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#1 Delete This Account

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 07:51 AM

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My mate has one at work, flashed a CEL code last night.

Went to check it how you would on a Liberty (plug the two plugs together under the steering wheel)
But there seems to be no unplugged diag cables at all.

Does anyone know how it's done? Or is it only done with OBDii now?

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 08:35 AM

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My mate has one at work, flashed a CEL code last night.

Went to check it how you would on a Liberty (plug the two plugs together under the steering wheel)
But there seems to be no unplugged diag cables at all.

Does anyone know how it's done? Or is it only done with OBDii now?

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 08:43 AM

google!?


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Posted 28 January 2011 - 09:16 AM

The cables might actually be under or behind the glovebox carpet on the passenger side..

that's where the diganostic connectors are in my GT, same year model.

The B4 had them under the dash on the drivers.. but the GT is on the passenger near the actual ECU.

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 09:17 AM

Cheers Brendo!

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 09:21 AM

No worries.. if not, just connect straight to OBDII and see what happens.. might not need connectors..

I don't think mine were green connectors either, just plain white ones?.. can't remember..

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 09:29 AM

I think that this model actually didn't have diagnostic connectors like the older models.

The only way to check for codes is to use an OBD-II reader.

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 09:36 AM

That's whats freaky.. I think my conenctor is only for write access to the ECU, but read should be just by direct plug-in.

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 11:56 AM

I think that this model actually didn't have diagnostic connectors like the older models.

The only way to check for codes is to use an OBD-II reader.

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You'll need a scanner to check it, or you can pay Subaru $60 (!!!!) to do it for you.

I would have gone to the kitchen, collected a brown bag, dropped my dacks, pinched off a loaf in said bag, done up dacks, stickytaped bag, placed bag in envelope, and mailed it right to your face for being such a tool.


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Posted 28 January 2011 - 12:42 PM

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You'll need a scanner to check it, or you can pay Subaru $60 (!!!!) to do it for you.


Thanks Luke.

He was going to take it to an Auto-Electrician to do it. I'll let him know.

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 02:45 PM

you need a tactrix cable and learning view.

cable costs around $150 or so, learning view is free. able to view codes and erase/reset.

cable allows you to do a lot more (tuning, disable codes etc)

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 02:49 PM

you need a tactrix cable and learning view.


No he doesn't. ;)

He's just about to sell it, so he just wanted to check it and fix the problem. :)

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 06:41 PM

Simple code scanner from dick Smith is a whole lot cheaper than a tactrix cable.

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 11:30 PM

I know this is dredging up a really old topic, but I have been told that it takes 3 separate times (or a continuous problem, that gets picked up every time the ECU scans the system) for it to log a fault code. Vehicle is an 02 B4. Although, I have seen the check engine light flash up once on idle with the new engine (04 Spec C). Any truth to this?

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