Subaru stuck in park after brake light repair
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- This is an amateur demonstration of how to easily fix one of the causes of a Subaru Forester that is stuck in park, with diagnostic trouble code C-1531. Details of the circuit diagram and design features are discussed. How to change the rear brake light bulb in this vehicle is incidentally shown.
The information contained here is offered for free, but with no guarantees as to accuracy or safety. DIY auto repair comes with inherent risk, so do not attempt to fix your own car unless you are willing to accept those risks. Always search out multiple sources of critical information, and search out the dealers repair manual for expert repair advice.
Interesting dilemma my friend , your intuition was correct, go to the last thing you did to find the fault self imposed. Get diagnosis nevertheless. Thank you for bringing us along. Your friends from Fort Lauderdale Florida USA
The man that never made a mistake never made anything. I guess it's called learning by experience? That's why we cant put an old head on young shoulders. Great video delivered with humility. Excellent! Sail Safe mate. Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.
Great video. I don’t understand why they require such a long screwdriver on these new Subaru’s to bypass the shift lock. Previous generation used the a short screwdriver or even the ignition key to depress the button.
Another good video! Btw.. "Spelunkerd" reminds me of an old game from 1983 called "Spelunker" on NES were you explore a cave.
This video described my issue and solved it. Thank you. I was pretty set on replacing all my filaments with LEDs, apparently, my LED bulb selection blew fuse #8 each time I tried to use them on my 2015 stock Forester. Good info.
This is a feature of all modern Toyota and Subaru vehicles (parhaps others too). I had a 2013 Toyota Tacoma stuck in a drive through because a poorly wired trailer with no fusable link, blew the 10A brake light fuse in the truck.
Wow! This was my exact problem, thank you so much. Your video was clear and to the point.
frosty night...I've had a couple of those:)
Kind of stinks that one bad bulb/shorted socket can make all brake lights and the shifter stop working, for such an important circuit. Individual branches and fuses would be a good redundancy for safety. I feel like some cars actually have the third brake light on a separate power supply for this reason.
Did this Subaru have the low profile mini fuse or just the regular mini fuse. The mini fuse will work in place of a low profile mini temporarily if you get stranded but not the other way around. Thanks again for the great video and tutorial.
Hey man, thanks for stopping by! For anybody who is interested, the very best CZcams video describing the "Stuck in Park" Subaru misadventure caused by a defective OEM brake light switch is on ThePracticalMechanic channel. Nothing better than practical advice as to how to get off the road without requiring an emergency tow. Most of those vehicles with the bad switch have now been fixed, so looking forward, blown fuses will soon be the more common cause. This fuse was the regular mini, I'll watch for those low profile ones.
Fantastic! Laughed when you told your wife that you broke her car 😂. Was the replacement bulb defective or just had the wrong pins that shorted power to ground?
Yeah, I think wrong pins combined with a bad fit caused it to short when I pushed in the brake pedal. Thanks for stopping by, Ivan!
If i'm understanding it correctly, you have to depress the brake for the computer to allow you to put the car in drive.
Hmm they should have used a double brake switch, one for the lights and one for the nanny state lol.
Stuff like this comes under the heading " Silly designs." :-D
Great video .
I don’t own a Subaru but how did you know to “emergency” unlock the shifter, owners manual?
Most vehicles do and the manufacturers put them in different areas around the shifter. If you want a definitive answer for your car, ask a dealer or a tow truck driver.
In the late 60's my mom put the two younger kids into our '63 chev to do some errands, then remembered she left her purse in the house. She popped into the house to grab her purse and when she came out she saw the car rolling backwards. She caught up to it just as it came to rest against a neighbor's tree across the street. My darling 5 year old brother had shifted into neutral. A few years later auto manufacturers came to agreement that some kind of shift interlock was needed, and all have some variant of that. When you know what you're looking for you will find those little release buttons in many cars, but the unusual feature of Subaru is how long the screwdriver needs to be. A nail file, bic pen, or even a long nail would work. When you press in you are manually pushing the end of the solenoid back to allow the shift handle to move. Thanks for asking!
Good video, but interesting tree. Is that an old paper bark maple?
These are native Arbutus trees, Canada's only broad leafed evergreen tree. The bark peels off every year, then a new layer forms the next year. Their distribution range is all along the west pacific coast, usually within about ten miles of the pacific ocean. They are a little messy since leaves drop all year long, but I love their intriguing bark, extremely hard wood, and strange leaning branches and stems. We live on Vancouver Island. Thanks for stopping by!
soooooooooooooooooooo i replaced my brake light switch with no luck.... checked my fuses..... thanks!
Interesting....How far did your dog drag the power probe before you noticed him...lol
Hello my friend. I have a lexus rx400h 2006. 4 years and i have one problem. When i press break pedal slowly and lightly vehicle stops immediately, feels like ABS emergency stop system activated. This problems happens rare but this is very dissapointing thing. Computer diagnostic and dashboard does not show problems or checks. Can you tell me what this problem is ? P.S sorry for my bad english.
Excellent vehicle, you may know we owned one before my wife fell asleep and drove off an embankment. The car protected her faithfully, but it didn't survive the insurance hit so the vehicle was written off. I think you'll need a technician with a labscope and diagnostic tools that go far beyond DIY repairs. First thought is a failing wheel sensor, those devices have a hard time with slow wheel speeds and can send aberrant signals to the abs sensor, triggering the abs system. However with the complexity of regenerative braking, a simple code reader will not detect the signs of early failure. Many codes are proprietary and will not show up on a generic OBDII scan. Good luck!
@@spelunkerd thank you friend. I have one more question. 2 days ago i checked brake fluid suitability and master says brake fluid's need a change. Brake fluid's boiling temperature was 136 degrees instead of 200 degrees. And question is, can this brake problem caused by "bad" break fluid ?
1:20 people who sell stuff at retail stores (clerks, counter people) are not so called professionals. Burden is always on the consumer to double check.
Yup, I'm kicking myself for not noticing. They do the clickety-clack on their computer database, select the part and we assume all is well. I even brought in the old bulb. If I'd looked more closely I'd have noticed the original is double filament, the first replacement was single. Clearly wrong, my bad.