User Manual - Page 279

For 2007 LEGACY 2.5I SEDAN.

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Black plate (284,1)
Model "A2420BE-B" EDITED: 2006/ 7/ 26
7-42 Starting and operating
& Vehicle Dynamics Control
OFF switch
Pressingtheswitchtodeactivatethe
Vehicle Dynamics Control system can
facilitate the following operations:
. a standing start on a steeply sloping
road with a snowy, gravel-covered, or
otherwise slippery surface
. extrication of t he vehicle when its
wheels are stuck in mud or deep snow
When the switch is pressed during engine
operation, the indicator light illuminates.
The Vehicle Dynamics Control system will
be deactivated and the vehicle will behave
like a model not equipped with the Vehicle
Dynamics Control system. When the
switch is pressed again to reactivate the
Vehicle Dynamics Control system, the
indicator light goes off.
With the Vehicle Dynamics Control system
deactivated, traction and stability en-
hancement offered by Vehicle Dynamics
Control system is unavailable. Therefore
you should not deactivate the Vehicle
Dynamics Control system except under
above-mentioned situations.
NOTE
. When the switch has been pressed
to deactivate the Ve hicle Dy namics
Control system, the Vehicle Dynamics
Control system automatically r eacti-
vates itself the next time the ignition
switch is turned to the OFF position
and the engine is restarted.
. If the switch is held down for 10
seconds or longer, the indicator light
goes off, the Vehicle Dynamics Control
system is activated, and the system
ignores any fur ther pressing of the
switch. To make the switch usable
again, turn the ignition switch to the
OFF position and restart the engine.
. When the switch is pressed to
deactivate the Vehicle Dynamics Con-
trol system, the vehicles running per-
formance is comparable with that of a
vehicle that does not have a Vehicle
Dynamics Control system. Do not de-
activate the Vehicle Dynamics Control
system except when absolutely neces-
sary.
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