Looking at buying this car.

 

125k.

 

Says timing belt was done. On 3rd clutch (wow).

 

Some research shows the usual PITA P0420. Could be O2(s), cat(s), etc.

 

The rest seem like IAC or Neutral safety switch, and then grasping at straws.

 

Told him I'd give him a price in a few hours - I'll be tied up until then and largely off line.

 

I did not drive the car yet.

 

Seemed to start and idle fine.

 

Only weird thing I noticed was that it almost seemed like the drivers side fan ran WHENEVER the heater fan was turned on at all. I made sure it wasn't on an AC setting. Don't think the car was really hot enough for the fan to be running due to that.

 

 

Thoughts on this combination? Owner also stated that cruise no longer worked. I'm thinking NSS could be one of the potential causes of this.

i'd just reset them and see which come back. forester i picked up had a zillion codes, some weird ones, and it was also running hot due. cleared the codes, fixed the overheating and codes never returned. maybe just poor running, overheating, or sitting for long periods will trip codes that just need to be cleared, but maybe i'm making that up. car probably runs better than any others i've ever had....but maybe it's just lighter than legacy's which i'm used too.

Don't wanna clear the codes on a car I'm looking at.

 

I may drive it tomorrow.

 

So far I've made a lowball offer.

 

All those codes sound like a fella could spend significant amount of time chasing them down. And parts could get expensive quick.

 

Impreza's aren't worth all that much.

 

And I haven't had time to do cars lately.

Fixing the trouble with the IAC may clear up the CAT code also. The CC trouble may be just due a misadjustment of the disconnect switch on the brake pedal.