LittleBlueGT Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 LittleBlueGT how did they only replace the HVAC by itself and the radio by itself? The whole unit is integrated so they would have to replace the entire unit if there was a problem with one of them. They replaced the radio/HVAC faceplate, not the guts of the radio itself. Of course,after that didn't solve the probelm, they replaced the radio, and that didn't solve it either!!!!!!!!! Full tune of 68HTA, KSTech 73 MAF, Racer X FMIC and ID1000s................by the DataLog Mafia!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikazeridah Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 They replaced the radio/HVAC faceplate, not the guts of the radio itself. Of course,after that didn't solve the probelm, they replaced the radio, and that didn't solve it either!!!!!!!!! You should really tell them to just order a new unit and replace it. It sounds like you have the same exact problem I had. My HVAC display was completely dead but my radio worked fine. Does your radio display not dim anymore when you turn on your headlights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBlueGT Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Does your radio display not dim anymore when you turn on your headlights? Radio unit is supposed to dim with the headlights, I will have to check? Full tune of 68HTA, KSTech 73 MAF, Racer X FMIC and ID1000s................by the DataLog Mafia!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craesq Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 My 05 LGT just did this same thing... the HVAC and radio lights went out, but the radio and A/C still work. You just can't see what the settings are. Also, I noticed that when I pulled over and had the car idling, it started to fade a little bit, both the idle and the other dash lights. My wife said it happened to her once and she couldn't even start the car after she tried to restart it. I didn't believe her! Now, I see what she is talking about... are we sure it is the radio, and not an alternator or something? Also, my CD player skips all the time, even on brand new CDs from the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikazeridah Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 My 05 LGT just did this same thing... the HVAC and radio lights went out, but the radio and A/C still work. You just can't see what the settings are. Also, I noticed that when I pulled over and had the car idling, it started to fade a little bit, both the idle and the other dash lights. My wife said it happened to her once and she couldn't even start the car after she tried to restart it. I didn't believe her! Now, I see what she is talking about... are we sure it is the radio, and not an alternator or something? Also, my CD player skips all the time, even on brand new CDs from the store. I didn't have any problems with the dash lights fading or anything. The only reason I asked LittleBlueGT about his radio unit dimming or not was because when I lost control of my HVAC my radio didn't dim anymore when I turned on my headlights. My problem gave no indications that it was the alternator malfunctioning. The problem was also solved when my radio and HVAC unit was replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas569 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 had this happen once to me as well, i made them turn back on by pressing the eject button... don't know how or why they came back on but it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarDog Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I didn't have any problems with the dash lights fading or anything. The only reason I asked LittleBlueGT about his radio unit dimming or not was because when I lost control of my HVAC my radio didn't dim anymore when I turned on my headlights. My problem gave no indications that it was the alternator malfunctioning. The problem was also solved when my radio and HVAC unit was replaced. Well, dag nab it! I've got a similar problem now too! My radio and climate control displays light up and function properly, but when I adjust the dimmer switch, they go from the brightest setting to the dimmest setting, with no adjustment in between. I notice also that the lights under the buttons for the radio (the numbered CD buttons, audio buttons, Balance button, am/fm/cd selector button, etc) AND the climate control (the AC, Mode, Fan speed, defrost button, etc) do not light up at all whether the lights are on or not! The red dash lights (around the tach and speedometer, etc) work and dim just fine. Are the lights under the buttons on the radio and climate control fused separately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarDog Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Well, dag nab it! I've got a similar problem now too! My radio and climate control displays light up and function properly, but when I adjust the dimmer switch, they go from the brightest setting to the dimmest setting, with no adjustment in between. I notice also that the lights under the buttons for the radio (the numbered CD buttons, audio buttons, Balance button, am/fm/cd selector button, etc) AND the climate control (the AC, Mode, Fan speed, defrost button, etc) do not light up at all whether the lights are on or not! The red dash lights (around the tach and speedometer, etc) work and dim just fine. Are the lights under the buttons on the radio and climate control fused separately? Finally figured it out: The harness that I used to connect up my bluetooth carkit did not have a lead that connected the dimmer connection all the way through to the headunit. A bit of splicing magic and we are back up with instrument panel lights!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eles1 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 According to the service guy at Timmons Subaru in Long Beach, they aren't sure why this problem occurs. He's only had a couple of people come to him with it. He said that because the radio is made my another company they find it easier to just replace the radio with no questions asked. Great... They replace it with another one just like it. Nice troubleshooting Subaru... