2011 Subaru Impreza Owner's Manual - Page 145

3-24 Instruments and controls 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. CAUTION 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. ignition switch is turned to the "ON" position. . The light does not turn off even after a period of approximately 2 seconds after the ignition switch has been turned to the "ON" position. & Vehicle Dynamics Control warning light/ Vehicle Dynamics Control OFF indicator light/ Traction Control OFF indicator light (STI) STI This warning light illuminates in yellow for approximately 1 second when the ignition switch is turned to the "ON" position. After that, this warning light changes to green and remains illuminated in green for 1 second, and then turns off. It indicates that the Vehicle Dynamics Control system is operating normally. ! Vehicle Dynamics Control warning light (yellow) CAUTION The Vehicle Dynamics Control system provides its ABS control through the electrical circuit of the ABS system. Accordingly, if the ABS is inoperative, the Vehicle Dynamics Control system becomes unable to provide ABS control. As a result, the Vehicle Dynamics Control system also becomes inoperative, causing the warning light to illuminate. Though both the Vehicle Dynamics Control and ABS systems are inoperative in this case, the ordinary functions of the brake system are still available. You will be safe while driving with this condition, but drive carefully and have your vehicle checked at a SUBARU dealer as & Vehicle Dynamics Control operation indicator light This light illuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the "ON" position and turns off approximately 2 seconds later. It blinks when the skid suppression function is activated. It illuminates only when the traction control function is operating. The Vehicle Dynamics Control system is probably malfunctioning under any of the following conditions. Have your vehicle checked at a SUBARU dealer immediately. . The light does not illuminate when the This warning light has both the function of indicating malfunctions in the Vehicle Dynamics Control system and the function of indicating that the Vehicle Dynamics Control system has been deactivated or only the Traction Control system has been deactivated. It illuminates in the event of a malfunction in the system and is on when the Vehicle Dynamics Control system is not operating or only the Traction Control system is not operating. Except STI This warning light illuminates for several seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the "ON" position. It indicates that the Vehicle Dynamics Control system is operating normally.