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Funny you should menion the relay. I asked the service writer today if there were any relays in the circuit that they thought to check. I would be furious to learn that that was the problem. Something like that should have been one of the first things that was looked at.

Thanks Legacy777. It does have the automatic climate control and they claim that they have monitored the data stream but it dosen't really give them a lot of info. Just that the system has shut down. It's hard for me because this vehicle is being driven by one of my employees that is in another state, and my only interaction with the dealer is over the telephone. This has been an ordeal from the very beginning. After they whacked me $700 to diagnose and replace the speed sensor, they wanted to charge me another $800 to replace the PCM. Thier argument was that the speed sensor shorted out and damaged the PCM. I told them that I didn't buy that theory and refused to pay an additional $800 on top of what I have already laid out. The service manager eventually offered a total cost of $1100 with what was already done and the new PCM. I agreed as long as that was going to resolve the issue. Well, the issue is ongoing and they have tried a few other things without success. They claim that they have contacted Subaru and requested that a field rep or engineer help them with the issue but their requests have been ignored. I'm starting to think that I'm going to end up standing in front of a judge explaining this whole mess and asking for the return of my money.

Well folks, I need to tap the knowlege base out here because my dealership service department has me $1100 deep into an intermittent AC issue they can't seem to figure out. Here's the details: Vehicle - 2003 Legacy wagon w/H6 engine Issue - AC will quit at idle and will not return to operation until vehicle is turned off and re-started. What the dealer has done so far - First, they replaced the speed sensor in the compressor (still had the issue) then they said it was the PCM that was causing the issue so they replaced that (still had the issue) then they replaced one of the pressure switches and I think maybe even the condenser temp switch? (still had the issue). They just tried swapping out a known good ATC head unit and that didn't work either. Service rep just called to say that during thier hunting they found a bad serpentine idler pully. They weren't directly suggesting that it might be the problem but they did float the idea that it might be causing a problem with the speed sensor in the compressor. I'm really hoping someone out there has run into a similar issue and might be able to give some guidance. Thanks!