When I bought my outback I was told that the valet key could be immersed in water. I told him I surfed and always kept my key in my wetsuit. About a week after buying the car I was looking around the web for something and saw the key can't get wet after all. I emailed subaru to confirm and they said they can't make a key without electronics. Seeing as subaru are geared towards those who play outdoors this seems ridiculous. The sad part is today I received something g from Subaru and it has 2 guys with surf boards on top of the car. My question is what do they do with their key? Or better yet does anyone here have a solution. This is annoying and is impacting life style right now. Uggggg.
Subarus are for healthy, outdoor, politically woke people. All other cars are driven indoors, to avoid activity. The internet told you something.... well of course it did! And the internet never lies.
OK, I got THAT out my system! Now, the interesting thing is the internet was not completely wrong, nor was the dealer... each was partially correct. The result was a useless conclusion.
The RFID chip that is molded within the Subaru Valet key is as waterproof as the average duck. The components are potted in either a glass tube or a ceramic wedge. The thing that gets water damaged are the remote keyless entry devices that are in the MASTER keys.
The issue with the internet is akin to gold-mining...... 10% of the content is gold.... the rest is overburden.