uniberp1 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) Maybe it's the outside temperature. It was warmer today after a week in the 20s. 2.5 NA 2008 Forester 4EAT 155k. The AT Temp would start flashing and stay flashing until the car was restarted. Then a few days later the AWD light started flashing. No weird shifting, no torque bind, downshifting, upshifting, everything normal. Fluids clean and normal. Air filter clean. Charged the battery, just in case, no difference. The AT light would start flashing 1 block down the road, followed by the AWD light. Checked any grounds I could find. Unplugged and reseated TCM connectors. Disconnected the battery for 1 hour, and reconnected it. Lights gone and stayed off after 50 miles. Stupid lights. Edited December 11, 2021 by uniberp1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtdash Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Should be able to pull the codes w/out a scanner: https://www.subaruoutback.org/threads/05-06-09-how-to-read-diagnostic-trouble-codes-dtcs.19053/ Can't find the one on here, but that one should work for your Forester too. 50 miles in one trip may not trigger the code. Sometimes it's 'drive cycles' so 2-3 trips to the store may be required to 'trip' the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniberp1 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Yep, the lights came back on. The procedures does not work. 2008 Forester is not CANbus. Started in 09. I'm betting on broke wire. Will check tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtdash Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 (edited) Or try this: https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/at-temp-light-flashing-how-to-read-code.237225/#post-2463841 States 'thru '04' but the Foz has the same Phase 2 4EAT thru '08? Edited December 15, 2021 by wtdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniberp1 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 (edited) Found the broken wire. it. Another thread elsewhere (https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/2005-automatic-trans-issue-at-temp-flashing-awd-light-starts-flashing-solved.815228/) helped. Exact same thing here, as found and stripped back. Like I said, it's stupid. Edited December 18, 2021 by uniberp1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 That's the power of Knowledge Base Troubleshooting system. atp.com SpotLight for aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniberp1 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 What is this "Knowledge Base Troubleshooting system" you mention? The Internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Currently for aircraft. The USMB is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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