[Solved] How to retrieve the key code to make keys for my 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca?

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Need the factory key code to program a key for my 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca

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Still can’t find the code for my 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca. This might do it.

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