Clock/info display flashing "ign"

[renan_don18]

Hi guys,

A few days ago I noticed that sometimes my clock/info panel would flash "ign" (looks like the top part of 1, a 9 and the top part of a 0) where the temp and stuff would usually show. After a while it goes away, sometimes it doesn't. Nothing really feels wrong with the car but what is it trying to tell me?

Any ideas or info would be great.

Thanks

[Phoenixx]

Hey, I had this same problem. I would periodically get an IGN or an Err warning on the display. It is actually not an error code but there is a thing in the owners manual about it and after a lot of searching it is basically a fault with the clock unit. It will get worse and happen more often. Options basically are get a new unit from subaru (I was quoted about 600) find a used one from a wreckers and hope its good (I have seen them for varying prices between about $130-200) or you can pull the front off the clock and resolder some bits that come loose. Its a common problem.

I resoldered mine and it fixed the problem for a while but it started happening again about a month later. Luckily when i was in Japan i happen to find one in a scrap bin at up garage for 500 yen.

[renan_don18]

Hey, I had this same problem. I would periodically get an IGN or an Err warning on the display. It is actually not an error code but there is a thing in the owners manual about it and after a lot of searching it is basically a fault with the clock unit. It will get worse and happen more often. Options basically are get a new unit from subaru (I was quoted about 600) find a used one from a wreckers and hope its good (I have seen them for varying prices between about $130-200) or you can pull the front off the clock and resolder some bits that come loose. Its a common problem.

I resoldered mine and it fixed the problem for a while but it started happening again about a month later. Luckily when i was in Japan i happen to find one in a scrap bin at up garage for 500 yen.

thanks for the info! I thought this was a lost cause already. yeah sometimes it keeps happening but sometimes its not. Ill see what i can do about soldering the bits. hopefully wont need to replace it but yeah, its becoming an older car so parts getting cheaper at the wreckers hopefully. cheers!