Your scan tool is gonna fall into one of two varieties:Possible final entry: Took it to the Subaru mechanic. They plugged in their scanner. He showed me the errors. Same errors I had before I started. So it seems that no matter what I did, nothing was clearing out the TCU codes. Until he did it with his scanner. After that, I drove like 6 miles home and no lights coming on. Cautiously optimistic.
Anyone got suggestions on a good (full) OBDII scanner. I think I saw they were $200-300. Having those codes (and the ability to clear them) could have helped me weeks ago. Also, it would have helped me a few months back when we got bad gas on a road trip.
...and the lights came back on. I'm so fucking beaten down by this thing. I fucking hate losing.
The mechanic is coming by tomorrow. From what I saw today, the same error codes are still there, which means the Chinesium solenoid I put in there is probably bad. I was concerned about this from the start, but the guy that started the thread on the Subaru forums said he had dozens of success stories and only one that failed a couple months later.
So at this point, I can get a reman valve body for like $400, or a brand new one for $775. I think I'm done fucking around, and will just get the new one. FML
And what are you going to do when whatever's clogged up the works fucks up the new valvebody?...and the lights came back on. I'm so fucking beaten down by this thing. I fucking hate losing.
The mechanic is coming by tomorrow. From what I saw today, the same error codes are still there, which means the Chinesium solenoid I put in there is probably bad. I was concerned about this from the start, but the guy that started the thread on the Subaru forums said he had dozens of success stories and only one that failed a couple months later.
So at this point, I can get a reman valve body for like $400, or a brand new one for $775. I think I'm done fucking around, and will just get the new one. FML
DOn't listen to these negative Nancies - your mechanic will say "dude, you forgot one small thing - doink! $400 please"...and the lights came back on. I'm so fucking beaten down by this thing. I fucking hate losing.
The mechanic is coming by tomorrow. From what I saw today, the same error codes are still there, which means the Chinesium solenoid I put in there is probably bad. I was concerned about this from the start, but the guy that started the thread on the Subaru forums said he had dozens of success stories and only one that failed a couple months later.
So at this point, I can get a reman valve body for like $400, or a brand new one for $775. I think I'm done fucking around, and will just get the new one. FML
The valve body itself is completely fine. The solenoids are known to go bad. If I buy a new valve body, I get a brand new one from Subaru. yay?And what are you going to do when whatever's clogged up the works fucks up the new valvebody?
Good luck, man.The valve body itself is completely fine. The solenoids are known to go bad. If I buy a new valve body, I get a brand new one from Subaru. yay?
My (limited) research suggests that it is, and its always the lock up duty solenoid. It's apparently one of the reasons they extended the warranty out to 10 years/100k miles.Good luck, man.
I hope the real root cause is just the solenoid going bad.
I think we can be quite certain that Subaru has already done that work, and their solution is to replace the valve body. Apparently they beefed up the solenoid on the next generation transmission.That repeated failure of the same thing would still have me digging for some other deeper root cause.
Then an improperly/under spec'd solenoid would be that deeper root cause I guess.I think we can be quite certain that Subaru has already done that work, and their solution is to replace the valve body. Apparently they beefed up the solenoid on the next generation transmission.
IDK, a failure to actuate (under spec'd) doesn't necessarily correlate with actual solenoid failure (e.g. coil resistance going to infinity). Usually that happens because of an environmental change. In my Nissan that happens because the fuel injectors weren't meant to be run in fuels full of alcohol, so whatever coating went over the coil slowly corrodes away and then it oxidizes into oblivion.Then an improperly/under spec'd solenoid would be that deeper root cause I guess.
It doesn't go to infinity. It's just out of spec.IDK, a failure to actuate (under spec'd) doesn't necessarily correlate with actual solenoid failure (e.g. coil resistance going to infinity). Usually that happens because of an environmental change. In my Nissan that happens because the fuel injectors weren't meant to be run in fuels full of alcohol, so whatever coating went over the coil slowly corrodes away and then it oxidizes into oblivion.
You say tomato, I say tomahto.It doesn't go to infinity. It's just out of spec.