brant + battery swap - Perth-WRX.com

werticusness · #1 22-01-2009, 02:25 PM

I swapped the battery on the my00 and now the brand pad shows a 1 instead of a 0, seems to start just fine but the radiator is out now so i cant do much testing however anyone know what this means?

battery was only off the car for 15 seconds or so.

Foxymophandlmama · #2 22-01-2009, 04:30 PM

http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/mechanicals/20967-brant-owners-manual.html

Tells you how to reset after battery change/flat battery in there dude.

werticusness · #3 22-01-2009, 05:05 PM

okay thanks for that look like its gone into valet mode for some reason.

phizzle · #4 22-01-2009, 06:52 PM

start up/switch off 9 or 10 times and it'll be time for skids again

werticusness · #5 27-01-2009, 02:04 PM

I switched it on and off 9 times and it seems to be back to normal but the car wont start anyway.... does this mean its forgotten the code? because it seems to disarm like normal however I don't hear the fuel pump pressurising any more. maybe the fuel pump has died? It did start for about 3 seconds then promptly died and wouldn't start again.

werticusness · #6 28-01-2009, 02:58 PM

no clues?

trainwrex · #7 28-01-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by werticusness

I switched it on and off 9 times and it seems to be back to normal but the car wont start anyway.... does this mean its forgotten the code? because it seems to disarm like normal however I don't hear the fuel pump pressurising any more. maybe the fuel pump has died? It did start for about 3 seconds then promptly died and wouldn't start again.

how long was the battery disconected??

you may need subaru to put in a master code...

Rexy03 · #8 28-01-2009, 07:02 PM

have you tried waking it from sleep mode?

fobz · #9 28-01-2009, 07:59 PM

Take it to subaru.

For future reference, best way to swap the battery is...
1. Clip "spare" battery in parallel across your current battery.
2. Disconnect current battery. Spare battery will keep car (brant) powered.
3. Hook up new battery, secure in car.
4. Disconnect spare.

That way the car never actually loses power and the brant will never complain.
This is of course assuming you have not killed the battery already or had it go
flat somewhere. Always best to replace it when starting get a bit laboured.

earmuff man · #10 29-01-2009, 07:32 AM

I had RAC do a battery change over for me.

They put a small battery pack into the cig lighter and turned the key to accessories, then changed over the main battery. Worked fine.