Subaru Impreza: Key Will Not Come Out Of Ignition - Part II
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- In a previous video • Subaru Impreza: Key Wi... we had a look at a Subaru that did not want to give up its keys after being put into park. I now have the part to fix so let's yank out the shifter and get this car back on the road. -Enjoy!
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the cell phone camera has saved me many times when fixing stuff! Video evidence of how it's actually supposed to go back together is always awesome!
That was beautiful. [wiping tears from my eyes]
My best day as a technician was realizing... what you do in your videos is not magic. "If I can do it, you can do it" isn't just a humble brag but the truth.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, business and family with me. Without you and others, I wouldn't be half the tech I am today.
What a pain. Better you than me I would so mess that up. you're good . Great explanation of this job.
I used to call those 1 way keepers Jesus clips if 1 went flying you say OH Jesus.
Knob polisher LOL
I always thought it was because you'd say "Jesus! Where did that go?"
I called those spring something else related to bathroom work.
That's what I call C-clips because if it slips it can take your eye out or make its own Bermuda triangle and cease to exist.
Merry Christmas Mr O, thanks for all the videos, all the best for 2020.
Good video. A lot of tedious work for a simple switch. Beats changing an assembly. Have a good one.👍👍👍
If this were my car, I'd look to wire in a bypass and avoid going through this headache.
Yahtzee. I would want a big toggle switch that would bypass all that crapola.
Or put a second key in the dash that just disables ignition power.
Cut power to the solenoid that won't let the key out.
That’s just a fancy way of saying you don’t know how to work on it, and you just jerry rig everything. Leave it to the pros man.
Its not that bad - yes, fiddly and kinda a pain, but compared to some of the other stuff I've seen, it's relatively straight forward and doable without special tools. Trying changing the 'octopus' cooling hose on a Jaguar, now that's a pain. Or an alternator on an Alfa GTV6 - the factory put the bolts in backward (they hit the front cross member) so you have to lift the entire engine to remove it, which means disconnecting a ton of hoses.... Or even the lower timing chain tensioner on a mk6 GTI - the lower timing chain cover is glued on....
Hey Eric, Where can I get a SMA zipper sweat shirt like the one you were wearing in this video - I saw the pull over ones but want a zipper one. Thanks and thanks for what YOU do. Later
Great job Mr. O. Thanks!
Eric. Such a simple problem, but a long repair. It does seem like the car is designed to fail?
Great video. Great to hear more jokes too. Ya donger! Ashamedly I remember Kris Kross. Plz! Take them from my memory.
Ever get a chevy 5.3 with a lifter tap that comes and goes
where can i get that white plastic trim prying tool, never seen one like that here in Norway, i need it
Won't it be better to get a rebuilt or junk yard shifter?
If the engineers would have thought a little harder, they could have made it more difficult to get too.
No Santa Claus,Whadya mean NO Santa Claus?!
50 bux parts 18 hrs labor. Great fix though
I wish some of the other mechanics on TH-cam had your personality I would like to be able to watch a more of them but I just can't do it.
Try mustie1 he isn't a car mechanic but he wrenches on lots of engines
kbates666 I completely agree. He’s a kind soul. I wish more people would be like him.
@@kbates666 Two patient & very similar mechanics in style, personality & humor!
Try Scottie Kilmer, he's a riot!! Lol that's a joke, never watch him, I'm not real sure he's ever worked on a car.
@@00recon Oh come on! The way he throws his hands around, he is feeling you up while he is trying to get you to buy a Toyota on video so TH-cam can send him more $$$$$$$$$$__
Eric, when you took pictures of that connector, it reminded me of the very *first* car I had to fix *by myself* - my 1972 Olds Delta 88. It was my college transportation car, and one morning I walked to the garage and saw a puddle of antifreeze on the floor - the water pump had failed. I had a choice of fixing it myself, or quitting school 😁. I called my uncle, who was a brilliant man and could repair anything, and he walked me though the steps to replace the pump. The first thing I did before I removed a single bolt? I got out my trusty Polaroid camera (yeah, I'm that old) and snapped about ten pictures of where everything went. Three belts, untold bolts, and one gasket later, I had successfully replaced that pump, reassembled the car per my pictures, and it was perfect - except for one, lonely, solitary blue engine bolt. The car drove great for several more years, but I never did find out where that bolt belonged! 😀😀 Thanks for your great videos!
