mday

Hi again, Yes, you were right. The TCM is flashing out 3 longs and a short, the 31 error code for a faulty TCM, right? And the TCM is listed as covered in the powertrain warranty. Although it's out of warranty now (over 5 years since purchase), since I first took the car to the dealer within the warranty period, would it not be fair for me to request that they replace the TCM at no cost? I have a feeling that the dealer will say no, but I believe that I then have a case to take to SOA if they do say no. Do you know of any statistics on the frequency of occurence of this problem? Thanks, Michael

Hi, I am a new user and did my homework by searching for a previous post about a car identical to mine with the identical problem: for about the past year, my 2000 Outback with 48,000 to 57,000 miles on it has very occasionally had the AT and CEL come on flashing and gone into what some have called "limp" mode with very hard shifting. I let it rest and it's usually fine. The dealer, of course, said no codes were readable and laughed at my request to have it consdered under warranty, since, as far as he knew (he rode in the car for 25 stop-and-go-miles and of course the problem would not recur) the car had no problem. Have there been any updates on this problem, and, beyond trying to read cryptic codes, can someone give me straight advice on what to do to fix the problem? Thanks! Michael