o5 forester check engine lite and cruise ctrl lite came on

[the one and only]

Hi,
Damnest thing. Got a full tank of gass, went about six miles and turned
off the engine. Started it back up about three hours later and the check
engine lite came on and the cruise control lite starts flashing. then
the fuel gage goes to empty and the low fuel lite goes on. Then the fuel
lite goes off and the fuel gauge goes to full again. I stop and open
the gas cap and purge (burp) the tank. Same shit. When I burped the gas
tank I smelled gass but I don't know if its because I opened the gas cap
or something is funny in the tank.

Anybody have anything similar happen like that happen to them??
Im off to subaru in the am.
O5 forester xt/auto with 27oo miles.

mitch

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Hi,
Damnest thing. Got a full tank of gass, went about six miles and turned
off the engine. Started it back up about three hours later and the check
engine lite came on and the cruise control lite starts flashing. then
the fuel gage goes to empty and the low fuel lite goes on. Then the fuel
lite goes off and the fuel gauge goes to full again. I stop and open
the gas cap and purge (burp) the tank. Same shit. When I burped the gas
tank I smelled gass but I don't know if its because I opened the gas cap
or something is funny in the tank.

Anybody have anything similar happen like that happen to them??
Im off to subaru in the am.
O5 forester xt/auto with 27oo miles.

mitch

Sounds like a bad ground wire.

I dunno

Carl

 

[Dino]

We had exactly the same thing happen on our 05 Outback 2.5i, manual w/3200
miles. My wife was driving it when it happened, and she said the car would
barely go when you hit the gas. She didn't notice the fuel gauge things you
had, but the cruise control light started flashing and the CEL went on. I
had filled it up the day before or maybe earlier in the morning, I don't
remember. She unscrewed the gas cap and made sure it was back on right and
drove home. That afternoon I get the same thing. The next morning I get in
it to take it to the dealer just like you are, and everying was fine and
it's been fine since! (happened over a week ago) So I'm thinking either I
didn't put the cap on correctly or I got bad gas. I broke the cardinal rule
and filled up while the fuel truck was there, so was wondering if I got some
crud that got churned up in the station's tank.

The owners manual says that the cruise control light flashes when it's been
disabled, which you can do if you move the cruise control lever while you're
starting the engine. So I thought she accidently did that, but now I'm not
so sure after reading your post.

I'm chalking it all up to the gas gap unless I hear different. Seeing how
we had both just filled up the tank, it seems pretty similar.

dean.

 

[the one and only]

We had exactly the same thing happen on our 05 Outback 2.5i, manual w/3200
miles.

Hey Dino,
Well I went out this am to disable the air horns so Mr Sube won't say
thats the problem. In the process I dropped a star washer off the ground
wire down in the engine compartment so I had to remove the battery to
get it. Got the star washer, hooked up the battery. Just for shits and
grins, I started the engine and no check engine lite, no cruise lite
flashing, everything just fine. I think all I did was reset the computer
but its a strange one anyway. As my old electronic's mentor told me, if
you have a problem , look at the last place you shit. And the common
thread is the new tank of gas. I got mine at a "discount" gas
station......three bucks a gallon for premium (xt turbo).
I'll keep the group posted with anything new......