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no you do not have to take bumper off to take grill off. I have 2005 though I do not think it is much different than mine.
Scott
If I take out the 4 push pin's and undo the four clips on the top of the grill, when I pull on the grill lightly.. the bumper is pulling with it. That tells me that either a piece of the grill is under the bumper or they are attached somehow that isn't visible without bumper removal.
This screw (one on each side) is what seems to be preventing me from taking off my bumper which I have tried 100 different ways to get it out but i can't get a small enough tool in there to undo the dang thing...it's bugging the CRAP out of me.
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1.okay, first you remove the front grille. this is done by taking off the 2 pop-its, pushing on the little tabs, and finangling the grill until the lower clips come off. (no pics of this)
2. remove the bumper by taking off all the popits under the car connected to the bumper, and the 1 in each wheel well that you can find by pulling back the fender liner. i was pleased that these pop-its were MUCH easier to remove than my WRX's. (no pics of this either.)
3. here's the front of the car with the grill off.
Is this an 08' ?? Because I am trying to remove my front bumper and I can't do it without (what looks like) having to remove both fenders which means taking apart the front end of my side skirts.. which is a total pain in the @$$
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Damn I was really hoping someone would answer this as quick a i usually get one. Looks like fenders are coming off
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I'm up to 9 pins so far and not done and it seems I can't get the screws without removing the fenders
Make that 12 pins
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It's fairly easy. Just remove the front grill, and the 8ish pop-its from underneath. You may need to remove the lower driving lights if you want to pull the whole thing off, otherwise you can just lower it to the ground carefully.
I guess I should have been more specific. My bad. I have a 2008. There's more than 8 pins and I have to remove the bumper to take the grill out. Also it looks like I have to take my FENDERS off to take my bumper off! UGH!
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then you go about putting the bumper back on, pop in all the pop-its, screw down your lights, put the grille in, and you're good to go!
all in all, this took about 3 hours, taking my time and snapping shots. hope this helps out some people, i like to contribute.
can you go into a bit more detail with how to remove the front bumper?
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the next time the light comes on reach under both seats and press the harnesses together, then turn the car off then back on.
My wife's OBS had a bad harness under the passenger seat and in the door.
I don't suppose you want to put some pics of where exactly you are talking about?? I have fully electronic seats so there's quite a few wires under there
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3 out of the 4 subarus I've owned have had this same problem.
In all 3 it was the harness under the passenger or drivers side. It was caused by either my Mag Light or a plastic soda bottle. If you're a clean freak then it's probably something else.
I'm a clean freak. I condition my leather regularly and I am in a car wash club so I get a full detail every week or more for less than $1 a day. That being said I'm the second owner. Just bought it last week. Nothing on the carfax but that doesn't always mean it's accident free although it looks good. Other than that I am waiting for that lovely tax stuff to come in to have a subaru dealer inspect it top to bottom so I know what I need to fix lol
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I'm been getting the airbag light 80% of the time in the past couple months. This weekend I took the overhead panel apart and soldered the little board back together. No light this morning on the way to work!
Edit: I snapped a few pictures while fixing mine, for anyone who worries this repair is beyond them.
1. Remove the map light cover (pry on the sides with your finger nails)
2. Remove the two philips screws holding the panel to the roof.
3. Remove the panel (it has 3 prongs that hold it against the headliner on the front edge)
4. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/crazy_pilot/2008%20Legacy%20Spec%20B/IMG_1214-1.jpg
5. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/crazy_pilot/2008%20Legacy%20Spec%20B/IMG_1213.jpg
6. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/crazy_pilot/2008%20Legacy%20Spec%20B/IMG_1210.jpg
7. Re-solder any other components you feel like. I did D1, R1 (the 511 guy), and all the resistors on the other side.
8. Put back together!
You don't need much experience soldering to take care of this, I've only done it a few times myself. Let the iron heat up, melt a decent amount of solder onto the tip, shake/tap to remove the excess, and then place the tip against the joint you want to fix. Once the board heats up enough the solder will flow down. I basically filled the corners with a nice little dot of solder on each one.
Second edit: I'm sorry if that last picture is sideways, Photobucket shows it straight and then upside down if I use the "rotate" function. Meh.
Any fixes for the dash airbag light yet?
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Both of my lights are on now Dash and overhead....
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Ok. I will have to learn how to solder then. I thought I saw that someone did that and the lights came back on but g's worth a try.
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I've seen both..wiggling wires under the seat and also the map light fix but from what I've seen above neither were a permenant fix unless I missed that part so I want to start from the first try and then move on.
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. Pass airbag light on in my overhead and occasionally dash airbag lights are on. Really don't want to take it to the dealership if I don't have to. Hoping there's a fix in the future. Have to scan the thread and see if anyone mentioned where the wires under the seat are because I couldn't see them at first look and don't want to mess with the wrong stuff.
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LGT I keep seeing it everywhere and I'm going to assume it means Legacy GT, but just would like to make sure.
Airbag light...sometimes. Console problem?
in Fourth Generation Legacy (2005 - 2009)
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Ok..guys....search the forum for air bag light. It's got something to do I with a compactor inside of your overhead box (where sunroof switch is) having a crapy soldering job done. You need to sure up the solder some more.