Subaru forest 05,car lurches, ABS light comes on, gets to point that it dies then needs a jump to start it. Manual says low battery triggers the ABS shut-off. Replaced battery but problem continues.

Asked by garylawton024 Feb 07, 2014 at 07:24 PM about the 2005 Subaru Forester

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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I had a Trooper that acted similar. Turned out to be the ground cable was corroded. All I did was cut off the end and the problem was fixed.

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do you get a check engine light on the dash? check you're grounds but if that dosn't do the trick it may be a bad alternator.

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