It's dead

"SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter) 07/26/2016 at 22:36 • Filed to: None

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Pulled away from a light on the commute home, made it up to 30 mph, and then everything when wrong. Engine cut out, PS went with, a pale blue smoke seeped into the cabin.

I was able to get to the median, not the most desirable place, but there was no way to cross the right lane and into a parking lot. I tried in vain to start the car, it would turn over and immediately die. I sat there for 5 minutes, hazard lights blinking, one woman in an oncoming cobalt stopped and gestured for me to cross in front of her, I signaled that the car had died by pointing at the car and drawing a line across my throat, she waved and went on her way.

Finally the oncoming lanes both cleared, I held the gas and the break, started the car, it ran long enough to kick the car into drive and propel it forward 20 yards and across the lanes into a bank parking lot.

I thought it may have overheated or some such, but after a couple hours it still isn’t running. I tried an ODB2 reader, but that requires the engine to actually stay running for it to pull the codes, seems a AAA call is on tap for tomorrow.

dogisbadob > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 22:41

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The engine doesn’t have to be running for OBD to work. They key has to be in the ON position, but you don’t have to start the engine and it doesn’t have to be running.

Sorry your car stopped working :(

How many miles on it?

E90M3 > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 22:42

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My dad had a car with that engine pictured, I hated that vile thing. I think it’s transmission was on it’s last legs so it got traded in for a Hyundai.

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > dogisbadob 07/26/2016 at 22:49

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It’s a bluetooth reader, seems that in the accessory position it isn’t getting enough juice to broadcast. It has 157K on it and has been plagued with issues since it rolled past 100K.

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > E90M3 07/26/2016 at 22:50

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I was hoping it would get totaled in an accident, not that lucky it seems.

NinetyQ > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 22:53

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3.8 Series 2? If it’s dead at 157k, you murdered it.

E90M3 > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 22:53

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I saw your comment about everything going wrong after 100k, that’s what happened to that. It hit 100k then GM quality took over, all the dash lights died, not like the bulbs went out, something broke, then other things happened. My dad did have it for a decade, so there’s that.

dogisbadob > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 22:57

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aaah ok ok ok

I thought it was just a regular scanner like you’d get at Autozone whoops

Hopefully the Cruze will turn out to be more reliable.

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > E90M3 07/26/2016 at 23:05

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Man, the lights. Speedo lights, lock lights, HVAC lights, window switch lights, headlights, all randomly go out and come back on.

It’s on it’s 3rd blower motor as well, changing that is a real treat.

I actually had the fuse for the rear defroster melt into the fuse block.

E90M3 > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 23:09

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I feel you, it’s all those random things that break. I remember we had to change the seat heater switch cause the switch shorted out and left the seat heaters on. I found a new one on ebay that fixed the problem cause the regals in the junkyard lacked the heated seats. Sometimes I wonder after all of this why people think BMWs are unreliable, my M3 has been so much better than that.

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > E90M3 07/26/2016 at 23:24

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I told my wife that f I had known how much of a pain this war was going to be i would have brought a land rover instead, at least those are expected to break down bi-weekly.

Nauraushaun > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/26/2016 at 23:44

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We're you late in a 3.8? I'm told that never happens!

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > NinetyQ 07/27/2016 at 01:01

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This.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/27/2016 at 07:48

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YOU KILLED A 3.8????

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/27/2016 at 08:27

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I think it was actually a suicide.

Rykilla303 > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 07/27/2016 at 12:26

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My 01 Grand Prix 3800 and I will have a moment of silence for your loss.