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Old 12-06-2017, 02:02 PM   #126
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So you recently was having my car tuned and while on the dyno a seal blew or a head. Black smoke came out of the exhaust (passenger side). So all mods were put back to stock and my question is will they be able to see that it was modded before from the ecu?? It has been flashed back to normal with AP V3 but did die trying to get it home. Which it was towed to my house. I’m trying to get info as to what to be aware of. I’m under 60k so the power train is covered but I’m sketchy on the ecu part... please advise!!!
first; this is in the wrong section.

second; yes they can tell as I believe the ignition count resets to 0 when you flash the ECU. It's also the first thing they will check being that it's an engine failure.

third; even if they somehow miss that it was flashed, any competent tech can tell when bolts are removed/replaced for the most common mods. they'll see the nicks from the socket, or if you put new ones on, they'll see that they're too new for the age of the car.

bring it in, and see what happens; don't offer anymore information than they ask you.
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Old 12-07-2017, 08:23 AM   #127
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Or you can pretend to be responsible, and own up to what you did.
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Old 12-09-2017, 11:48 AM   #128
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So you recently was having my car tuned and while on the dyno a seal blew or a head. Black smoke came out of the exhaust (passenger side). So all mods were put back to stock and my question is will they be able to see that it was modded before from the ecu?? It has been flashed back to normal with AP V3 but did die trying to get it home. Which it was towed to my house. I’m trying to get info as to what to be aware of. I’m under 60k so the power train is covered but I’m sketchy on the ecu part... please advise!!!


Not “sketchy on the ECU part”. Just SKETCHY
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Old 12-29-2017, 12:00 AM   #129
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I have this problem with my sti 2011, the light you see in the picture is show up for couple minute or I can turn off the car and turn back on and the light stay off so I dont why they turn on randomly or what can cause the problem
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Old 01-01-2018, 09:13 AM   #130
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I have this problem with my sti 2011, the light you see in the picture is show up for couple minute or I can turn off the car and turn back on and the light stay off so I dont why they turn on randomly or what can cause the problem?
Wrong thread, should be in electrical since you don't appear to have a warranty denial.
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Old 01-01-2018, 11:05 PM   #131
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Wrong thread, should be in electrical since you don't appear to have a warranty denial.
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Old 09-04-2018, 09:23 PM   #132
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Name: Josh

Make: 2017 Subaru WRX

Mileage:18000

Time Out Of Use:5 days

Problem And Likely Cause:AC compressor failure, no cause given

Modifications:All cosmetic at this point, Nameless Axle Back.

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No):Yes

Reason Given For Denial:None

Your Story: Bought the car in July. About 2 weeks ago, the AC stopped getting cold. Cooled intermittently. Scheduled service, dropped it off Friday. I asked for a loaner if the repairs were going to take a while. Service manager walked out, started it, ran the AC, said "You're getting a loaner".

Since it was the Friday before a holiday, they couldn't order anything until today. I'm expecting the car back on Thursday/Friday.

They gave me no issue at all with the warranty. Said "Don't worry about it, it's all covered. Now try to sell your wife this new Outback when you get home..."

The last Dealer I spoke to wasn't so decent. Seemed pretty shady. Talked about co-pays, tried to get me to trade in a car I just bought, etc. And I was just picking up clips I ordered from SOA.
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Old 09-19-2018, 05:48 AM   #133
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Name: Ty

Make: 2019 Subaru STI limited

Mileage: 269

Time Out Of Use: 6 days and counting

Problem And Likely Cause: presumed to be a fried ECM, no cause given

Modifications: Tints

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No):Yes

Reason Given For Denial: Appeared to be tampered with, ECM doesn't fry on it own

Your Story: I get in my car (after letting it sit for 6 days), and attempt to go to work. I noticed all the lights on the dash are on, blinking, and something isn't right. I turn it off, thinking it needed to be reset, I unplug the battery, and the car hasn't cut back on since. I get it towed to the dealer. They said its a hole in the firewall grommet, and 3 copper strands in the fuse box under the hood. The dealer say it appears as the car's electrical systems have been tampered with, there for it will not be covered. I am blown.
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Old 09-20-2018, 05:23 PM   #134
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That's ridiculous.

I would go to another dealership or try SOA.
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Old 01-14-2019, 02:25 PM   #135
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Yes, it is common for LED bulbs to damage BCMs. Not just on Subarus either. Google it. Subaru put it out in a TechTips newsletter to look out for BCM failures related to aftermarket LED bulb installations. Doesn't seem like a big deal but it is and the repair is not cheap.
Subaru needs to start using LEDs or warn customers about doing this. I had to replace my BCM after installing LEDs (interior, trunk and license plate lights). It was so easy finding replacement LEDs on a variety of websites but no warnings about the damage it can cause.
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Old 09-16-2019, 04:54 PM   #136
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Name: Ty

