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Key program and VIN rewrite on a 2011 Subaru Outback

Adam Technical Support Specialist Minnesota Posted   Latest  
Case Study
AccuFix
2011 Subaru Outback 3.6L (EZ36D)
P1571
After An Ecm Replacement The Vin Needs To Be Rewritten And Keys Need To Be Programmed

We are doing a video representation of one of our AccuFix case studies from Kyle Buell. Follow along as Kyle figures out the trick to getting this done!

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Duane Diagnostician
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So the IM508 will not do the vin rewrite?

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Adam Technical Support Specialist
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Hi Duane, I reached out to the technician who built the case study. The VIN rewrite was not an option on the 2011 and 2012 Outback, hence why he used the MS909. Interestingly it is an option from 2013 to 2019, so it appears those two years on that model of Subaru, the function is not supported.

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