matt167 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) Does Subaru sell replacement electrical connectors? My mom hit a deer with her '12 Impreza in january @22k miles. She had it towed down the street to a shop who she has known people to use, but never had any dealings with. I told her to go to the dealer, but she did not listen. Now it's months later and he still has not gotten the rest of the under hood tags for it ( another story ).. While checking the oil filter for the recal, I noticed a glob of electrical tape on a sender under the oil filter ( oil pressure I think ). Followed the wire to find another glob of tape and some blue 3M type butt connectors, and then the harness continued on down. Pretty obvious to me, the impact busted up the sender and the plug ends, and he simply butt spliced it togther rather than resubmit a repair order to the insurance. Now because the car is still under warranty and should be right anyway. I think I need to buy a new sender and a connector if available.. Does Subaru sell replacement connectors, or do you need to buy entire harnesses? Edited April 15, 2013 by matt167 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor pole Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I would go over the work order and make sure that they did not charge you or your insurance for a new harness and simply "fix" it. as far as I know I don't think that you can buy just a connector from the dealer, but if you can find out brand/model/series connectors they use you could buy one from an online retailer like Mouser.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt167 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) I'll have to check the paperwork. I don't remember any sensors/ senders being on it. I'll have to locate the connectors. There was a lot that the adjuster did not include and the guy did have to resubmit for. Edited April 15, 2013 by matt167 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Just my humble opinion here, but I would take it back to the shop that did that and insist that they fix it properly. There's really no exuse for such Soddy work on that new of a car and they should know better. That's just what I would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt167 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) That's what my mom plans to do. She happens to have a coworker/ friend with a '13 Impreza and she is going to see if she can get pics of what is 'correct'... He has outstanding work to be done on the car still anyway ( emissions stickers ). I don't expect that he will come thru with a repair, and I will still have to make it.. It would not supprise me that the insurance company/ adjuster considers that repair acceptable. Especially if it required an entire wiring harness.. She found out, the policy she has, may be acceptable for a 5-10 year old car, but not a brand new car. The only saving grace was the fact that almost zero aftermarket existed at the time of her accident, so it had to be OEM. Edited April 16, 2013 by matt167 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wow, personally I would find another mechanic, it's the little things that count luckily it's just a oil sending unit and you noticed it and not something more important that you might have missed. Hopefully your mechanic does the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp98 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Was it a mechanic shop or a body shop? I have found out that body shops do great work on the body of the car buy don't know anything about the mechanical aspects of it and will butcher anything that they touch besides the body. The same can be said about a mechanic shop. They can work magic on the engine but when it comes time to do any work on the body they are quite ignorant If nothing else and you want to fix it yourself, get some solder, a iron, and heat shrink tubbing and do it right. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt167 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Body shop, but he only works there part time ( nights/ weekends ). His full time job is a tech at a GM dealership.. If I end up fixing it, it will be with solder and shrink, and hopefully I can locate the connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) gm mechanic in a body shop, that explains everything. Edited April 16, 2013 by mikaleda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt167 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) 90% sure he had the bodyshop before he took a job at the dealer.. We have had a few good bodyshops in this area bail out because of upcoming ( now current ) EPA regs they couldn't affordably comply with so what he does is not uncommon.. His fit and finish is actually really nice. It's just dissapointing to find the connection repaired like that, and the lagging with the emissions stickers, but he said he was still waiting on the sticker with the Vin on it last my mom talked to him Edited April 16, 2013 by matt167 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 It takes 5 minutes to order an emissions sticker from a Subaru dealer. You can call them on the phone and order, just have the VIN handy. Splice connectors and electrical tape are common wiring repairs at most dealerships even so I'm not surprised a bit about that. If you want it done with heat shrink and solder just ask him to do it that way. I don't see any reason why he shouldn't be able to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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