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castor Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Mine did the same and the dealer pulled a U1221 error code. ECU/ CAN comm link failure / ECU failure. Of course I had other gremlins as well...sweeping guages while driving, the random volume, display flickering on the rad/hvac etc See the post Legasaurus Stranded me on Vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qship Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Happened last night 05 LGT have had it 18 months total of 18K miles. Radio & HVAC work but no illuminatin of face plates. Nothing brought it back. On the way to L.I. this morning it just came back on all by itself. The only other gremlin I've experienced is the flaky ILL5 msg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I just had this issue happen to me. About 6 weeks ago, upon ignition, both radio & HVAC displays were blank...I immediately just shutdown and restarted the car, and all was fine. Well, last night when driving home from work...I happened to notice that parts of the radio & HVAC displays looked funny....I could see thin horizontal red lines between the pixels...and some pixels were missing...and different parts of each display were dimmer than others and were flickering just slightly. So I got home...left the car on...took some pics (in case the issue magically repaired itself). I then shut the car off. Then I turned it back on....and both displays were blank. I restarted it again....and got the same result. So, I tapped the side of the console lightly with my knuckle....and the HVAC display came back on. Everything appeared to be functioning besides the display. I called the dealer, and they said I could stop by and they'd have a tech verify...and order a new unit. I also noticed a slight hum coming from the unit that wasn't there before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STi2LGT Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Add me to the list for this. I can turn my radio on/off but can't change the channel(its stuck on an awful station too), no other functions respond. I can not turn the HVAC off or change any settings other than the temp. Even after restart, it continues to malfunction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 The dealership replaced mine under warranty. Be sure to check the bezel around the shifter when they are done...because they scratched the hell out of mine during the swap. I had to come back about 2 weeks later for them to replace that piece too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvic Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Well add me to this list now. Car is 19 Mths old with 22K. Turned off car to get the mail (mail box key is on the same key chain as car keys). Got back in and radio and HVAC dead, fan running. Drove around the corner and parked car in garage. Turned it off, waited a minute and started it again. Problem solved. This morning everything seems fine. Will call dealer anyways to mention issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castor Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Mine was solved via finding a loose ECU cable connection. Not fully conencted at the factory....they reconnected it and presto. No more errors or issues. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STi2LGT Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 OK so mysteriously 3 days later I have control of the HVAC and the radio again. I am just gonna have to keep an eye on it, not gonna take it to the dealer till it does it again cause they can never find an intermittent problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craesq Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi guys, Here is the problem: My HVAC and radio display lights used to go off every once and a while. I think the fan still worked, but I obviously could not see what adjustments I was making. They would come back on after I restarted the car. It really only happened when it was really hot out and the A/C was on. Also, my CD player skipped on every song of every CD, even new CDs. Solution: Some Legacy HVAC-stereo units have the HVAC tube run right through the stereo. Condensation gets on it, which causes the CD player to skip and, sometimes, causes the entire HVAC-stereo display to short out. You have to replace the entire HVAC-stereo unit. My dealer actually pre-ordered one for me and replaced it under warranty with no hassle at all. Now I have no skipping and no display problems. Do not have your dealer replace only the display faceplate; it will not work. The newer HVAC-stereo units run the HVAC tubing outside the CD player. Good luck, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soober Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 My 05 LGT has done this to me a number of times. Although, 'rebooting' the car hasn't worked for me. I'm now in the habit of reaching into the fuse box area and wiggling anything that will move. That usually gets things working again. One of these days, I'll actually take a good look under there and see if I can find something obviously loose. Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbcracken Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 My car was feeling left out of this thread and decided to turn off the lights and controls to the Radio & HVAC. Restart worked. Chris, is your HU still working properly? So, does keeping the AC off help? My problem is that I am at +40,000 miles now and stand no chance of getting this under warranty. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. CentralOhioSubarus Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Just happened to me for the very first time after 36,500+ miles. Hope it was a fluke and it doesn't happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005legt Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 It happened to me one time, I restarted the car and it never happened again. That was 50k ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvic Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Happened to me this morning. I'm at 30K in mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Wahoo! I'm on this list now. Happened yesterday. First time in 81K miles. Hopefully doesn't pop up again especially in a few weeks when I go on vacation since I'll be driving about 2000 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first5.0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 mine's been flickering for some time. finally went out last week. subaru couldn't replicate the problem so they wouldn't do anything. of course they hadn't heard of this happening before ..... bullshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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