Hi all: 2001 Forester, 138k miles. GREAT little car.
Don't yell at me, but the check engine light has been on for a couple of months. I had it hooked up to a computer and found the knock censor is the problem, was going to get it repaired when... I lost my job. I had to put the repair on hold, and since I don't commute anymore did not think it was essential to fix ASAP.
Today I get in the car (it's been sitting for a week, at least.) Pull out of driveway...ABS light comes on. Then goes off. I try putting car in drive, reverse, driving forwards a bit, applying the brakes. It's now going on and off with no apparent rhyme or reason.
Then AIRBAG light comes on. Then the icon for the battery. And the regular (hand held) BRAKE warning light. These are all coming on, staying on for a while, then going off. I drive the car for a bit. Airbag light goes off, ABS is off but comes on when I apply brakes. Battery icon and Brake are on.
There is zero discernible difference in how the car idles, drives, performs, etc.
One person I spoke to guessed computer. Someone else guessed alternator could be "dying". I think they just die, though, don't they? And like I said no loss of power. (I have had dead alts in other cars, know the symptoms.)
Any clues? It's going to the shop tomorrow anyway, but I would like to know if anyone has experienced this before, and what the culprit is, or might be.
Thanks much!
Don't yell at me, but the check engine light has been on for a couple of months. I had it hooked up to a computer and found the knock censor is the problem, was going to get it repaired when... I lost my job. I had to put the repair on hold, and since I don't commute anymore did not think it was essential to fix ASAP.
Today I get in the car (it's been sitting for a week, at least.) Pull out of driveway...ABS light comes on. Then goes off. I try putting car in drive, reverse, driving forwards a bit, applying the brakes. It's now going on and off with no apparent rhyme or reason.
Then AIRBAG light comes on. Then the icon for the battery. And the regular (hand held) BRAKE warning light. These are all coming on, staying on for a while, then going off. I drive the car for a bit. Airbag light goes off, ABS is off but comes on when I apply brakes. Battery icon and Brake are on.
There is zero discernible difference in how the car idles, drives, performs, etc.
One person I spoke to guessed computer. Someone else guessed alternator could be "dying". I think they just die, though, don't they? And like I said no loss of power. (I have had dead alts in other cars, know the symptoms.)
Any clues? It's going to the shop tomorrow anyway, but I would like to know if anyone has experienced this before, and what the culprit is, or might be.
Thanks much!