diva0301 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 My 96 Legacy wagon started flashing the "AT oil temp" light on engine start up. Have now taken to TWO trusted local mechanics and both say they are unable to get their scanners to show diagnostic codes on the trannie. They spent a total of about 5 hours trying to get the codes out and nada. Please help -- my last resort is the dealer but it has given terrible advice and terrible service in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendly_jacek Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 My 96 Legacy wagon started flashing the "AT oil temp" light on engine start up. Have now taken to TWO trusted local mechanics and both say they are unable to get their scanners to show diagnostic codes on the trannie. They spent a total of about 5 hours trying to get the codes out and nada. Please help -- my last resort is the dealer but it has given terrible advice and terrible service in the past Please search the forum, there is a procedure to get the code by counting the light flashes. The issue surfaced several times in the last several weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diva0301 Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Thanks, I did read the earlier posts. But I think this is a bigger issue -- the transmission computer is not ABLE to send codes, which is why the mechanics aren't able to retrieve them. So whatever the "flashes" might say, something else is possibly wrong with the electronics. Any suggestions?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy777 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Take it to the subaru dealer, they can pull the codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diva0301 Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Thanks, Josh, I guess I'll have to bite the bullet w/my dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 diva0301: do you mean the mechanics follow the procedure in the service manual and still can't see any codes? Your first port mentioned scanners, but in this case scanners don't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diva0301 Posted November 1, 2004 Author Share Posted November 1, 2004 I'm not sure exactly...both told me they weren't getting any codes from the transmiss. computer, and they had about 8 pages of a "problem tree" to go through to figure out what was wrong. Since the car by then had been in repair shops for two whole days w/o a diagnosis and w/o anyone being able to retrieve DTCs, I'm not sure they really know what to do, and it may be their scanners simply won't pick up something that the dealer's scanner would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Maybe there is a scanner that could read the AT codes, but the service manual does not mention one. The code reading procedure is in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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