My wife's 2004 H6 Sedan would not start this morning. It cranked over but was not firing. The car has never had problems starting in the past and has a mere 13,000 miles on it. Any thoughts? Looks like I might have to tow this puppy to the dealer.
2004 H6 Sedan Starting Problem
Nov 08, 2004
4 Replies
Call the dealer. Subaru will tow it for you under warrantee. Must be towed on a flat-bed truck.
Also. I had it happen once or twice. I waited about a minute and tried again. Started right up.
My 2002 H6 does this occasionally. I've learned to recognize when it happens and I blip the throttle a little bit and it starts right up. Happens about 3 or 4 times a year, mostly right after a large temperature variation between night (cold) and day. It's almost like the cold start fuel trim sets too rich and the little amount of air I ad by blipping the throttle evens things out.
On the 2002 there's a new program for the ECU. It seems that in cold weather (even moderately warm 50degF) the various parameters for fuel/air would be outside the 'windows' and it wouldn't feed the right amount of fuel. There's a TSB and fix for. I had the same problem on my 2002 and now it starts everytime. You might want to look into on the 2004 also.
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