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Hi all, I'm looking to sell my 2007 Forester 2.5 XTen. This is the top spec version with central locking, alarm and immobiliser, climate control, heated leather seats, large electric sunroof, electric windows all round, electric heated mirrors with indicators, HID headlights with washers and self-levelling supension, fog lights, alloy 17" wheels, sat-nav etc. etc. The car is in very good condition for the year, with a low mileage of only 88800, full service history, a new MOT will be supplied. Manuals, handbook and two keyfobs supplied. All tyres are in good condition with loads of tread left, two have only done 1000 miles or so. The exhaust has been replaced with a full stainless Hayward and Scott system (turbo-back with two sports cats - middle cat replaced last year, passes MOT emmissions test and not too loud:-) ) This car has been mapped to produce 270BHP I have replaced the original rubbish stereo with a double-DIN touch screen DVD/MP3/CD player with reversing camera (camera needs to be connected). I have also replaced the original out-of-date and clunky sat nav with a decent touch screen Garmin unit. There was a towbar fitted when I got the car - this has been removed, but can be supplied if required - the towbar electrics are still present. There is a slight car park ding on the nearside rear quarter panel, otherwise the car is clean and straight. I have had the car for three years, and I am only selling because the car gets very little use due to my job. It has only done about 7000 miles since I bought it, and only a couple of thousand in the last two years! More info. and photos can be supplied upon request. Offers around £3000

There's another good article here http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/65-parts-accessories-performance/39426-freessm-complete-access-your-ecm-tcu.html Mods please excuse the link to a foreign forum, please delete if against the rules ;-)

You could try OBD2 as you might get lucky, but these types of faults don't usually show up there. There's a huge link on here As to which one to try - I have used the cheap bluetooth dongles you see on fleabay with the Torque app on my phone, but this is a bit hit and miss. The best way I've found is with one of these usb adapters http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Cable-KKL-VAG-COM-409-1-OBD2-II-OBD-VW-Audi-Seat-Skoda-Auto-Diagnostic-Tool-/322068310723?hash=item4afcc46ac3:g:46gAAOSwEK9UJTD7 and running FreeSSM https://sourceforge.net/projects/freessm.berlios/ You need to use the right drivers for the dongle, but you get much more consistent results and more information. Google is your friend :-)

I'm in Portsmouth, got a 2007 2.5XTen. Would be happy for you to have a look aound it if you like, working out the country at the moment but should be back in a week or two.

I've had more than a few electrical gremlins on mine. First was the battery not charging, then the "drive by wire" accelerator pedal not working. Luckily the car was under warranty from the place I had bought it from, both problems were fixed (eventually) by them. Wiring problems was the cause in both aparently, no more info than that. Yours sounds like an immobiliser fault - you probably have a Sigma M30 alarm fitted like mine. If you have just one button on the key and a flashing LED below the speedometer it's most likely the same. You may also have a keypad in a pull-down tray below the fog light switches. You probably know already, but just in case you don't - the immobiliser arms automatically 30 seconds after you turn the ignition on if you don't start the car. The LED turns on steady to show it's immobilsed, if this happens press the button on the key to start. I've got the alarm manuals if you are missing them. HTH Steve

Hi, I doubt if this is going to be much help, the offside mirror on my XTen also does this, but anyway........ I've stripped the mirror down, and the cause seems to be the mirror mount itself has been damaged at some point, probably by being hit. As far as I can work out, the motorised folding mechanism works by sensing when the mirror has reached the stop point, but where the stop has been over-stressed it just carries on until the mirror is flat against the door frame. I didn't get any further with this, as it would have required stripping the door down to remove the whole mirror mount. My bodge-it-and-run fix was to cut one of the wires feeding the motor Ok, the mirror doesn't fold anymore, but at least it stays in a useable position! BTW, a new mirror is nearly £400 so I have been looking for a second hand one for over a year now, no luck so far. If you happen to find a drivers side one for your Forester let me know if the offside one is available too! Cheers

Hi, I got !Removed! off with mine too - maps out of date, very slow, kept defaulting to Belgium for some reason. I removed the original display and the DVD drive/box in the glovebox and fitted a Garmin Nuvi 65. It fits nicely with a bit of fetling, used the windscreen suction cup stuck to a bracket I made from a bent piece of aluminium araldited to the top of the original satnav pod. Fitted a cigar lighter in-line plug to the original display's cable and used the original Garmin car charger. It switches on and off with the ignition and works MUCH better than the original. Got a load of space back in my glovebox too :-) HTH Steve

