Hello Scotty!
Well after spending nearly a grand getting my entire front end replaced and battery terminals cleaned on my 2010 Forester Limited Automatic 180k miles oil changed every 2.5k miles. Recently changed not low on oil. Coolant just changed with front end. I got the car back from my parents and it's idling way lower than normal. Some shaking on idle in drive. When it starts with A/C FULL BLAST on it seems to be fine but if the a/C is not full, or off the car hardly seems to want to idle.
When coming to a stop with no ac or fan on the car almost stalls and lights flicker, front lights dim, car lights dim and check engine flashes. But when running with ac on full blast it's like a perfect car. It's almost like it's not getting enough electric power somehow when A/C isn't demanding it? What could be wrong? Tired of this money pit!
Thanks for all the help!
Donnie
To add. The car didn't stall completely. At first I just thought it was strange. It drives beautifully. Shifts fine. So I drove it back home about 120 miles. I come to a stop at a red light on highway and it was fine. I came to a second stop coming down a hill and as car came to stop it almost stalled and kicked on 3 lights on left side and flashed off after it came back to lower than normal idle.
Scared me and when I got to town and stopped with ac on full blast no real issues. I tested in my apartment complex lot. As I come to a stop sign with no ac on car idles close to 0 and headlights dim and engine almost stalls. It flashed check engine but as I released brake and accelerated it was OK.
Stopping in same manner with AC full the car seems to run with no issue? Starting car with ac full it idles fine.
Well since the idol's fine with the AC on there's something wrong with the normal idle start with my video make your car run better with a little spray cleaner and pray cleaning fixes it
