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Old 04-05-2017, 10:39 PM   #31
scoutdog
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Default 2012 Sub Impreza AT OIL TEMP light on

Curious to see if anyone has a fix for this. Dealer says that Subaru is aware of the problem but that there is no fix for it yet.

We live in So. Utah so it gets hot, 90-100. When driving at distances (after 1.5 hours usually) the AT OIL TEMP light comes on. We pull over, let it cool down and it goes off, but we have to drive at 60mph or else it will come back on. Speed limit is 80mph. Our car has 71,000 miles on it. This has been going on since about 40k ish maybe- seems like it has always been an issue.

This past weekend when the temp was about 75 it happened after 1.5 hours so I am no longer convinced it is only happening when it is hot outside. We never have towed anything. We have bikes on top sometimes but this last time we didn't have anything on top.

We don't know what to do. Change CVT fluid? New transmission cooler? Subaru dealership has not been helpful at all with this. Any ideas? We have had the brake light switched out a few times because that failed. I saw that posted and wondered if maybe the two were somehow related. Problem seems to be getting worse. Thank you so much for any advice! We are at a lose- love the car but if we can't drive it long distances we don't know what to do. Thank you!
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