HI Blick999, welocome to the wonderful world of Subaru :-) Mine's a 2009 2.5XT, but I've got the keypad fitted. It's for the Sigma alarm, mine's an M30, but I imagine most of the functions are similar. Have a look here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sx3l01a7bhehscw/AAANo_nh1l-xYM9djhGQYbUYa?dl=0

Not really sure, I don't keep tabs on my mpg much. I guess it does just under 30mpg on long runs if I keep my foot off the loud pedal. Drops drastically when I boot it though Certainly a lot more responsive than it was though - makes me wish it was a manual sometimes

I had my 2.5 XTeN Auto remapped by Duncan from RaceDynamix. 276 rwbhp :P Only mods are K&N filter and a H&S sports cat exhaust system. So your answer is YES

If you find any let me know! I've been looking for a replacement nearside one for my 2007 XTEn for 6 months now They're £350 new from Subaru !!!!!

Mine's a 2007 2.5 XTEn , I haven't had the air valve problem (touch wood) but my n/s mirror does the 'spin all the way round' trick. A replacement is about 400 quid aparently I took it apart but the mounting seems to be damaged so I just cut the wire to the motor - no more movement!

Thanks Stanton500, it's a fly-by-wire model. It's going back to the garage today (again) so hopefully they'll find something, though I'm not holding my breath. Perhaps I should insist they farm it out to an authorised Subaru dealership for repair :P

Cheers Shifty - ordered!

Bump - It's went into the garage again a couple of weeks ago, they said they replaced the accelerator pedal assembly, though I'm not so sure. I don't really have any confidence in the garage, though I'm sort of stuck with them as they're owned by the dealership I bought the car from and if I want the work done under warranty I have to go to them. The car was fine up until yesterday when it went into "limp home" mode again. Scanner shows P2127 again, and I can't clear the error either with my Bluetooth dongle using Torque on my phone or my D900 handheld scanner. I've cleaned/reseated every connector on the ECU/accelerator pedal. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks Steve

Hi Shifty - could you tell me which cable you ordered? Did it come from Amazon? Thanks

Cheers Ash007ks

Cheers Ash007ks. 'Scuse the noob questions, I currently don't know much about Scooby ECUs or the engines. Is it absolutely necessary to get a re-map when fitting a free-flowing exhaust and/or a K&N filter panel, or is it OK to stick with the stock ECU map? Obviously getting a re-map will make the engine use the new bits more efficiently, but will using the stock map damage the engine? Cheers Steve

Cheers again Pete!

Thanks Scooby Pete, I was looking for a recommendation for a decent re-map place as well - Camberley's not that far and it would be great to get both done at once. Cheers mate Steve

As it says, looking to get my Forester 2.5 XTen remapped for the new exhaust + K&N filter panel. Any recommendations on the South Coast or thereabouts? Cheers Steve

Hi, maybe a stupid question, but here goes. Just bought a 6 month old used H&S stainless exhaust system for my Forester 2.5 XTen, which I aim to get fitted by a local exhaust comp. My question is will I need to buy any special seals or gaskets to fit this? Or will the fitting company (need to find one yet) have all that's needed? I will be supplying all the nuts & bolts to fix the sections together. Cheers Steve

Hi guys, I've got an intermittent problem with my 2007 2.5 XTEN. Most of the time it's perfectly OK, but occasionally it goes into "limp home" mode and I get the "engine" and "traction control" lights on solid with the "cruise" light flashing. Checking with my bluetooth ODBII gizmo on my phone gives P2127 which is apparently "Accelerator Position Sensor E Low Input". I can't seem to clear the error codes either. I've reseated and cleaned the accelerator sensor connector, but the fault still happens. It's getting to be a real pain in the @rse It's been in the garage once already, but they couldn't find the fault - surprise surprise. My first idea was to replace the accelerator pedal, I think it's part number 36010SA001, but I bet it's going to be expensive. Any other ideas? Cheers Steve

Cheers stanton500, haven't seen that one, I'll have a look.