Make: 2019 Subaru STI limited

Mileage: 269

Time Out Of Use: 6 days and counting

Problem And Likely Cause: presumed to be a fried ECM, no cause given

Modifications: Tints

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No):Yes

Reason Given For Denial: Appeared to be tampered with, ECM doesn't fry on it own

Your Story: I get in my car (after letting it sit for 6 days), and attempt to go to work. I noticed all the lights on the dash are on, blinking, and something isn't right. I turn it off, thinking it needed to be reset, I unplug the battery, and the car hasn't cut back on since. I get it towed to the dealer. They said its a hole in the firewall grommet, and 3 copper strands in the fuse box under the hood. The dealer say it appears as the car's electrical systems have been tampered with, there for it will not be covered. I am blown.
Did you ever get this resolved??
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Old 09-16-2019, 08:05 PM   #137
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Did you ever get this resolved??
I would guess paid out of pocket for the repairs. Other thread poster has up noted that they had run cabling for aftermarket stereo equipment:

https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2884747
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Old 09-17-2019, 09:35 AM   #138
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I would guess paid out of pocket for the repairs. Other thread poster has up noted that they had run cabling for aftermarket stereo equipment:

https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2884747
Great find
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Old 09-17-2019, 09:14 PM   #139
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Name: Adam

Make: 2017 WRX 6MT

Mileage: 40,385miles (65,000km)

Time Out Of Use: 1 month, and counting

Problem And Likely Cause: 24020AG430 wiring harness failed between connectors E3 and E158, failed while vehicle in operation. immobilizer freaked out, forced car out of gear and stall after stopped.

Modifications: fluids

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): Yes

Reason Given For Denial: past 60,000km warranty, Subaru Canada doesn't consider the engine wiring harness as part of the 100,000km power-train warranty. refuses to admit the wiring harness is defective, and refuses to cover it under good will warranty.

Your Story: Driving to a job one day and the car slowly starts revving up but i'm slowly going slower (was in neutral), so I put the car in neutral, and then back into gear but it still revved without doing anything. I was going around 80 km/h, and had to pull off into a exit lane into a line of traffic. I was thinking to myself it might have been the clutch (no reason other than symptoms) the car stalled, I tried putting it into neutral and starting it again, it started and stalled out of idle immediately. tried once more and put it into neutral, and pushed it across 3 lanes and onto a less busy side road. got it towed.

problem is the wiring harness failed, the diagnostic code is B1578, no continuity between connectors E3 and E158. the new part number is different than the installed part, it was "superseded", and the new part has a technical service bulletin regarding water ingress caused failure. The dealership told me I'd need to replace the high pressure fuel lines if they needed to be removed, because they aren't reusable. (I don't understand why the Assenmacher AH8028 fuel line disconnect exists then). I ordered the new part (24020AG431) from another country (USA) at a significant discount (from a Subaru dealership), and I'm not sure if I'll have the dealership do it (at 2.5-3 hours shop labour) or do it myself with a friend (over-qualified, but not used to working on a Subaru). I've never done a engine wiring harness in a Subaru flat engine, and from inspection there is a LOT of a insulating foam between the block and the intake manifold on the drivers side and the wiring harness is smack dab under it.

I've got some time before the part comes in, once I get the repair done i'm definitely going to be keeping the old harness and checking that out.
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Old 10-11-2019, 08:39 PM   #140
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I had a discussion with Nick a few weeks back, and in an effort to consolidate the troubles people are having with their cars, which will in turn make the issues more apparent and/or harder to ignore (not to mention making this forum neater ) we decided to make sticky threads where people can report their troubles and/or denied warranty stories by problem area, much akin to my http://www.deniedmywarranty.org website, only with a much larger audience. SOA knows about I-Club.com and Deniedmywarranty.org, but the lack of coordination of trouble reports here on I-club (of course it's going to happen... a 'net forum is a stream-of-consciousness kind of thing) and the lack of the sheer number of them on the Deniedmywarranty.org site makes the actual impact far less than what it could be. We decided to utilize these stickied threads to organize and emphasize what is going wrong. I want to emphasize that these threads are not solely for Impreza WRX owners, nor just Impreza owners. We want to hear from everyone in these threads who is having issues. You can use these stickied threads to report warranty denials or simply to say that something's broken that you didn't submit for warranty repair. To keep these threads neat, there will be a standard format used, as found below (I will place an example reply below this post):



Name:

Make:

Mileage:

Time Out Of Use:

Problem And Likely Cause:

Modifications:

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No):

Reason Given For Denial:

Your Story:



Replies deviating from this format will be deleted, no questions asked... sorry, but this has to remain neat and easy to read to be effective. In addition, please do not use this as a chance to bitch about a dealership or SOA- keep it professional and to-the-point, and this will help us all out in the long run .


