Max Capacity Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Mine fan's began to stay on last weekend at 35,500 miles. Car now has 36.100 miles and the fans are still on. I have the 100,000 mile program. I'll have to remove AP and MBC and call the dealer. Yes I have had the A/C drain plug up and the carpet get soaked, that was back in July. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Just made an appointment to drop my car off next week for the fans being on. I mentioned the studdering problem and the tech bulleten about it. The Service Manager said, they had never heard of that problem. Why am I not surprised, it's amazing how out of touch the dealers and SOA are with the real world. I still have not heard back from SOA on the wind whistle noise that I told them about last Aug 04. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgags31 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Mine started last week and i have 13k on the car. Calling to make appt today. This is starting to piss me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtwannabe Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Just got back from dealer, and they have ordered the ECU and both fan relays. told me they should be in on Wednesday.( yea right, dont thing I'll hold my breath on that one.) They said that my car is the first one they have had to repace the ECM on, that makes me feel great.........NOT! They also said I don't need my other keys because thats stored in the BCM. I think I will leave the extra keys in the cup holder anyway. Just in case. Wish me luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgags31 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Hopefully it's not an upstate NY thing.....I'm sure you'll let us know the out come. Good luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Dealer just called. They will order an ECU and relay's. Should be here Monday. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtwannabe Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Just talked to my dealer, my parts are in! Car's going back in Monday. Hopefully for the last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 It's Monday noon time, the dealer called, new ECU is in, they'll put it in the car on Thursday of this week. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruder Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 My fan stuck on sometime during August. Talked to Serv Mgr today at Charlie's Subaru in Augusta, ME; never heard of the problem. I suggested SOA tech folks know all about it. She phoned, confirmed they do know about it and have a fix. After having mechanic confirm that fan stays on, ordered the ECU and relays. Claim they'll have parts in 2 days. In and out in less than 10 minutes; barely finished my free coffee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtwannabe Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Just got back from dealer, Fan problem GONE! Car feels like it runs better, but need to run it so it can learn. I hope the stutter is gone to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSattler Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Also had the cooling fan problem, which is looking pretty common. Dealer said they hadn't seen it before. New relays, problem gone. Don't know if they reflashed the ECU, but I haven't noticed any stuttering since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Read the invoice/bill everything they did should be listed there. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAndy Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Read the invoice/bill everything they did should be listed there. Yea...anybody want to scan and post a pic of their invoice?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. CentralOhioSubarus Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Please, please, scan your invoice. I've gotten this problem just a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty1 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Here's my invoice. Personal info removed to protect the guilty...fan_inv.pdffan_inv.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgags31 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Thanks for sharing. As stated before I have this issue as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Dealer called a little while ago. They need the key code tags on the other set of key's that are at home. They can't start the car with the code numbers. I wish they would have reminded me they needed them. My son will drive the Suburban home during college lunch break to get the numbers. Great fuel mileage. Shouldn't take more then 4 gallons of gas. It's only about 55 miles round trip. Lesson here is, remember to bring all the keys with you for a ECU change. edit, 2PM, cars ready, I'll pick up it soon. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. CentralOhioSubarus Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamagacy Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Add another to the list. Dropped my car off for diagnosis, they confirmed that it needs a new ECU which will be in early next week. No mention of relays on the work order. FWIW, my symptoms went from fan-stuck-on-randomly, to fan-stuck-on-constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasiocks Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 My freaking dealer sucks. I brought it in yesterday and told them that the AUX fan is stuck on after a cold start. It's only happening after it sits for a while now. When it was warmer out it was happening anytime the A/C would come on. So they called @ 5pm yesterday and said it was working fine. After talking with him for a minute I realized he was looking at the climate control blower. So today they call and said everything is working properly. So I'm going up there at noon to show them what it's doing. The only reason I brought it in was to get a loaner and they didn't have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasiocks Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 So I called them back and they keep telling me it's normal operation. I told them to just call the Tech Line and if they don't know anything about this then I'm fine with it. I even offered the case number on the invoice above and they said they can't look that up. And then when I mentioned that I've seen at least 15 people on this forum that have had the same problem and their dealers have replaced the ECM he told me not to "believe everything on the internet." -This pissed me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccorry Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Sounds like you were at the dealership I deal with. Why do service departments have to be so inept and difficult!??!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruder Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Went back to my dealer for installation of ECU and relays they ordered earlier in the week. I forgot the second set of keys, and after about an hour, they came around and asked me if I had them with me - they hadn't realized that both sets and the key tag were needed to do this job. Tried to do it with just one key, and ended up with the security light on the dash blinking all the time! End result, they put the original ECU back in; changed the relays, and the fan seems normal! They're going to sit on the ECU for a while 'til I report back on the fan operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty1 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 So I called them back and they keep telling me it's normal operation. I told them to just call the Tech Line and if they don't know anything about this then I'm fine with it. I even offered the case number on the invoice above and they said they can't look that up. And then when I mentioned that I've seen at least 15 people on this forum that have had the same problem and their dealers have replaced the ECM he told me not to "believe everything on the internet." -This pissed me off. My dealer said they didn't hear about that problem either. What I did was printed off a couple of pages from this thread showing the symptons and calling the techline and after they re-produced the problem, they went ahead with the warranty work. The thing that I stressed was after the Aux fan came on, it would never turn off. If your Aux fan only comes on after the AC is on, turn off the AC and if you have the problem, it will stay on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasiocks Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 They're fixing it now. I told them to call the tech line to see what I was talking about. I was explaining that when the AUX fan came on it never turned off. The guy I was talking to on the phone said he has a GT as well and his does the same thing. After he called the Tech line he realized that both our cars have the problem. HA! They said they're checking to see how to fix it. I told him new ECM but they have to hear it themselves. And this guy was discrediting what I found on the IntarWeb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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