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allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:06 pm
by dankberries
I can't believe I've never noticed this before until today . What is this for? S-shaped Allen wrench stored on under side of center console door.

Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:48 pm
by kimokalihi
Sunroof manual operation. There's a plastic plug in the back of your headliner that you remove which gives access to a hole to insert the allen wrench in to hand crank your sunroof should it die on you.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:13 pm
by mike-tracy
I believe its also used to move non functioning seatbelts, hence its inclusion on all first gens.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:21 pm
by rallyak
Also for the auto seat belts, the access is located on the center pilar an inch from the bottom.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 11:20 pm
by kimokalihi
Oh nice. I never knew that.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:44 am
by mike-tracy
You don't have a reason to know that lol.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:46 am
by kimokalihi
Haha good point. I did however with my last two cars but before this one I didn't have a sunroof and therefore didn't even know about the allen wrench or I saw it and wondered what it was for but never knew.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 5:33 pm
by Legacy777
Reading your owner's manual will tell you all about the wonderful little features on your car

Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 6:24 pm
by kimokalihi
Never read it before. I've never read any owners manual unless I was working on someone else's car and didn't have a shop manual for it and needed an oil quantity or something like that. Maybe I'll read mine some day.
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:22 pm
by klapasch
I have an 1st gen Legacy with the sunroof and i dont have that allen in the glovebox
Re: allen wrench in center console?
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:47 pm
by kimokalihi
Hit up the junkyard for one.