2004 H6 Sedan Starting Problem

[TC Hazzard]

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.

 

[Alan]

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.

Call the dealer. Subaru will tow it for you under warrantee. Must be towed
on a flat-bed truck.

 

[Alan]

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.

Also. I had it happen once or twice. I waited about a minute and tried
again. Started right up.

 

[Skweezieweezie]

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.

 

[null]

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.