Petrolhead159 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Hi all, Had my Forester a year at the end of this month & its been an enjoyable trouble free drive, however today the engine light has come on.Does anybody know how to an ECU reset on a Forester SG (03) N/A When I had my Lexus, you could do it by pulling 3 fuses.Thanks in advance.Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogma1 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 remove Battery leads of 15min but if problem is still there it will trigger it again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead159 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 thanks Dogma, will disconnect the Battery overnight as im done with it for the evening...may have to invest in an OBD2 meter, handy to have kicking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead159 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 that was handy, just moved it to my garage & engine light didnt come on...must have heard that i was going to disconnect things & got worried 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Maybe some good news then :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 fingers crossed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead159 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 have ordered myself an OBD2 meter incase it comes on again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 have ordered myself an OBD2 meter incase it comes on again useful to have ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Agreed I've had one for years that just works with my phone. One of the best things I bought and really didn't think it would be that great :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Sorry to hijack the thread, gambit which scanner/ app are you using ? I bought a scanner off the bay and used the free torque app it seemed to work fine so i thought i'd buy the paid version of the app and now it saying my scanner can't read the ecu ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I have Torque pro And this is the scanner was £15 when I first bought it :) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bluetooth-Torque-OBD2-OBDII-Diagnostic-Scanner-CAR-CODE-READER-for-ELM327-V1-5-/130884616668?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item1e7954c1dc I used it the other day on an 07 Honda CRV to clear a code and worked fine. I would delete the app and re download it. Use your phone Bluetooth setting to connect to it don't try through the app should be fine :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Yeah i bought the pro version, to be fair i don't even know if the forester is compatable. I need to try the dongle in another car to see if it's that or the car i got the slightly cheper blue one that's available on there. I've heard that they ate only cheap chinese copies of the code so i wasn't expexting much for a fiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think the 97 is OBD port and not OBDII so that might be a problem if the scanner is a for the 2nd Gen. Could be wrong just a thought :) will have a look now mate I have a bit of time And I have come across some work shop manuals for Forester if you are interested only down side is it's 99-04 but might still be handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I did think this as i coulsn't find the odb2 plaque anywhere on the car it only has four pins on the plug. So either the free version of torque was lying to me and not working either or it was working ghen broke. I ran the diagnostic on the app and everything was fine apart from the coomunication to the ecu was reading fail. Still was only a fiver. I'll try it on my old mans car next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well after a quick look it's mixed reviews some people say it will work with older cars others say it didn't work with cars before 99. I'm guessing it did work for you with the trial version. So like you said best bets to try it on the old boys car :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 gonna start another thread lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Feel free mate ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Now a job for tomorrow too many cans this eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Me too well glasses of vodka ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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