Subaru Forester: All-Wheel Drive warning light (AT models) - Warning and indicator lights - Keys and doors - Subaru Forester Owner's ManualSubaru Forester: All-Wheel Drive warning light (AT models)

This light illuminates when All-Wheel

This light illuminates when All-Wheel Drive is disengaged and the drive mechanism is switched to Front Wheel Drive for maintenance or similar purposes.

It flashes if the vehicle is driven with tires of differing diameters fitted on the wheels or with an excessively low air pressure in any of the tires.

Continuing to drive with the AWD

Continuing to drive with the AWD warning light flashing can damage the powertrain. If the AWD warning light starts to flash, promptly park in a safe place and check whether the tires have differing diameters and whether any of the tires has an excessively low inflation pressure.

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