Subaru Outback - North America DirectWire Vehicle Information
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Item Wire Color Polarity Wire Location
12 Volts white (40A) + ignition switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 3
Starter white/blue + ignition switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 2
Second Starter white/green or white/orange + ignition switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 6
Ignition green + ignition switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 1
Accessory blue + ignition switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 4
Second Accessory yellow + ignition switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 5
Keysense black/white + BIU right of steering column, white 34 pin plug (A), pin 4
CAN Bus High red data BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (B), pin 20
CAN Bus Low blue data BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (B), pin 28
IMMO Data white/blue data BIU right of steering column, white 34 pin plug (A), pin 31
Security Light brown/red - BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 26
Door Lock Data yellow (keyless data) data BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 11
Power Lock brown/white - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 9
Power Unlock brown/black - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 20
Lock Motor lt. green/yellow 5 wire BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 2
Driver Unlock Motor lt. green 5 wire BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 4
Passenger Unlock Motor red/green 5 wire BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 3
Factory Alarm Arm (arms on lock with door open)
Factory Alarm Disarm (see disarm no unlock)
Disarm No Unlock (transponder, ignition, and keysense)
Parking Lights (+) black/blue + dash fuse box, white 20 pin plug, pin 10
Parking Lights (-) black/white - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (B), pin 17
Hazards green - BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 18
Turn Signal (Left) blue + dash fuse box, white 20 pin plug, pin 20
Turn Signal (Right) red/green + dash fuse box, white 20 pin plug, pin 3
Headlight pink/white - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (B), pin 34
AutoLights blue (interrupt to turn off) - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (B), pin 16
Reverse Light brown/yellow + driver kick, white 16 pin plug, pin 7
Left Front Door Trigger blue/white - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 14
Right Front Door Trigger blue/orange - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 13
Left Rear Door Trigger yellow/red - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 24
Right Rear Door Trigger white/red - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 25
Dome Light brown - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 4
Trunk/Hatch Pin lt. green/black - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 33
Hood Pin yellow/black (with remote start only) - hood switch or Remote Start Module behind dash fuse box, white 4 pin plug, pin 4
Trunk/Hatch Release red (release switch, Legacy) (rear handle switch, Outback) - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 10
Trunk Release Motor white/black 5 wire BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 7
Tachometer red/white to white/green ac instrument cluster, white 40 pin plug, pin 30 or ECM behind glove box, white 35 pin plug (B), pin 15
Neutral Safety green/black (M/T) - ECM behind glove box, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 35
Clutch Pedal black/blue - clutch switch, white 5 pin plug, pin 2
Fuel Pump red/black + passenger kick, white 11 pin plug, pin 2
Rear Defroster purple/green - latched BIU right of steering column, white 34 pin plug (A), pin 26
Mirror Defroster (mirror same as rear defroster); green/black (wiper deicer) - latched BIU right of steering column, white 31 pin plug (D), pin 9
Left Front Heated Seat lt. green (LO) 5 wire left seat heater switch, white 6 pin plug, pin 5
Right Front Heated Seat white (LO) 5 wire right seat heater switch, brown 6 pin plug, pin 5
Speed Sense green/black ac driver kick, white 18 pin plug, pin 4
Brake Wire brown/white + BIU right of steering column, white 34 pin plug (A), pin 10
Parking Brake gray - BIU right of steering column, white 35 pin plug (C), pin 32
In order to make the ready mode neutral safety feature work properly with the electric parking brake on this vehicle, you need to use the + keysense (black/white) wire and the - parking brake (gray) wire, diode isolated and tied to the black/white neutral safety wire of the remote start. It works because the parking brake goes to sleep after a minute, and when the key is removed, the keysense stays negative. Also, the electric parking brake requires the foot brake to be pushed, so there is no way to accidentally disengage the parking brake with pushing the foot brake, thus disabling ready mode.
Horn Trigger red - BIU right of steering column, white 34 pin plug (A), pin 24
Wipers red/blue (LO); black/blue (HI); green/white (ignition) + wiper switch, white 18 pin plug, pins 8, 18, 9
Left Front Window (Up/Down) blue/red - blue/green A power window main switch, white 16 pin plug, pins 16 - 13
Right Front Window (Up/Down) red - red/blue A driver kick, white 28 pin plug, pins 5 - 6
Left Rear Window (Up/Down) white/red - black/white A driver kick, white 28 pin plug, pins 9 - 10
Right Rear Window (Up/Down) blue - blue/red A driver kick, white 28 pin plug, pins 7 - 8
Sun Roof (Open/Close) black/yellow - white (function with ignition on only) + sunroof switch, white 5 pin plug, pins 1 - 4
Radio 12V green/white and blue/red + radio, white 20 pin plug, pins 20, 19
Radio Ground black - radio, white 20 pin plug, pin 10
Radio Ignition yellow/red + radio, white 20 pin plug, pin 3
Radio Illumination purple (parking lights); black/white (dimmer) +,- radio, white 20 pin plug, pins 1, 2
Factory Amp Turn-on pink + radio, white 24 pin plug, pin 23
Power Antenna yellow/black + radio, white 20 pin plug, pin 9
Left Front Speaker (+/-) brown/white - green or black - green +,- radio, white 20 pin plug, pins 8 - 7
On models with amplifier, the speaker wires are brown - green at the amplifier under passenger seat, white 10 pin plug, pins 10 - 4. The tweeter wires are green/yellow - purple at the amplifier, white 12 pin plug, pins 9 - 3.
Right Front Speaker (+/-) red/yellow - white/black or red - white +,- radio, white 20 pin plug, pins 18 - 17
On models with amplifier, the speaker wires are black/red - white/red at the amplifier under passenger seat, white 10 pin plug, pins 3 - 9. The tweeter wires are yellow - lt. green at the amplifier, white 12 pin plug, pins 2 - 1.
Left Rear Speaker (+/-) white/red - red/black or white/blue - orange/blue +,- radio, white 20 pin plug, pins 6 - 5
On models with amplifier, the speaker wires are black/blue - white/blue at the amplifier under passenger seat, white 10 pin plug, pins 2 - 6.
Right Rear Speaker (+/-) blue/yellow - red/white or blue/yellow - blue/grn +,- radio, white 20 pin plug, pins 16 - 15
On models with amplifier, the speaker wires are black - yellow at the amplifier under passenger seat, white 10 pin plug, pins 8 - 7.
Subwoofer (+/-) blue - pink (1); blue/white - green (2) +,- amplifier under passenger seat, white 12 pin plug, pins 5-12; 4-10
Aux. Audio Input Left (+/-) white - (shield) +,- radio, white 24 pin plug, pins 7 - 19, or 10 - 21
Aux. Audio Input Right (+/-) red - (shield) +,- radio, white 24 pin plug, pins 8 - 19, or 22 - 21
Item Size Depth Location
Headunit irregular center of dash
Left Front Speaker 6.5 3 left front door
Left Front Tweeter 1 1 left front dash
Right Front Speaker 6.5 3 right front door
Right Front Tweeter 1 1 right front dash
Left Rear Speaker 6.5 3 left rear door
Right Rear Speaker 6.5 3 right rear door
Subwoofer 8 3 rear deck (Legacy); R rear quarter panel (Outback)
Satellite Radio Tuner
Gary Sather