Fusible link question?

[1997reduxe]

Hi all.

I have a 95 legacy wagon, it seems to be having intermittent starting problems now that it’s getting warmer here in Texas.

I mean it had some problems in the past recently as in around thanksgiving I replaced the battery it’s had no real problems till today.

But I go to start it and there’s no beeping while the doors open and key in ignition, no power at all. But I closed the rear hatch and checked the fuse box under the hood, jiggled the fusible link a little, which actually looks pretty new, and voila it starts right up.

I just wondered should I just replace the link? Or could it be the ignition? I’ve noticed it also seems intermittent that the door open alarm sounds.

Any advice would be very welcome.

Thanks so much.

‘97

[jonathan909]

Any time a fault responds to a wiggle, you really have to dig in and look closely.  Last time I had problems that responded to wiggling stuff in the under-hood fuse box ('02 Forester with intermittent ABS fault), the trouble was corrosion in the box's connectors.  Pull out the fusible link and look down into the pins it mates with.  Any green residue suggesting copper decay?

[forester2002s]

3 hours ago, jonathan909 said:

Any time a fault responds to a wiggle, you really have to dig in and look closely.  Last time I had problems that responded to wiggling stuff in the under-hood fuse box ('02 Forester with intermittent ABS fault), the trouble was corrosion in the box's connectors.  Pull out the fusible link and look down into the pins it mates with.  Any green residue suggesting copper decay?

+1. And when you wiggle the fusible link, what else moves? The battery-post clamp, for example?