October 9, 200718 yr Hey Guys, I have a 1996 Subaru Legacy L AWD. I started the car up today to find the AT oil light was flashing... It flashed 16 times repeatedly. Car drives fine and I would not know the difference otherwise. I searched around on the internet and found what the code might mean, not sure if it applies to this year subaru or not. But i found something that says 16 flashes is a "2-4 brake duty solenoid" and the symptom is "Faulty shifting". Can anybody confirm if this is the correct failure? I did not get any CEL. And if so, where is the brake duty solenoid and how can i replace it? Thanks!
October 9, 200718 yr [...]But i found something that says 16 flashes is a "2-4 brake duty solenoid" and the symptom is "Faulty shifting".Welcome to the forum. The 16 flashes don't indicate a specific fault, but only that the trans has an electrically-related problem. You have to retrieve the actual trouble code from the TCU. Rather than explain how, I'll try to find a link to a recent thread here that covered doing that, and I'll post it.
October 9, 200718 yr Author Thanks for the quick response. I did a little bit of searching ( sorry, i should have done it before posting i know!!) and found some additional posts related to this subject as well. Thanks for the link, looks like i won't be driving the car for awhile until I find the time to diagnose it. Hope it doesn't end up being too costly..
October 9, 200718 yr Quick and dirty test of the worst case scenario.Go out and drive in a circle. The car should move in a smooth motion with very little or no gas. If you have to give it gas, or cant turn the wheel to lock, its a torque bind issues. If it fails the test put in the fwd fuse and see if it goes away. Thats one reason for the light, and one that costs the most money to fix. If it fails the fuse test, just get it to the dealer. DO NOT go to a tranny shop. nipper
October 9, 200718 yr Author Thanks. I've not had any torque bind before this (tested it when i bought the car). But will test it again once I can. Nevertheless, sounds like I'm bound for a trip to the dealer anyway? Any reason why not a transmission shop? Thanks, Quick and dirty test of the worst case scenario.Go out and drive in a circle. The car should move in a smooth motion with very little or no gas. If you have to give it gas, or cant turn the wheel to lock, its a torque bind issues. If it fails the test put in the fwd fuse and see if it goes away. Thats one reason for the light, and one that costs the most money to fix. If it fails the fuse test, just get it to the dealer. DO NOT go to a tranny shop. nipper
October 9, 200718 yr Thanks. I've not had any torque bind before this (tested it when i bought the car). But will test it again once I can. Nevertheless, sounds like I'm bound for a trip to the dealer anyway? Any reason why not a transmission shop? Thanks, Dealers dont sell you transmissions, they sell you repairs. Tranny shops sell you transmissions. They dont really care about reparing them. And of course they have to takth the entire things apart to diagnose it. nipper
October 9, 200718 yr Author Gotcha, Is there anyway to reset the light to see if the error comes back?
October 9, 200718 yr You may find this thread interesting: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19805 Also, this, especially page 13: http://endwrench.com/pdf/feb2004pdf/4EAT.pdf
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