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Name: dsldog

Make: subaru legacy turbo wagon 2005

Mileage: 125k

Time Out Of Use: months

Problem And Likely Cause: ECU failure known recall

Modifications: none

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): no

Reason Given For Denial: none

Your Story: I'd like a thread please, I want to drag the responses I am getting from SOA into the light of day and publicly embarrass them here and in other venues. Please help by letting me have a thread.
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Old 10-11-2019, 08:40 PM   #141
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I had a discussion with Nick a few weeks back, and in an effort to consolidate the troubles people are having with their cars, which will in turn make the issues more apparent and/or harder to ignore (not to mention making this forum neater ) we decided to make sticky threads where people can report their troubles and/or denied warranty stories by problem area, much akin to my http://www.deniedmywarranty.org website, only with a much larger audience. SOA knows about I-Club.com and Deniedmywarranty.org, but the lack of coordination of trouble reports here on I-club (of course it's going to happen... a 'net forum is a stream-of-consciousness kind of thing) and the lack of the sheer number of them on the Deniedmywarranty.org site makes the actual impact far less than what it could be. We decided to utilize these stickied threads to organize and emphasize what is going wrong. I want to emphasize that these threads are not solely for Impreza WRX owners, nor just Impreza owners. We want to hear from everyone in these threads who is having issues. You can use these stickied threads to report warranty denials or simply to say that something's broken that you didn't submit for warranty repair. To keep these threads neat, there will be a standard format used, as found below (I will place an example reply below this post):



Name:

Make:

Mileage:

Time Out Of Use:

Problem And Likely Cause:

Modifications:

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No):

Reason Given For Denial:

Your Story:



Replies deviating from this format will be deleted, no questions asked... sorry, but this has to remain neat and easy to read to be effective. In addition, please do not use this as a chance to bitch about a dealership or SOA- keep it professional and to-the-point, and this will help us all out in the long run .


Brian
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http://www.imprezamods.com
http://www.scoobymods.com
http://www.deniedmywarranty.org
Name: dsldog

Make: subaru legacy turbo wagon 2005

Mileage: 125k

Time Out Of Use: months

Problem And Likely Cause: ECU failure known recall

Modifications: none

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): no

Reason Given For Denial: none

Your Story: I'd like a thread please, I want to drag the responses I am getting from SOA into the light of day and publicly embarrass them here and in other venues. Please help by letting me have a thread.
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Old 10-26-2019, 12:59 PM   #142
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Name: Loc

Make: 2009 Subaru WRX hatchback

Mileage: 156k

Time Out Of Use: few days

Problem And Likely Cause: the Hill Assist and Traction Control dash lights are on (disabled)

Modifications: none, stock

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): no, out of warranty

Reason Given For Denial: n/a

Your Story: I had a steering rack failed. It was the original OEM part. I bought the car brand new. Since it was out of warranty, I took it to a local (non Subaru shop) to have the part replaced. That shop installed an aftermarket, rebuilt rack made by Magna or Dana or something that "would fit" Subarus. After 2 subsequent failures of these rebuilt racks, that shop ordered an OEM Subaru rack from my dealership. Had it installed, and everything worked. Then those dash lights appeared, and they could not diagnose the problem or the fix. I saw on YouTube where a guy fixed this Hill Assist/Traction Control/ABS disabled with dash lights issue by replacing a $12 part called the Switch Stop Lamp which goes under the steering column. I suggested to their shop mgr that that was the issue. They bought the new part, installed, and those lights disappeared...it seemed to have fixed the issue. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. My A/C failed, and required replacing the Expansion Value and Evaporator. My dealership performed that repair, and A/C worked again (yay!). However, 3 days later, the Hill Assist and Traction Control lights came back on
I took it in thinking something that they did for the A/C repair caused that. They indicated that their technician read the code, and then reset something regarding steering imbalance. No new part was needed mind you, and they charged $150 for labor?? Picked up the car and everything was fine for 2 days. The lights have reappeared?? I'm going to bring it back in of course, but is it possible that this is steering rack related? HELP PLEASE.
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Old 07-19-2020, 12:25 AM   #143
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Name: Lee

Make: 2019 WRX Base

Mileage: 4500

Time Out Of Use: N/A

Problem And Likely Cause: Dash lighting up like a Christmas Tree

Modifications: IAG AOS, Grimmspeed TMIC, Perrin 3" Turbo Inlet Hose, Pitch Stop Mount, Perrin Charge Pipe Kit, LED lights front/rear

Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): Yes

Reason Given For Denial: ECU has been flashed

Your Story:

1) My car has 4500 original miles on it and I'm the first/original owner. The ECU has never been flashed and the only upgrades I've made to the vehicle are See Abobe---nothing electronic and no performance tuning.

2) I had a Pioneer AVIC8500 installed professionally a week ago. The night I drove it home---no issues

3) The next night, I had a check engine light. Code P0245---cleared it with the HU and thought it's probably an error. (P0245 is an OBD-II generic code that the engine control module (ECM) detected the turbocharger wastegate solenoid A input circuit low is below specifications, indicating a short in the solenoid or wiring)

4) Next morning on the way in to work (about 30 miles) the Check Engine Light/Hill Assist/ABS/Traction Control were all illuminated, the cruise control symbol was flashing and the cruise control was inoperable.

5) I took it back to the installer and after 2 days they said it was wired correctly.

6) I took it to Subaru today under warranty and they verified that the turbo wastegate solenoid was indeed what was causing the Check Engine Light to illuminate. However, since they showed that the ECU had been flashed, the car was no longer under warranty and they would not even begin to look at the other issues.
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Old 07-23-2020, 06:21 AM   #144
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Dealer came back and said they made a mistake and the car is covered under warranty because the ECU has not been flashed!!
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