2005 forester xt CE light

Well, they could always take the sensors out of a good runnibg car of the same year and put those in your car, if the same codes pop up, they probably need to look at the cat itself. If not, then the sensors Subaru is sending them may be bad/different.

Carl

newman wrote:

Do you have the car running when you add fuel? If so, that is your problem. Also, it should be several clicks.

do you think a loose gas cap would throw these particular codes? and no: i never fill a gas tank with the car running. isn't that how gas stations blow up?

A loose gas cap could. It is a pressurized system. Anything is possible.

That, and people filling cans up on composite bed liners.

No, the codes from loose gas cap are different...I forget terminology, but nothing like what you had.

Buying used is the problem- You probably bought a demo model and those are HARD miles!!!

yes, all warranteed work. not a cent out of pocket yet. the dealer has been very apologetic and very helpful. it's just an inconvenience.

the car was never reported as a lemon, and it is not a dealer buy-back. the story i got was a guy bought it new, decided it wasn't big enough for his family and traded it in for an outback.

i'm hoping that it's just the matter of finding the part that didn't tolerate sitting on the lot for a few weeks in the cold Indiana winter without being run. more than a few people have suggested that the cat might be bad...

i'm taking it in monday, so i'll let you know.

not a dealer demo, by the way. i wouldn't touch those.

they want to replace the rear o2 sensor. supposedly, this is the recommendation from Subaru (whatever that means).