I drew pictures of my Corvairs brake drums and clips, even used a marker on the clips.
Nothing more frustrating and confusing when finding a bolt or screw left over and wondering where the frig it came from.
And no prankster friend helping you that happened to add that extra bolt?
@@ehsnils Nope, I was working solo. My uncle gave me instructions over the phone, and my grandmother took me to a parts store to buy the pump. Other than that, it was me and what few wrenches we had available!
One bolt left over? No worries, probably why you had a good run afterwards! I used to race speedway here in Aus and the blokes who did our engine builds had to go through a slab of beer while doing a build and had to have at least 1 bolt left over plus a few random washers. The only engine I ever watched them build and fit stone sober and with not a single left over bolt or washer was a dog that wouldn't run right no matter what we did. In frustration they stripped it back down over a slab and had a couple of random bolts left afterward and the thing ran beautifully and survived a full season without issue.
Sometimes life just works that way no matter how logic says it shouldn't. ;-)
The engineer that designed this should be forced to fix it.
Oh hung
Nah, this is what keeps us mechanics in business bud
lots easier to initially assemble than it is to get it apart later. That's how most things are designed nowadays, for quick and easily assembly in the factory.
Install switch. Build car around it.
Yes, I've worked on many a car and thought to myself, "If I ever meet the engineer, Imma curb stomp his ass for this".
Would NAPA please sponsor this man! He’s been your best spokes person for yrs.
What bothers me most about plastic is that automotive plastic is almost entirely NOT recyclable. Blue boxes are subsidized by non automotive manufacturers, the car industry does not participate. As plastic use continues to increase, we fill landfills with plastic vehicle carcasses that won't survive on the road nearly as long. I heard an interview with a researcher who was working on an entirely plastic vehicle. After several years, they plan to throw the whole thing away.
I'm only going to say that watching a professional struggle with clips, drops, recall issues, misstep or two or three, maybe four, gives hope that I, too, can do it. Oh, and that talking to myself in a sometimes manic way, is normal. Thank you for another great video!
Scotty and Stacey are fair game, but please leave Santa out of this.
Santa is Satan but with some letters moved around.
First! Or fourth, or whatever.....
I’d have a much easier time solving a Rubic’s Cube than putting this nightmare back together!
$50,- for a piece of plastic, some wires/crimp pins and two MS-3 microswitches? -yowser!!
Jan Verschueren It is the $500 labor charge that really hurts!
Only a "true mechanic" would do this job. If that car went to the dealer, they would have replaced the whole shifter assembly! Nice work Eric!
Nope it's a tsb subaru won't pay for a whole shifter and no one I know does that even if it is out of warranty. I've done my fair share
@@easyxbox Then you're another guy that knows what he's doing! Kudos to you for doing it the right way! I'm a retired tech and I too would have done it the way Eric did! It's just my impression that a lot of today's Tech's don't want to actually repair a component, but would just replace the assembly at a higher cost to the customer! Not sure if that's because of laziness or lack of training? While it is an involved "puzzle type repair" at least it's accessible and not a dirty, rusty job!
23:45 - "This is boring stuff, isn't it?"
Nosir. Fascinated by how it's going back together, and also I learned about those clips! That's very handy info right there I didn't have. Learning... it's a good thing!
WOW ! You mean Subaru didn't make you drop the transmission to change that switch. Thanks Subaru.
I've been told "If it isn't plastic it isn't real"
There are engineering platics out there that are superior in every way to metal, better wear resistance, tensile strength and lubricity.
We drop clips, we forget screws, If WE can Do YOU can do it :)
I'm hanging onto my "Hammer" pants; Girbauds, Corniche and Cross Colours until they come back in style.
ragnarocking don’t wait till they come back in style. Be a leader and a part of the change!
"Pretty gooey down in that hole."
