05 Outback XT with radio interference/rear defrost problem.....

[eoverhol]

I have a 2005 Outback XT which I really like, but have had a few annoying issues with. There's the "ILL.5" that pops up on my odometer even when I haven't changed the illumination settings on the dash (despite what one dealer told me), and more recently (and more annoyingly) I've started to get interference on my radio (FM) whenever I turn the rear defrost on. I'm assuming this is some sort of grounding issue with the built in antenna in the rear window. I get pretty miserable reception in the AM band as well.

I took it to my local Subaru dealer who wants to replace the entire radio (car's out of warranty of course). Has anyone else had this problem? I really don't want to replace the radio if its not going to fix the problem, and I'm unconvinced they actually looked for any grounding issues.

[Jay H]

Ah, check out this thread at legacygt.com:

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showt...ighlight=ILL.x

Look at the underdog's link and scroll that link down where they mention it could be a faulty switch (that controls the dashboard illumination).

Can't help you with the radio interference though.

Jay

[fnlyfnd]

I have interference with the rear defrost when I am listening to Sirius. I installed the direct connection for Sirius and it helped. Sorry, no help for regular radio...

[porcupine73]

ah ha..... check this out, just spotted on techinfo.subaru.com unfortunately it's not free to download. scoobymods.com might have this one in their TSB section; not sure. http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/litS...26-07&x=43&y=6

Your search for the Literature # 15-126-07 resulted following available document(s)
Radio Static When Rear Window Defogger Is On(360.62kb) 15-126-07


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