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Just finished splicing that wire in. I ended up using about 4 inches of 20 gauge and 2 butts, and was able to feed it down through with a wooden grill skewer. Trunk lock is working again I hope that's the only wire that is bad, I guess I will find out eventually. My total cost was about $3 for the butts at the hardware store. They gave me the wire free since it was so small. It took less than 10 min. I can't believe that Subaru wanted $340 to fix this. Thanks to everyone that posted, you saved me huge!

My Legacy GT tailgate won't lock or unlock either. Took it to the dealer the other day and was told that the rear gate harness is frayed. They quoted me $342.60 to fix it. I told them no thanks and am very glad I found this post. Thanks for all the info you guys have been very helpful. I submitted a complaint and plan on fixing this myself. It wasn't hard finding the problem as soon as I pulled the boot off the car. There is one severed wire. I am not sure how to see all of the other wires without cutting the boot. But since the lock is my only problem I plan on just splicing a new section of this wire in and feeding it down through the boot. does anyone know if 18 gauge wire will work for this?

Mattg, I am having the exact same problem. I got the codes saying that 3 sensors are giving abnormal readings (both rear and the front right). The front right sensor was replaced just about 5 months ago. The front left wheel hub is also new. I have the front right hub still in the box, but I was waiting for it to go bad before putting it in. I have no clue what to do from here or what to replace. After reading your problem it sounds like my only option is to take it in to a dealer and have them hook it up to a computer. I would love to get my cruise control back and abs working before winter.