"Let's just move our rubber out of the way."
What am I watching here?
Mister Hat it’s just Eric’s auto porn😂
That's what she said
yeah, I was going to say, the sexual innuendo was unusually high in this vid.
"wiggle its jiggly bits" right after that
Find the hole, twirl it around till it fits and run it home till it hits bottom.
my god a transmission rebuild walk in the park compared to this
Looks like replacing the shift tube and plunger in my friends Ranger was a walk in the park compared to this! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you, the family and the whole gang at S.M.A.!
eric i know you're big into privacy and all but the customers name is in the vid
Wondered if anyone else caught that.
You mean the name anyone walking by in a parking lot can also read?
"I'm sorry sir, that clip is not available independently, it only comes with the entire shift unit."😨
well, looking at all that finicky work, I'd rather by the whole unit. Just like you do with powered, heated mirrors, and other over-electrically-sensored junk.
@@wim0104 It's always nice to have the option though...😉
I don't have any chidren, but my brother does. He never played the Santa Clause game with his 3. He always made sure they knew the reason for the season and that he worked hard for the gifts they recieved
While I could do that job I couldn't do it on a video, it would be a continues bleep of my verbal frustration. and didn't it all start years ago with fords slipping into gear that lead to the foot on brake to release the shifter?
Not Ford, but Audi had the old "Pedal Misapplication" problem. That's when the
"Brake to get out of park/ neutral" started happening with most manufacturers,
They all realized their customers were idiots...
@@stevebates5973 Anybody who buys an Audi, IS an idiot.
I'm digging the new catch phrase "previously removed shmoo" .
He's an avid AvE watcher.
@@IceBergGeo "Release the schmoo!"
@@dorfus71 and then he put it back!
Eric,
Great video and repair - thank you. I never thought Stacey David was fake - just his hair. BTW I think Ivan would have taken the micro switches apart and fixed them for a NPR Russian repair :)
SMA#1
God bless
Paul
Man, they really buried that switch
How does anyone know that the new Micro Switches are not the same Quality or worse than the original. Will need to replace in a year or so. Subaru sucks big time. Never buy Subaru again.
Another great video. Entertaining ("ah, the back seat, all the memories.... but not in this car") and educational. Keep'm coming Eric. You're a helluva mechanic and teacher. Your honesty and dropped clips is what keeps us coming back for more.
@@javiergomez5854 I was; not sure why you were compelled to respond. If you don't like the channel then don't watch it. Unless you're bored because your dog has given up on you.
Remembering installing a Hurst floor shifter in the 70's. Big chunk of steel, couple big bolts, heavy steel control shafts. Feature creep.
Apparently Monday's are now poetry night at SMA. Well done sir. Well done.
It sounded like Robert W. Service to me.
I wanted the gold, and I sought it;
I scrabbled and mucked like a slave.
Was it famine or scurvy-I fought it;
I hurled my youth into a grave.
I wanted the gold, and I got it-
Came out with a fortune last fall,-
Yet somehow life’s not what I thought it,
And somehow the gold isn’t all.
"All cars are made of plastic", true but that is Subaru plastic. I've had disposable cutlery made of higher quality plastic. All that grief for 2 pence worth ( i'm British ) of Chinese switch. The singing? Don't give up your day job! Another interesting video by the way.
Subaru plastic is the worst for sure...well that and their head gaskets.
Thank you for posting the ONLY video I have found on TH-cam on how to change out that switch!! The wife's Crosstrek has been trying to hold her key for months and I have had the part with no idea how to get it swapped out. Thanks to your video I swapped out that assembly and no more stuck key. THANK YOU!!
I am sorry, but that is about the cheesiest excuse of a cheap crap plastic shifter mechanism that I have ever seen
Steven Tyler followed by a "Happy Together" reference...okay, I'll play. "Happy Together," The Turtles (Flo & Eddie or Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan), 1967. Or, if you're into the esoteric version, "Happy Together" sung by Flo and Eddie, from Frank Zappa's "Live at the Filmore East," 1971.
I dated Frank Zappa's au pair.
