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How do you reset the check engine light on a 97 Outback? I don't have the
owners manual.
Thanks,
owners manual.
Thanks,
Joe said:How do you reset the check engine light on a 97 Outback? I don't have the
owners manual.
Thanks,
Joe J. said:How do you reset the check engine light on a 97 Outback? I don't have the
owners manual.
I bought an ODBII reader from Wal Mart for $100. Haven't regretted
it. They had a cheaper one that didn't have a text display.
Or you can take it to Auto Zone on a day they're not busy, and they'll
read the code for ya. Not sure though if they'll reset one for you
though.
How do you reset the check engine light on a 97 Outback? I don't have the
owners manual.
Thanks,
How do you reset the check engine light on a 97 Outback? I don't have the
owners manual.
Thanks,
John McGaw said:What I would do: Plug an OBD II reader into the socket under the dash. Use
it to read the codes and record them on paper. Replace/repair the cause of
the check engine light. Use the reader to reset the codes and light. This
assumes that the Subaru is using the standard OBD II interface but AFAIK
it has been mandatory since 1996.
Take a look at this:
http://www.mymoneyblog.com/archives/2009/01/bought-a-obd-ii-code-reader-for-check-engine-light.html
I bought an ODBII reader from Wal Mart for $100. Haven't regretted
it. They had a cheaper one that didn't have a text display.
Or you can take it to Auto Zone on a day they're not busy, and they'll
read the code for ya. Not sure though if they'll reset one for you
though.
Joe said:How do you reset the check engine light on a 97 Outback? I don't have the
owners manual.
Thanks but I don't own a laptop. Shocking I know!Yousuf Khan said:Although you said you've already bought your meter, I would've suggest
that you buy an OBDII-USB cable and plug it into your laptop with
appropriate free software, it's the cheapest way.
Yousuf Khan
Just as an update to my earlier post about autozone doing free
readings. I had my check engine light come on the other night on the
way home from work. I was already going to advance to buy plug wires
for my other subie, so I asked them if they'd read codes. They said
they'd just give me the checker if I left my license. I don't know if
it was that they were busy(they had two people not doing anything with
customers) or if that is their normal policy, but I got to do all the
button pushing. I cleared the P0420 code and returned the reader.
Oddly, when I restarted the car, it dipped down to under 500 RPM, then
revved up to 1200 or so a few times before settling into a smooth
idle. It hasn't done it since. Is this normal? Is it because I cleared
a code without fixing the problem and the ECU had somehow been
compensating for that problem, but then wasn't? Or is it because the
ECU had learned an engine map and now was starting from a base map?
(I've read in either car and Driver or Road and Track that subarus can
lose 10 to 15 horses on the dyno immediately after clearing the ECU
since they have addaptive mapping.)
weelliott said:Just as an update to my earlier post about autozone doing free
readings. I had my check engine light come on the other night on the
way home from work. I was already going to advance to buy plug wires
for my other subie, so I asked them if they'd read codes. They said
they'd just give me the checker if I left my license. I don't know if
it was that they were busy(they had two people not doing anything with
customers) or if that is their normal policy, but I got to do all the
button pushing. I cleared the P0420 code and returned the reader.
Oddly, when I restarted the car, it dipped down to under 500 RPM, then
revved up to 1200 or so a few times before settling into a smooth
idle. It hasn't done it since. Is this normal? Is it because I cleared
a code without fixing the problem and the ECU had somehow been
compensating for that problem, but then wasn't? Or is it because the
ECU had learned an engine map and now was starting from a base map?
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