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Hi guys thanks for all your messages teying to help. I took the car on a recovery truck to a guy in wickford on xmas eve and was happy to help! He got it running for me within a few hours. He said the immo was packed up so he took it out and reccomended i buy a new one if i wanted. However he also said the ecu was faulty as some loose wires touched each other under the steering may have blown a curcuit on the ecu. He gave me a Apexi which was worth a lot he said as it was the only one he had. Done some re-wiring and all was up and runinng!

Hi Mark thanks for your response. I kept my original barrel that i broke the key in as the local locksmith took the broken peice out and cut me a new key. Thats the problem im having evrything is the same and it dont work. Ive has enough of the car sitting on my drive so i just decided to load the car on a recovery truck and send it first thing in the morning to scooby specialist in wickford essex as the guys confident he can fix or bypass the immo. Hope it works!

Yeah i was a bit sceptical about the immobiliser unit being faulty myself but only went by the mechanic word. Starting to think it may be somthing mechanical went wrong when the steering column went in? Maybe something like like this issue here? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/42284-car-starts-then-shuts-off/ Will check out some videos on youtube on crank non start and rule out some issues. Not sure though if this is a mechanical issue or an electric one?

Hi thanks for your response. Yeah i can hear the fuel pump prime. Sorry im not a mechanic not sure how to check if there is a spark when cranking (where would i check this?) The car does crank and somtimes start for a second and switch itself off again.

Hi i am new to the forum and have purchased my first subaru inpreza classic turbo uk spec. Not had a good start with it. Recently i broke the key in the door lock barrel which i repaired. I had to also get the steering column changed as i broke the steering lock. After the repairs the car doesn't start. the car just turns on for a second and switches itself off. I was told by a local mechanic it has a Immobiliser problem so i sent the immobiliser, transponder and ecu to a company named Autotronics in Leicester who said they found no faults with the coding but also reflashed the ecu. Any help would be much appreciated!! Many thanks!