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Dear Motor Medics, I drive a 2015 Subaru Forester with all the options and lately I have been having an issue where all the lights on the dash come on. These are Check Engine, ABS, Eye Sight, Service Trac, etc.
I took it into an auto parts store where they read the codes and they said there were too many to do anything with, so I had to go to a local shop. The shop tried to find out what was wrong and spent a long time on it and they did not charge me, but they said I had to go somewhere else as they could not figure it out.
Well, I went back to the same parts store and bought a code reader and connected it to my phone then cleared the codes for the engine, which is all it will let me do, and all the lights went out. Do you think its something serious? Jerry Carlson in Minot, North Dakota
Dear Jerry, With many cars such as yours, when one code is set by a system like the engine management system, many lights will come on as they all rely on that system to operate.
For example. If the collision avoidance system needs to get a torque signal from the engine management system but there is a fault with it, it will not allow that system to operate and it sets a code.
It’s time for a trip to the Subaru dealer.
Take care, The Motor Medics
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