You can do it ... I can do it .!!!! Thank you for teaching us. . . . 2019
WAIT.....WHAT.....SANTA AIN'T REAL ???!!!!!😱😱😱🤬🤬🤬Holly🐮 I almost unsubscribed.....at least the Easter Bunny is still around 🐰 (and by the way he is real... here's the proof 🎅🤶) bahahaha 😂
It amazes me how electronics are placed in a position as to receive any spilled coffee, or liquids. These attack all the moving components and later cause issues with conductivity, and movement. And usually a drink holder is nearby just so you have a target to spill your stuff!
Props to you Eric because I have been turning wrenches for 21 years and if that was me I would have just ordered the whole assembly. There is no damn way I could do what you just did even if there was a gun to my head and it was rebuild it or die. I would have told them to pull the trigger. You are awesome and I would love to come work for you because even with 21 years I'm sure I could learn a lot from you and just so you know you got Scotty Kilmer totally beat. I have learned a lot from you just on here and as for Kilmer I have learned a lot of BS from him LOL
Some punctuation would have been nice but I made it through. 😅👍
@@robmut1357Hey Mr. Technical, I am so sorry.....
Just kidding with you. 😉
@@robmut1357 👍
Great step by step Mr O. Check, check, your done! As you say, if you can do it, most should be able to follow this excellent step by step and fix this themselves! Real shop life 101. Thanks again for your videos.
That was so funny when the "clip" took off! BTDT! Picture taking of the back of wire connector, "work it, (turn) work it." (Great comedy relief) ovrrall, GREAT REPAIR JOB!
Like I have said BEFORE.
What a Good mechanic and a stripper have in common??
They both know how to Wiggle the JIGGLY BITS 😜👍
"little pucker in your who who" XD
Ur show is great first off. I have a 2006 chevy trailblazer ls 4.2l and I'm having a cylinder #4 misfire problem. Changed plugs and coil packs. Haven't found any vacuum leaks. Ole truck has about 500,000 miles tho . But really good motor guy at the plant must have gotten as raise that day . No motor noise other than misfire. Please help
I see you gave the gearshift assembly the classic "pick around"... BTW, there's been far too few brakleen moments lately...
Akersjon 278 Ms Marie is on brake duty
50 bucks U.S for the micro switch module. 27,658 bucks in labor to install it (including tax). Fantastic design Subaru.
On those clips,I normally put a piece of bright colored tape on them. 1 my eyesight is bad. 2 my eyesight is bad. : ) Maybe this will help another. down the line. Oh and putting the tape on is far quicker than searching for over an hour. Thank you Eric.
Ya know, this would have been a 10 minute video if cars didn't need so many safety measures to keep inattentive people from doing stupid things...
nah it's all about the stupid design. My 2014 Mazda CX-5 has pretty much all the same shifter systems, and when I had to replace the switch that lets the car know when it's in park so the proximity key Start button will turn the car off (analogous to removing the key from the ignition shown here), it was about a 10 minute fix to remove the shifter panel, and remove/replace the switch assembly. Super easy.
Funny no similar thing on a manual car.......
@@davyarthurs So true, though we do have clutch interlocks (all of my cars are manuals)
You mean like some idiot I knew who couldn't figure out why his car would not start, because he wasn't putting the key in! Honest, almost called out recovery for that one!
@@tomctutor That's worse than a co-worker I knew who didn't know what the maintenance light meant. We wonder why cars keep getting all this hand holding tech, but maybe it's no wonder at all :)
Did you check the manual gate???? Yes you can get the shifter in backwards it will work fine but won’t go over into the manual shift gate. Ask me how I know 😂 😂 and get 2 new retainer clips next time the keep them in stock as well. Those things turn into flying saucers and spaceship across the shop.
Good job !!!!
Nice job. I wonder who the moron is that designed that mess. Thanks for the video's.
In Afrikaans we tend to call those clips (most especially circlips) a "waarshy" - whereisit - as you tend to hunt all over the show should one decide to take a walkabout.
Someone at subaru needs to spend some time to over-engineer that part.
