If anyone can help my mate out with any info it would be greatly appreciated. This is a letter he wrote to Subaru.

Cheers!


I am writing in regards to my recent service on Friday 13th October. This is not a complaint, just an explanation of my predicament, and in the hope that you may have a satisfactory solution for me.

On the 9th August, my 2001 Liberty B4 was serviced for 62,500km interval at Subaru ***********. Since that service, I have been experiencing problems with the car stalling and not restarting, usually occurring when trying to start again after a brief stop. Also, a brief, but complete loss of power, has been intermittently occurring whilst cruising. So although "driveable", you would understand that my confidence in the car was a little diminished. I am not excited by the possibility of parking my B4 in the middle of an intersection.

I took the car to Subaru, and the mechanic was a witness to the problem, and informed me that his best guess was that it was the keypad module, but to be sure, I could leave it with them for a day, and they could look into it further. So the car was booked in for the Tuesday 29th august.

After retrieving my car, I was told that no problem could be identified, and that a trial and error approach was the only option. Replacing the keypad module would cost approximately $250, but would not guarantee my problem would be fixed. I decided to not go ahead with this. I'm not sure why. maybe the problem was going to magically go away. anyway, after a few more weeks, the problem was still there. no worse, but still there.

After realising Subaru would be more convenient to get to and from work, I rang your service department. Was quoted approximately $250 for the job, and duly booked the car in for Friday 13th October. During the day of the repair, I was called by Subaru, and he told me the problem had been found. It was the keypad module, and had to be replaced, along with a diode. the job would now cost $395, as it is a "tricky" job. I was a little disappointed at the price hike, but, would be happy if the problem was put behind me.

MY PROBLEM: The problem has not gone away. the issue with stopping then restarting, may have improved a little, but the stalling whilst cruising has become worse.

I'm not sure what I should do. Your assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated

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take it down to MAXIMUM MOTOR SPORTS and talk to steve bout this issue trust me he knows his shit ai seriousley

Remove the brant. If symptons persist. See your GP.

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yeh i would still give steve a cal ai seriousely i recomend him

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yeah ok noworries i will do my best heheheh sorry for the inconvinience

May sound stupid, and im sure it would have been checked... But wen i first brought the wrx i had issues with the brant keypad in that i figured it was in auto arm mode. It wasn't however so when i thought i was disabling it, i was actually enabling it. Although i never had the issue of it cutting out...

Try two aspirin, and remember if pain persists. Always see your doctor! (Or local RMS Service Specialist)

not good for 1 get rid of the brant
also sound like simular prob i had but
my solution was a loose batt terminal needed tightening.

It's an earthing issue....

I had exactly the same problem - and the boys at alberts upgraded the earths on my car and the problems went away.

Subaru are retards - however they finally did a recall of "some" cars, in which the earthing was upgraded.

Might be worth a try....

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I don't mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is just bullshit....

Yeah the bug used to do it occasionally, then it got recalled earlier this year for a earthing upgrade and problem solvered.
Al