues with the old harness. My guess it would work considering I'm swapping essentially everything at that point I was getting mixed answers on the ability to freely swap out ACMs. Some manufactures lock modules to the VIN but I'm happy Subaru didn't go that way.

I'll be taking apart my column within the next week hopefully so I'll keep you updated regardless. Do you know if the dash needs to come out? How long of a job approximately? I hope it's not too frustrating to get a closer look at it.

You have an 08-09 clock spring mounted to an 05 column? How did you make that work? What about the large white connector? Did you have to repin it? There's far more pins on the 08-09 clock spring than the 05. My goal is to have a working clock spring with working cruise. (09 column with 05 harness) As my Legacy sits right now. It's an 09 body with 05 guts. (I had a full transplant done, the 05 body was rusted out) The only thing that wasn't swapped from 05 body to the 09 body was the steering column. So I don't have a clock spring installed at all since the diameter is different. Sorry if it's confusing for ya. It's a Frankenstein LGT hence my name

I did the same thing this summer, brought home some leather 06 Outback seats. I've been stuck trying to figure out the wiring on on the passenger side. I was also thinking about swapping out the main airbag module under the radio. Was it plug and play? Does that mean I need the whole harness from the airbag module to the seats? You don't have any airbag codes or any lights on the dash? Do you mind explaining a little more in detail on what you did to make it work? It would be much appreciated!

Looking at swapping mine as well. Except my situation is the opposite. Doing an 09 to 05 column, why...? My Legacy is... special ahaha. I'm curious if I can just swap the top portion of the column. Where the clock spring sits? Going to tackle this soon. Maybe we can work together to get this done?