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I have a 2005 Forester 2.5X (the non-turbo) and have had intermittent battery/alternator issues for the past few days. I just got back from a six month military deployment to find that my Forester is very much resentful of me being away for so long. For starters, the AC compressor belt and the tension bearing were missing. After fixing these, troubles with acceleration popped up. Took the car to Subaru and they put in new signal coils, new spark plugs and new wiring. $650 gone.
As I was driving back, the brake and battery lights would come on intermittently. I chalked it up to them disconnecting the battery and figured it would go away, which it did. A few days later and now the brake, battery and ABS lights are coming on. The lights are dying at night and twice, it has felt like ABS has actually kicked on (car jolted as if I had hit something). What is strange is that everything went away the next day and the car ran fine for about 20 miles. Then, just the battery and brake lights came on. Voltmeter is in the midway range and either way, both the battery and the alternator are less than a year old, plus both tested good voltage-wise.
The only thing I have found is that the battery ground cable has the shielding pulled back and the wires are touching the starter solenoid where the ground post is. I don't know if this could be causing the battery to be losing ground or not, but any guesses would be appreciated. Since this happens intermittently, it makes me think wiring has to be an issue, but I don't know for sure. Any ideas?
As I was driving back, the brake and battery lights would come on intermittently. I chalked it up to them disconnecting the battery and figured it would go away, which it did. A few days later and now the brake, battery and ABS lights are coming on. The lights are dying at night and twice, it has felt like ABS has actually kicked on (car jolted as if I had hit something). What is strange is that everything went away the next day and the car ran fine for about 20 miles. Then, just the battery and brake lights came on. Voltmeter is in the midway range and either way, both the battery and the alternator are less than a year old, plus both tested good voltage-wise.
The only thing I have found is that the battery ground cable has the shielding pulled back and the wires are touching the starter solenoid where the ground post is. I don't know if this could be causing the battery to be losing ground or not, but any guesses would be appreciated. Since this happens intermittently, it makes me think wiring has to be an issue, but I don't know for sure. Any ideas?