Common Problems or Just Luck?
 

Have you had the problems listed in the Poll?

Just to gauge how common these really are, with the car and with the storage thereof

Pete

none of the above:)

Yes, how do I add a None of the Above????

I forgot the one I would vote for!! :D Derrrrrrr!!

Pete

why :Whatever_

Why NOT?? :rolleyes:

Don't participate if you don't want to you loser :rolleyes:

Pete

Well I ticked MAF failure, but I wouldn't say I'd been plagued by it. My MAF failed, it got replaced, end of problem. :)

No other issues with the MAF Failure Bubba???

Nothing else blow up??

What alerted you to the fact that it had gone??

Pete

Well, no... My car started to have a hesitation at 4000 revs, which turned -eventually after about a fortnight- into "limp home mode". I'm not one for going vv fast... by that, I mean approaching top speed... so an ailing MAF probably wouldn't have allowed my engine to run lean for a dangerously long period at high revs anyway. The car's in it's 90ks and is running extremely sweetly.:)

Another one here for a none of the above :) (quickly touch's wood)

None of the above.

John

none of above

Pete

when you changing ya mota?

You want mine don't ya'????? ;) :D

Bubba ..... mine has hesitated a little at 4000 RPM since NEW!! :eek:

Pete

The AE802 ECU fitted to MY00 is notorious for some hesitation / wavering in power.

no way.

its a GREEN wagon and has old man smell

None of above.
Yes, mine too was hesitant when new, until I started using Optimax.

Its DBM and it smells of wet dog actually ..........

:D Pete ;)

I know what you mean... the acceleration curve isn't perfectly smooth, normally, but it was really noticeable, even to someone who hadn't driven a scoob before. I'd only really had it a fortnight before I noticed the hesitation building up. You might need a new MAF Pete, saints preserve us!! You're lucky, though; With the MY00 you only have to replace the sensor (£80.00) Not the entire housing (£220-odd) :D

I've had the O2 sensor done twice in two years. My service engineer (my nephew and an RS Ford/Subaru/Miitsy turbo specialist, so no rip-off) tells me that these items have a limited life and should really be given a service interval, like spark-plugs. :lol1:

Just found this, not a UK site but interesting all the same:-

Mass Airflow Meter (MAF)

We're on our fourth one. Despite our attempts at isolation from vibration and protection from contaminants, we have yet to determine the concrete cause (or causes) of chronic MAF failure. We, like everyone else, have our suspicions. But without any successful long-term solutions, we're left feeling rather inadequate. With replacement 1999 MAFs from our local Subaru dealership costing a tad over $300, we're left a little light in the wallet region as well.

One thing is for sure, driving a turbo Impreza would be a lot more enjoyable if we didn't have to worry about a vital engine sensor failing at any given minute with little or no warning. A speed density (MAP-sensor based) programmable EFI system is looking more and more attractive with each successive MAF failure. If you have missed the previous nine installments of this series, we should point out, once again, that the '98 and '00 2.5 RS do not have this problem.

Pete