Top 20 2005 Subaru Forester - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Hi there! You have to remove the plastic under the car bumper and then slip your hand up there to remove the bulb. On some cars you can remove the 10mm blts that hold the assembly in from the front,then take the assembly out and access the bulb.

Disconnect the negative battery cable for 10 minutes, reconnect, turn key to on position for 10 seconds,it should reset and run ok.

yes a low or defective battery will cause the alarm to go off, if the battery was low chances are it is starting to fail, replace it before it strands u..

Not far fetched. The frequencies may bleed like a radio channel does when its not right on. Your two frequencies may be so close or one much stronger(other car) You should have it check before someone else notices it. Good luck

there are two fuse boxes
one under hood, one inside vehicle

no it would not be the timing belt making a rattling noise it couldn possible be you heat shield around your break rotor it could be someting having to do with ur suspenion like a spring maybe what kind of rattling noise? or a regular heat shield but loose in that particular area

remove bottom cover under car the filter is at the bottom of the engine as is the drain plug for the sump ,very easy to do

It probably is the converter. The check engine light has nothing to do with maintenance at all, nor does it really directly concern the engine. The check engine light comes on for emmission purposes. Such as converter, loose gas cap and all kinds of sensors.

Hello, I will share a little tech tip with you... These instructions tell you to disconnect the HVAC (Heating,Ventalation,Air Conditioning) cables, they are a pain. All I do is, when you get to the point where you WOULD disconnect them, just take out the screws on either side of the HVAC control head and just bend the brackets out enough to remove the stereo, and when your going back together with it, just put one of the screws in one of the holes for the HVAC control head and put the screw driver on the screw and push the bracket with the screw driver to line up the holes and screw it in. Do the same with the other side and it's good as new. You really don't have to bend them out hardly at all. I hope this info helps...
REMOVAL

1. Remove front cover (A).

1. Remove two screws (B) and then remove center panel (C) while disconnecting connector.

1. Remove fitting screws, and slightly pull radio out from center console.
2. Disconnect electric connectors and antenna feeder cord and then disconnect heater control unit.

INSTALLATION
Install in the reverse order of removal.

Different oil brand/blend/formula? Thats a good one. As long as the oil was 5W30 it's not causing your problem. I would find a independent service center that specializes in Subaru's.

I did some quick "googling" because I wanted to see if there was any relevant info for you and it looks like 2,400lbs is your limit .. I found this info quite extensively here

Hello engelhard58
I have attached a link that can give you some of the reasons why your getting that code.I hope you able to get your answer out of that.
Mean of the code=P0420 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold.
Link to site

It is likely that where the wiper arm is attached to the linkage  it is either loose or stripped.

The fuel pump has its own filter/screen regardless of make and model.Yours will be the bolted (high pressure)aluminium type closer to the fuel tank.

There is a chance that the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) in the trans is bad. The ECM (computer) needs to know how fast the vehicle is moving, and what load it's under in order to adjust engine RPM and consequently emission controls, trans shift points, etc. Hope this helps.

those are not codes those show that you didnt read instructions completely on the use of your scan tool those show that their are codes present depending on unit you either hit next or codes or enter rescan vehicle and continue to next page when those show up

It sounds like you over heated the engine and have damaged the head gasket. do not drive and have you car looked at more in detail to confirm the head gasket is indeed the problem

fuse 4 underhood fuse box and circuit breaker left end of dash

Sounds like your in tank pump isn't working.....and you have no fuel pressure at the fuel rail on the engine. See if you can tell that it turns on when you turn the key on....I'm not familiar with Subarus so I don't know if you can hear them spin up or not......Most any shop can tell you if you have fuel pressure at the rail....the other way is to loosen the fuel line at the rail and turn the key to on ( not crank) and see if you have fuel leaking from the loosened connection.