Hey guys. Haven't been here in a while. Love the redesign!

 

Anyway, the wife calls me at work yesterday. She was just getting ready to leave the neighborhood and turn on to a main road. She said the car bucked 3 times and the check engine light started flashing. She did a quick U turn and brought the car back home. she was probably about a 1/4 mile away when this happened. The car never stalled. She had just turned the A/C on. On the way back the light stopped flashing but stayed lit.

 

I just pulled the codes and it recorded a Misfire on cylinder 1.

 

However, now the car won't start. It makes a clicking noise like the battery is dead. However the battery is less than 6 months old and shows 12.4V.

 

I also checked the voltage at the starter and that's reading 12.6V

 

I did put new terminals on the battery cables when I replaced the battery. It's kind of a cob job but the car has ran fine until now.

 

Should I replace the battery cables? That's the only thing I can think of at this point. Car has plenty of oil and just ran strong on a 8 hour round trip to the Jersey shore.

 

Thanks!

Just tried jump starting it. No dice.

You may have an ignition issue. Turn the key to the on position and then jump the starter. Just take a screw driver and jump the hot terminal and the spade from the ignition and the starter should kick in. I'm thinking that you either have a sudden onset ignition problem or the timing belt jumped a tooth or two. I hope it is just an ignition problem, much easier to fix.

So let's assume that my battery, cables and starter are all fine and the connections to all of those are good. Where would be the next place I should look?

starter is good too. That was a blast to get out. Can't wait to put it back in.

Just had the battery tested too. It's fine.

 

It's got to be a battery cable. Only problem is the dealer wants over 100 bucks for both cables and they have to order it. I'd have them by Friday at the earliest. I don't see why I couldn't make my own cables from stuff they have at the parts store. Unless Subaru's are weird about resistances and things like that. I don't see why they would be though. Less resistance the better right?

Go get some generic cables at advance auto. Subaru doesn't have anything special about them. Just measure for length, buy them and put them on your car. No big deal.