@the Russians I've got a cheaper fix. Leave the stuck key in the ignition. Use the spare key to lock and unlock the door.
@@reecenewton3097 I had a ford explorer that my only key broke in half after getting snagged on something while hanging from my belt loop. I took the pieces to the locksmith who at the time didn't have a programmer for my transponder and the dealership wanted $500 for a new one. Back to the locksmith to get a $3 non-transponder key cut, then I took the column apart and zip tied the old transponder to the to the receiver. ran it like that for the next 5 years until i traded it.
I figured it might have been outsourced to Germans, go figure. Makes me appreciate a 20 year old American made car with a column shifter.
@@phantom21629 Great workaround!
@@stoneblue1795 My Mazda CX-5 took about 10 minutes to fix basically the same system, the switch that lets the proximity key Start button know the shifter is in park so that the car will turn off. Way easier than this mess of a system here in this video. Must be a Scoobie thing.
How many shops would actually fix just the switch? I see them telling customers they need to replace the complete shift assembly and charging 3 times as much for parts/labor.
Nobody would do this for less than a 1000$ minimum where I live.
"Excuse me, while I whip this out!"
She looked at me with her one good eye, and asked. "Who's Steven Tyler?"
Eric O "she should be pretty goey down that hole"
My wife" aren't they all? "
I turn at her and stare"no"
I can't remember how it goes back together! Wait what's that you say? There's a rewind button on the camera? SHAZAM!
How much is that job? Seems like every bit of $500 maybe more. You do great work!
Any one else think that they were watching an AVE video at first? Maybe I’m crazy.
David Stacys fake 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂exactly what I thought like you’re video’s Merry Christmas SMA AKA Stacy David
Weather Tech floor liners make great hardware trays. What a fiddley job. Just rip it all out and get a Hurst straight to the cable.
Remember those two screws in the back seat? FASTENERS!!! I mean fasteners!
Eric: 'Ah the memories in the back seat'.
Also Eric: 'Come in here and find the hole'.
South Main Auto has been rated R.
Don't you have it backwards? It should be find the hole then come in there. A little more x rated that way.
I am hooked on Mustie 1 and South Main Auto Repair , both great channels !
Merry Christmas Dr. O. To you and your family
Is this part made by BMW? Over-Engineering at it's finest!
7:07 made me immeasurably happy, because I was totally expecting it for the 30 seconds before that!
Wouldn't a quick trip to junkyard been a lot quicker, less hassle and cheaper ?
wow that was a real bitch for one little switch. i feel like most mechanics would have made you pay for the whole assembly to avoid all of that work.
I watched and enjoyed, and I don't like Subaru's one bit.
In this episode, Mr. O confirms he is indeed a knob polisher and goes down on cars. lol Jump, Jump.
Had to watch that clip fly off twice. I had a good laugh at your expense Eric. Also the "I am not a knob polisher" had me rolling. Thanks for another great video, the laughs and keeping it real
@22:25 "I drank too much coffee this morning ...' *gasp!* Sacrilegious! There is * never * too much coffee! :D
Great. Now Christmas is ruined. Thanks. My whole life is a lie.
Wow I cant believe how easy you unclip stuff and clip back together, You make it look so easy, Sure do like your videos You helped me on one of your s10 videos in the past changing out the blinker cruise control switch, I could not have done without your post, Thanks Eric.
This is what happens when you let the just out of school new engineer lose on the CAD computer.
You so lucky with that skinny little clip! The floor should have eaten that!
WHAT'S IT GOT MECHANIC MAAANNN?!!!
It's stupid that they make the key lock into the ignition, so if you can't fix the part right away the key is in the car so if you leave the car someone walk by and be like oh hey easy way to steal this car!
Fixing things isn’t boring. It’s cool that they offer that repair kit, instead of pitching a whole assembly in the dump.
Keep em coming Mr. O.
Ivan would have cleaned the contacts and reinstalled the old switch LOL, on the other hand the dealer would replace the whole shift assembly
Wahooie really really like your sense of humor, cheers me up on a snowy morning in Idaho, 😁
I've never seen you recycle schmoo before. Made we want to wash...