DrD123 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) The desciption is interesting - hard to tell if it's just a replacement sensor or what... mine is out again, so I need to bring it in - just curious if they have a new design or something Edited October 29, 2012 by DrD123 tried to change title... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBopper Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Never use mine since I installed HID's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerniceguy Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 The desciption is interesting - hard to tell if it's just a replacement sensor or what... mine is out again, so I need to bring it in - just curious if they have a new design or something Do you have a copy of the TSB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 I should have been more clear in my thread title... I want to see the TSB as I was curious if it just shows how to replace the sensor, or if there are more things included with the replacement now (such as a redesigned sensor or something like that) - my first one lasted a few months, and my second one about 800 miles and the second one about 6000 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 not sure what your doing but mines almost 3 years old now and has worked fine since day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandborn Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I had mine "fixed" at the 15K mark. It "broke" within a month. No trouble since - however I have only now 18K.... who knows. I manually turn on/off my headlights all the time - its in Auto simply because its the last setting - then I turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Mine was dead from the dealer lot. Had it replaced under warranty at 1200 miles, have 7000 now and it works every day. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay12Legacy Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 It also includes some kind of harness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 not sure what your doing but mines almost 3 years old now and has worked fine since day 1 I am actually doing very little to them - I usually turn them on manually, but sometimes I turn it all the way to the auto setting - I did that recently and the lights turned off. So it could have failed months ago - I don't know, I just noticed it recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blownscooby Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I am curious about this myself. I have had the sensor replaced twice already and it just went out again. I am glad it is under warranty but 3 failures in under 2 years is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBopper Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) Tsb 12-136-12Â Â Â Â Edited October 6, 2017 by GTEASER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 The date that this bulletin is labeled is about a month before I took mine in to have this taken care of. I'm pretty sure they were aware of this bulletin and hopefully repaired it to these specs. Thanks Bopper for the info!!!!!! GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 So I wonder what the adapter harness does - the green/red wire should be switched power - maybe it puts a filter of some sort on it? Anyway - thank you very much for posting it up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acumenhokie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Never use mine since I installed HID's  I use automatic with my HIDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I'm wondering if maybe there was too much voltage going to it or something, causing it to go out. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 The million dollar question is, does this new sensor have a longer delay before turning on the lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacy360 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 The million dollar question is, does this new sensor have a longer delay before turning on the lights. IIRC, the sensor can be programmed to different levels of sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 The million dollar question is, does this new sensor have a longer delay before turning on the lights. I don't think the sensor has anything to do with the delay - it just tells the control unit if it's light or dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerniceguy Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 IIRC, the sensor can be programmed to different levels of sensitivity. It can, but even the least sensitive option is very quick, every overpass I go under it turns on and off again.  It would appear the dome of the sensor is tinted, I wonder what would happen if you very carefully cut it off, would the sensor think it was brighter out all of the time?  How much are the sensors, might be worth an experiment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 IIRC, the sensor can be programmed to different levels of sensitivity. It's a useless adjustment. Even in the brightest daylight going under a one lane bridge will turn on the lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I don't think the sensor has anything to do with the delay - it just tells the control unit if it's light or dark. I pretty much knew that, it was more of wishfully thinking the new sensor might not be as sensitive to the changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 It's funny that the owners manual specifically calls out that the dealer can adjust sensativity if the owner wishes it to changed. It's almost like they knew there was a problem with the sensitivity of the sensor before they even printed the manual. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 The funny part about the sensitivity is there are two levels which are more sensitive than normal, and only one step less sensitive than normal... Anyway - brought the car in and it needs the harness... sadly, despite calling them early in the week, telling them I wanted to avoid coming in and finding out they didn't have the part and being assured they keep multiples of all of that in stock, they didn't have the part this morning, so I have to go back next week... ugh. (service manager said mine is the only car they have seen with this issue, too... lucky me - it's even happened twice...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojorios Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hate to bring up an old thread but looks like I may be affected by this. I currently have the VOLT Hid kit installed. I always have my headlights on auto. Yesterday night on the way to the hospital to see my friends mother, my lights where on no problem. When I left the hospital the no longer went on. They did if i put the switch to on but on auto only my fogs went on. So i'm guessing that either i need to bring it in to Subaru for the recall or my Volt kit blew something. If i take this back to Subaru, would I have to revert the bulbs back to stock for the TSB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 How many miles do you have on the car? GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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