major help needed 2 problems with car..!! please all look..

[evol04gt]

so twice so far this has happened--(part one)


messed with DCCD (i have played with it five or six times total).. and then this happens--- once the check engine light came on and stayed on while the cruise light was flashing (i was tearing ass honestly and i may have bumped the cruise in accident...not sure...

time two- last night i dropped it into rear only and pulled in the driveway (hard fast angle).. so today i was pulling out, pulled back in, then back out (idiot driver was going like 50 down my road)..once i was on the road, the cruise was flashing and check engine light was on...
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PART2 resetting the computer afterwards(pulling negative for at least 15 min) keep in mind this has been done after the forementioned occurs.
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the cars idle (when clutch engaged fully or popped neutral) and rpms go below 500, the car shuts off... i have to restart the car WHILE DRIVING and keep an eye on the revs, i can keep it on buy hitting the gas when it falls below 500 rpms (like the car doestn know to rev or something)

the first time, it kept doing it and stopped after about 25 min of driving..
tonight it did it again(after batter was disconnected for about 4 hours) the whole way home even on my street... but i "tested it" in the drive way and it didnt stall...





WTF am i doing to my car thats causing the cruse to flash and the check engine to come on?

is my computer ressetting itself and takes 15 min of being on to understand not to stall? my brother says its normal, but not common?>lol..

these two instances were 2 weeks apart so by now, if i broke something, it should be obvious right?

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[4wdrift]

When you reset the ECU it will die once you hook it back up and attempt to start it but that should not continue to happen after the first one or two tries.

When all of those indicator lights come on the car is in limp mode. You need to go get the code pulled so that you actually have a clue as to what is going on. Your car is trying to tell you something. Better to listen than to try and shut it up. It may save you a few bucks in the end. Autozone pulls codes for free.

[shep21]

^ +1 ...code scanner is a 'gotta-have' tool nowadays.

...hmm maybe 600 bucks wasnt so bad for my acessport bahahah.

[skingfreak]

Originally Posted by evol04gt

my brother says its normal, but not common

Does your brother know much about cars? or subarus?

[GeoTracker]

Did you happen to refuel the car before this happened? The flashing cruise is just to get your attention to the check engine, sometimes the fuel cap or refueling will throw the light. Try unscrewing the cap, wait a little bit, then put it back on tight, 3-5 clicks. Then start the car, shut down, repeat, until the check engine is off.

[Web Foot STi]

Yep, three key cycles will clear the error code and get rid of the flashing cruise control light if it's not an active code.

[evol04gt]

three key cycles??? and no the car wasnt recently refueled...



one thing i am doing is just starting the car and going---- should i be startingthe car and letting it learn to idle?


also, now that i remember, it may only do it when the clutch is fulling engaged and the cars rpms drop....

if it happens today, i will try to pay better attn...


its like it just cant relearn its idle point.... weird..


my brother says it can be normal with any car for it to need to relearn its idle after a batter pull, but nom he doesnt know much about subarus....

[Web Foot STi]

Originally Posted by evol04gt

three key cycles??? and no the car wasnt recently refueled...

Key on, start, run, key off. One cycle. The dealr told me this after I went in for what turned out to be a loose gas cap days and miles after I got gas. Just driving down the freeway and check engine light and flashing cruise. Could have knocked me over with a feather...

[evol04gt]

yeah i havent done that at all....... i can believe anything at this point with cars can happen... any ways to get an access port under 600? lol

[evol04gt]

k so i had zero issues with stalling today..


but on my way home from work, i flew around a corner at about 45 pretty tight and wasaccellerating hard and the lights came on....



havent tried the key thing yet.

[Web Foot STi]

How much fuel in the tank? Fuel starvation? Running out will also trip a CEL. (Don't ask..)

[munkis]

get the code read!

[4wdrift]

Originally Posted by munkis

get the code read!

Knock, knock...

[evol04gt]

tank is at 50%............................................... ..................... i just dont have a crap ton of time to swing buy... ill try to fix it the right way and if it still throws, then ill see... friday im off, but have already crammed more stuff than i should into the day.