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^^ It's all good

Never used that tire, however, there are plenty of reviews to be found on google, which might help you out, alot of my local suby guys use the continental ExtremeContact™ DW but they tend to be pricey but super tires. Do you run dedicated winter tires at all? If feasilble money wise, this is the best thing to do for many many reasons. This past winter, I'm on LI, winter tires were an absolute must. We got hammered. Now, I myself did at one time have dedicated summers and winters but had to sell a set for some $$. I now run the nitto neogens, 2nd set already, and interestingly enough, they did pretty darn good for a High Perfomance all season tire. Got me through 14" without fuse.

I use either puraltor pureone or the OEM blue filters, however, my metal oil filter remover does not fit the OEM filter, so I stick with pureone when I can.

Thanks and no problemo. She's a 07 N/A but with plenty of mods, to lazy to list them all. She's my DD but gets the job done. Yep, already posted my first NEED HELP thread, lol, and all is well now. Amazing how a faulty brake switch can cause the TCU to be touchy.

^^ Most interesting but yeah, I had a feeling the bad brake switch def affecting the tranny in some way, but now it makes more sense. Thanks for that info

wowsers, not one hello lol!

Guys, thanks for your feedback and comments, I mean that sincerely. I am still at a loss as to how the faulty brake switch would cause the "OIL AT TEMP" light to keep blinking while driving? I have some theories but it's all based on the numerous different threads and posts across various boards and inquiries. Now, today, did another 25+ miles of mixed driving again, no "OIL AT TEMP" light blinking while driving and checked brake lights again for good operation. All seems well, for now. Is it safe to assume that if between yesterday and today, I did a total of 100 miles of mixed driving, that the problem would have popped up again. Of course, I hope the answer is yes LOL!

UPDATE: Put in the new brake switch today, cleared all codes via battery disconnect, left the lights on to drain all power, let the car sit for about 20 minutes, hooked battery back up, let car relearn idle for about 15 minutes, took it on a 80 mile trek today in all sorts of driving conditions, brakes lights are now working fine and no CRUISE BLINKING and NO OIL AT TEMP light came on today at all. Before I did this, the past 3 days, oil at temp light would come on blinking, numerous times while driving the car. Keeping my fingers crossed that the brake switch and brake switch CEL I got, was causing the tranny to sense there was a problem since the P0719 code, indicated that the tranny was not sensing the brake being applied while slowing down, etc etc. Let's see how the next few days goes. If all is well, problem solved, if not, going to the dealer to be checked.

Guys, Picked up the switch today, my buddy works at the dealership and I got it for $30, I'll install that tomorrow. The spring plunger on the new one feels like it has very good resistance when pushing in the plunger, the one on the car now, it pushes it with very little pressure. I'll report back tomorrow once that is installed, they did advise me at the parts department that the switches do fail and there is not set time frame at which they do. They also told me to just bring in the car and tell the person writing it up about the "OIL AT TEMP" flashing light, they said if it's warranty work, which they agree it is, I shouldn't have any problem, so again, the guy I spoke with on the phone was just be a turd. Will update on that when car goes in, hopefully wed of this coming week.

^^ All three brake lights don't work and the P0719 clearly points to a bad brake switch. I have checked the connector on the brake switch itself, its very very tight, where else is is there a connector that I should check with regards to this code? Since I was unable to get out of park quite a few times with depressing the release button next to the shifter, this def points to a faulty or bad brake switch, does it not? According to the OBDII code list - Brake switch circuit is open or shorted. - Poor brake switch circuit connection - Faulty brake switch Also, I understand your point about the codes for the TCU, but why would a dealership charge me before doing a thing to diagnose when they know it's a warranty issue. It's not like I'm gonna get the "OIL AT TEMP" light blinking for bad brake pads or something like, that would clearly not be covered. It should be a simple drop it off and fix it type of deal. I don't understand why they are trying to make it like the problem is with some that is out of warranty when the service manager clearly said on the phone, it sounds tranny related? I am still waiting for someone to chim in to see if the brake switch can be causing the "oil at temp" light issue since I have read several times that in modern cars, a bad of faulty brake switch can cause the tranny to act up or shift differently than normal.

Hey, I have done quite a bit of research on my two problems, will try to be brief but for me, it's hard, I have keyboard diarehea ROFL! Please note that both issues started at the same time and both continue as of today. Car: 07 2.5i wagon with 4eat, 42K, well maintained, complete UEL catless exhaust sytem, all other mods are suspension and appearance related. #1 P0719 SUBARU - Torque Converter Brake Switch B Circuit Low: After doing my homework, I'm gonna replace the brake switch, as of the past few days, the brake lights regardless of gear, only work when they feel like it. Most of the times, they don't work at all. Found this out fromt the wife when driving behind me from or to work, etc. So this seems to be the easy issue, if my diagnosis is correct. If I want to put the new brake switch in myself, how does one go about adjusting it correctly? #2 "OIL AT TEMP" light flashes while driving: Comes on randomly. If the car sits a bit and I go back out, it only comes back on when driving for about 15-20 minutes. Driving conditions are various. Fluid changed at 30K, now at 42K, level is good, color is good, odor is good. Coolant level good, car does not run hot at all (only say this cause on another board someone mentioned transmission cooler and coolant) My thoery is this based on info I found in an inquiry by someone who had something similar on ask.com or one of those sites. Theory: my brake switch is obviously toast, I have read that a faulty or bad brake switch can cause the tranny to act differently or shift differently as it's not sensing the brake pedal being depressed while slowing down. Is it possible that the bad brake switch is causing the blinking "OIL AT TEMP" light while driving? The coincidence of both starting at the same time, makes me think yes, but by no means am I an expert on these things. So, I'm picking up a brake switch tomorrow and hope it's a simple 1 2 3 thing to replace eventhough I am not sure at what height to put it. With regards to the OIL AT TEMP flashing light, which now happens every day, a few times a day, if I get lucky and it goes away, great, if not: How do I proceed as the car still is under the 5 year 60K powertrain portion of the warranty. The crazy thing, I call up my dealer and he say "$115" to diagnose the blinking light. I tell him and he agrees, that it's most likely tranny related and that if it is, I am under warranty for that. He says $115 and we'll go from their. What the hell is that all about??? So, I tried to keep my ramblings brief, what ya think, will I get lucky and the brake switch will solve the other issue, or do I have more serious concerns with the blinking "OIL AT TEMP" light? I can honestly say, the car feels as good as day one, the only thing worth mentioning is that I think I can feel the car engine braking more than normal, if that makes any sense, which I thought as of tonight was related to the brake switch futzing up the tranny shifting a little. Thanks for taking the time to read all this. ps - if I am totally off of anything please let me know, I always help others on my local suby forum in NY and if someone else should run into these issues, I would love to be able to help them correctly

Hey, Dropping my hello, a member on many other suby forums but I found this one by searching some problems I am having, so with that being said, let the fun begin, see you guys in the threads, with some hopefull info on my issues She's all N/A but doesn't look it, roof rails are now gone, pics are somewhat old Pics of my car, wonder if any of my local LISC members are on here?