mwiener2

It took my dealer a day to get in touch with SOA....So don't get on them too bad, its just the way it is.

The reason for closing this thread soon, is that at 344 and counting replies, it's way too long to keep track of any information. Unless you are one of the few people who keep up on this thread daily, it's too long to read. If someone with questions about the fix looks at the thread for the first time..it's going to take well over an hour to read through. For every 5 posts, there is about one with actual helpful information. This thread is also dragging on and on with an almost non-issue. The reprograming is free and it either helped fix the problem or it didn't seem to do anything, depends who you ask. So for free...go do it and see what happens. I'm giving the thread till the end of the week for people to finish up meaningful conversatiosn and to get questions answered. People, we have the ability to PM each other...please do so and keep threads readable.

This thread is getting a little long...i foresee a CLOSED in the near future finish up your conversations

I've put another couple hundred miles on the car since i got the fix. Definatly seems like they reduced a little power on the real low end to make the surging go away. But it wasn't really usable power downthere anyways...so it just feels smoother. I also drove around today with a full load of people. It was real smooth. I still get a little stuttering here and there, but it's much more subtle and less frequent. As far as the less power down low and it not being usable: I'm talking about idle to about 1800 rpm. There is definatly less power there now. 5EAT's.....sucks to be you. 5MT, you won't notice it at all when driving hard and when driving nromal, it just feels smooth.

Got mine back today with the fix. I've got about 80 miles on it with the new software. I feel a definate improvement and I only had to put out $2.64 from my pocket. So it is def worthwhile.

I do service calls for AC and heat. The general public is a very, very, sorry bunch. Half my calls are actual problems, the other half is just plain stupid people.

It's extremely easy to prove that is not operator error. It can be reproduced on any new car on the lot. Which is exactly how I proved it to my dealer. I made them ride with me in a new 2.5 turbo and I reproduced it...in a 5EAT to boot.

my appointment isn't untill next monday. You guys all get good loaners. My suby dealer gives us old subarus. My last one had 168,800 miles on it. They really trust these cars. the only prob with the old ones is that they smell kinda funny from years of use. But otherwise, they run great.

Update!! the dealer called me back today. They need my scooby for 3 days while they send in my ecu. So it's the real deal, SOA has actually come through with a fix...now everyone go flood the dealers.

took mine into the dealer today. They couldn't duplicate it, so i drove them around in mine and showed them. Then told them to pick any 2005 2.5 turbo off the lot, 5EAT or 5MT and I'll duplicate it on that too. So they did. And I did. And now they're looking into finding that TSB. They called the SOA tech line, but the tech line hasn't called them back yet.

O boy, my first thingy I've done as a mod... I stickied this.

Sorry, I'm right. read the forum a little http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4071&highlight=ecu+smart

Please people! Don't be cutting and splicing wires for this silly 'mod'. The dealer can change this setting in the car's computer. It's in a few other threads and it even says in the owners manual that the dealer can do it. Don't risk a warranty issue with this!

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You guys do realize that this an option that can be disabled by the dealer... takes them like 5 min and no wires to cut or anything. Same goes for Audis and most other cars with keyless entry.