Advice please

[The Monzta]

Two questions basically but they could be connected. I have tried to search the forum for the answer but my system here at work won't let me access a lot of the pages on this forum plus my owner's manual has gone AWOL courtesy of the wife having a 'tidy up.'

So, question 1..........my car is hesitant at low speeds, when driving in town and the traffic opens up a bit and I press the accellerator to keep up I get a 1 to 2 second delay before the power comes in. Sometimes it is quite jerky, a little like the feeling you get just before an engine is about to stall but the car never stalls. Any ideas? I thought it might be gearbox woes but now I' beginning to think it's the engine instead.

Question 2.........I'm getting an error code flashing up when I turn the ignition. 16 flashes of the POWER light..........what does this mean and could it be linked to the other problem?

Your help would be really appreciated.

[Mr. Pockets]

When the power light flashes 16 times, it's indicating that the TCU has detected an error in the transmission's electronics and is storing a code. The process for reading the code from the TCU is, undoubtably, on this site somewhere.

It's very possible that your two problems are related - we'll have a better idea once you find out what error the TCU has detected.

Edit: As it turns out, we have the process for reading stored fault codes from the TCU in the How-to locker:

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/How-To/1698.htm

Good luck!

[The Monzta]

Well I currently have the tranny resistor down by the battery disconnected to see if it improves the hesitation in accelleration. I take it this being disconnected could be causing the error code.