watts
06-19-2005, 11:38 PM
Hey guys, if this is in the wrong section I apologize in advance.
I have a MY00 2.5RS, bought it about a year ago and have loved it up untill a few weeks ago. A couple weeks back my CEL came on and I noticed my gas mileage suffering. Sounds like an 02 sensor to me. I hooked it up to a friends OBD-II reader and it shot back a number of codes, which I will list at the bottom of the post. I checked around for prices and whatnot and while checking the forums discovered a recall was issued (WXW80) My car had not had the recall dont yet, so I was happy, wouldnt cost me a dime. Called subaru of Natick (MA) made an appointment and tried to avoid driving my car untill it could be serviced.
A week later, after being annoyed at the flashing orange light I was waiting in the parking lot at the dealership for them to open for my 8am appointment. I decided to turn off my car because i still had about 5-10 min to wait untill 8am. At 8 when they opened the garage up I turned on the car to drive it in, and the light went out. I told them what happened and they did the work anyway.
That was 5/27. A week later, after enjoying improved gas mileage, the light came back on again. Went to the friend with the reader and it returned the same codes, made another appointment. When I went in the dealer told me that it was not my 02 sensor that was causing the CEL. He said that my car was in a "factory safe" mode probablly caused by my aftermarket stereo not being grounded. (which I assure you it is) He then told me that it would take 3-6 hours of electric diagnosis @ $90 an hour to figure out the problem. I called my local mechanic and told him what they said and he laughed saying that they just didnt want to fix my car. So $45 dollars later they told me that it was not returning any codes and that my radio was the problem?
I have called cityside subaru of natick to make an apointment with them to check it out because i do not believe the guys at Natick.
The codes returned when we hooked it up to my friends reader were
P0136-Rear Oxygen Sensor Circuit Malfunction
P0500-Vehicle Speed Sensor Malfunction
P1100-Starter Switch Circuit Malfunction(M.A.F. circuit)
P1101-Neutral Position Switch Circuit Malfunction (M/T)
P1120-Starter Switch High Input
P1121-Neutral Position Switch Circuit High Input [MT Vehicles]
P1540-Vehicle Speed Sensor Malfunction 2
Any ideas as to what the problem is? I have read that many times the ECU has to be reflashed to cure the 02 sensor problem
Any help would be greatly appreciated and sorry about the long post
I have a MY00 2.5RS, bought it about a year ago and have loved it up untill a few weeks ago. A couple weeks back my CEL came on and I noticed my gas mileage suffering. Sounds like an 02 sensor to me. I hooked it up to a friends OBD-II reader and it shot back a number of codes, which I will list at the bottom of the post. I checked around for prices and whatnot and while checking the forums discovered a recall was issued (WXW80) My car had not had the recall dont yet, so I was happy, wouldnt cost me a dime. Called subaru of Natick (MA) made an appointment and tried to avoid driving my car untill it could be serviced.
A week later, after being annoyed at the flashing orange light I was waiting in the parking lot at the dealership for them to open for my 8am appointment. I decided to turn off my car because i still had about 5-10 min to wait untill 8am. At 8 when they opened the garage up I turned on the car to drive it in, and the light went out. I told them what happened and they did the work anyway.
That was 5/27. A week later, after enjoying improved gas mileage, the light came back on again. Went to the friend with the reader and it returned the same codes, made another appointment. When I went in the dealer told me that it was not my 02 sensor that was causing the CEL. He said that my car was in a "factory safe" mode probablly caused by my aftermarket stereo not being grounded. (which I assure you it is) He then told me that it would take 3-6 hours of electric diagnosis @ $90 an hour to figure out the problem. I called my local mechanic and told him what they said and he laughed saying that they just didnt want to fix my car. So $45 dollars later they told me that it was not returning any codes and that my radio was the problem?
I have called cityside subaru of natick to make an apointment with them to check it out because i do not believe the guys at Natick.
The codes returned when we hooked it up to my friends reader were
P0136-Rear Oxygen Sensor Circuit Malfunction
P0500-Vehicle Speed Sensor Malfunction
P1100-Starter Switch Circuit Malfunction(M.A.F. circuit)
P1101-Neutral Position Switch Circuit Malfunction (M/T)
P1120-Starter Switch High Input
P1121-Neutral Position Switch Circuit High Input [MT Vehicles]
P1540-Vehicle Speed Sensor Malfunction 2
Any ideas as to what the problem is? I have read that many times the ECU has to be reflashed to cure the 02 sensor problem
Any help would be greatly appreciated and sorry about the long post