Hey guys,
I bought an 06 liberty 2.0R about 3 months ago from a dealership in Perth.
The car had only done 80,000kms when I bought it and she is in immaculate condition.
Ever since I bought the car I have had some very weird problems with it.
Firstly I had some serious acceleration problems - Initially, I would be driving the car in cruise control mode - then randomly the cruise control would turn off by itself, and the cruise control light on the dash would flash.
Then after a few days more the car just randomly lost all power whilst driving at about 90kms/h - it had no acceleration at all. The car would idle but backfire and spit over 2k revs - practically wouldn't drive.
The car ended up at a Perth Subaru dealership. They determined the cause to be SILICON (in goo form) found in the fuel tank blocking the fuel pump pick-up. The reason for silicon being found in the fuel tank was believed to be from somebody using silicon as a gasket to seal the access hatch to the fuel pump/tank - and excess dripping into the tank. To be honest I didn't believe it for a second.
Got the car back for a week, then the same problem happened again. The car gets sent back to Subaru - and they tell me they think they perhaps didn't get all the silicon out of the tank.
So anyway I get the car back and she drives mint - and does so for about 5-6 weeks.
Now, earlier this week - I was driving the car in cruise control mode - and bang - it turns off again by itself and the light starts to flash.
When I got home I decided Id do the old ECU reset by disconnecting the negative terminal - hoping the problem would go away and never come back.
Good news the light is off and car seems to be driving ok - for about a day.
I start the car this morning - and this time I get the ABS light flashing!
Then I get in the car this afternoon on the way home from work, thankfully the ABS light is gone. But then about 15 minutes into the drive the cruise control light is back on flashing again! and I wasn't even in cruise control mode!
I've taken the car back to Subaru tonight.
Can anybody shed some light as to what the fuck is going on with my car?? PLEASE?
My guess is faulty ECU? I'm really hoping Subaru can fix what ever it is once and for all.