# Reconnect battery **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** outback, subaru\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reconnect-battery/62537 "2011-03-12T22:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rooftop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@rooftop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rooftop)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reconnect-battery/62537/1 "2011-03-12T22:13:48Z")
how do i reconnect battery without alarm going off? ---
**Author:** ![iputthelotionintheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@iputthelotionintheba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/iputthelotionintheba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reconnect-battery/62537/2 "2011-03-12T23:00:33Z")
Ask the owner for the code? Disconnect the alarm before you reconnect the battery? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reconnect-battery/62537/3 "2011-03-12T23:42:02Z")
You don’t, just have the remote handy or have someone else ready to turn the ignition on. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reconnect-battery/62537/4 "2011-03-13T00:06:48Z")
Depending on the year of your Subaru, the anti-theft system may now think that someone is trying to steal the vehicle. You can read what can happen to various modules/computers when the battery is disconnected on a Subaru here:[http://www.aa1car.com/library/battery\_disconnect\_problems.htm](http://www.aa1car.com/library/battery_disconnect_problems.htm) Tester