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[CodeBurn3r]

OK so tonight i left work, was raining and windows were fogging up.. hit demist.. few seconds later the Climate control turned off and then back on..
strange, few seconds later same thing.
though huh wtf, turned it off then back on.. same deal.
over the next few minutes it got to the point that as soon as the AC would try kick on the climate control would turn off and then back on..

Turned the A/C off and the CC stayed on normally..
hit A/C BANG few seconds and it would turn off.. it ended up getting so bad it was like it was hooked up to the indicators on off on off poor compressor was having a **** fit..

anyway you will never guess what the problem was.

i thought WTF and started fiddling with other random electrical things in the car while in traffic.
first headlights, dimmer, wipers (cause they were on) indicators, you name it.. i cracked the shits and then removed my phone charger and plugged the ciggy lighter back in,, pressed it too far.. and it turned off again

thats when i found if i pressed the ciggy lighter the CC would turn off.. ok WTF so strange, and then i found my mirrors were not working, and when i tried.. same thing, climate control turned off.

So at this point i had the CC turning off if i put the AC on, pressed the cigar lighter or used my mirror switch.

Was stumped, anyway, made it to mates house, swapped EVERY relay in the bonnet fuese box, same thing.. ok time to try mirror switch, same deal.
swapped climate control unit.. SAME THING!
ok WTF

then i found something even more strange.. with the car on fist click.. not on the reds just first click.. if i pressed the mirror switch or cigar, the Radiator fans would turn on.
ok IT HAS TO BE a short somewhere.. started looking around.

then dropped the lower dash and unplugged each of those relays, same deal.
found the relay that was clicking, it was above the kickpanel fuse box, removed that.. ok Cigar lighter and mirror switch no longer tuned the fans on but the climate control would not work at all now...

What would you think the problem could be?

just so you know.. i found the fix, just want to see what you guys think it might have been...
i mean WTF how can the cigar and mirrors turn on the fans for the radiator???

[camoshop]

the problems was you fiddle with your dash to often

[Start]

In for the answer, mine is doing the same - well demister doesnt work LOL..

Was it anything to do with the stupid little black earth cables behind the dash / stereo?

[CodeBurn3r]

Hey shutup.. i ******* broke my fake woodgrain part trying to get it out before.. not ******* happy
stupid kent of a thing. atleast i can glue it and you will never be able to tell.

[camoshop]

what was it allready

[CodeBurn3r]

guess haha, tell everyone in the morning.. but seriously I have a electronics background, and it still makes no sense how this could be the problem
i was so close to going to the auto sparky.. at no doubt a stupid high price.

[Alex]

Just spit it out already.


Or I'll come down to Melbourne and scoop your eyeballs out with a machete on fire.

[CodeBurn3r]

haha, nobody has even bothered to guess.

Put it this way.. it has to be a design fault.. Stupid Subaru

[SAV84C]

Just a wild guess, they all run off the ignition relay?

[CodeBurn3r]

Nope, Off to bed, but i'll update 2moz... its seriously so stupid, i want to test it on another car.. i am pretty sure its not unique to my car.

[Dylan]

Dodgy wiring from the cigarette lighter power / lights.

Something is shorting out.

That's my guess.

[Alex]

I guess if I stab your face with an industrial sized chainsaw at 20k rpm that's been set alight, you won't tell us?

[RX25SE]

The nut behind the steering wheel???

[Alex]

I think he takes great joy in irritating people.

I'll remember this.

[CodeBurn3r]

OK time to update..

It was just a blown fuse for the Cigar/Mirrors

Phone charger was playing up and must have blown the fuse.. but WTF, how does a blown fuse cause a short through to the Rad fans?
if anything those things should have just not worked...

It makes seriously no sense to me at all. Stupid stupid subaru

[RX25SE]

Blown fuse. That's it???


Makes perfect sense to me.


If it were a Peugeot or Renault with an unusual wiring issue, I'd understand.

[Alex]

[CodeBurn3r]

Why would a blown fuse cause it to skip current to another circuit though? i don't understand how any of those circuits would be common?

[RX25SE]

I know the answer, but I want you to explain it first.



I might tell you tomorrow.

[CodeBurn3r]

I know the answer, but I want you to explain it first.



I might tell you tomorrow.

Mind blank.. Stupid voltage feedback? correct? and because cars use negative switching for most things.. AGHHHH study ruined me lol, i think like an electronics person. forgot about cars mostly being negative switched circuits.
AGhhh thats what Diodes are for FFS lol