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A Fix for P1710 and Hard Shifts 5EAT transmission


Tony64peter

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2008 2.0lt GT legacy. I was getting occasional very hard shifts under hard acceleration and on inclines, sometimes with flashing transmission temp, ABS light and traction control light. The fault decode was P1710, “turbine speed 2 sensor”. 99.9% of the time the car drove very smoothly.

Research on forums and other online info I was able to determine the fault. The sensor is  a HALL effect transducer incorporating a transistor and from experience transistors do not like getting hot. Given that these symptoms were occurring under hard acceleration and on inclines I deduced that the sensor was being overheated by transmission oil, reducing the oil level seemed to stop the fault codes but hard shifting still occurred.

Subaru’s Fix was a new valve body at $3300. This is a known fault and Subaru has subsequently modified the valve body.

I removed the valve body, detached the sensor as seen in below photo.

 

I then purchased a generic Hall effect 12mm sensor SENSPD500 from MSEL in Marua road, Pamure. I mounted it at the same height and position as the original sensor as per the photo below. To date, 3 months in, the car drives sweet, no hard shifts, no fault codes.

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Hello everyone,
I recently went through this frustration with my granddaughter's 2008 Legacy GT. I paid over $200 to get a sensor overnight out of Canada.
As a result of that experience I decided to make the sensor available in the US and Internationally at reasonable price.
Check out eBay item # 133239156024 or click here>  Fix for P1710

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On 7/10/2018 at 3:27 AM, Tony64peter said:

2008 2.0lt GT legacy. I was getting occasional very hard shifts under hard acceleration and on inclines, sometimes with flashing transmission temp, ABS light and traction control light. The fault decode was P1710, “turbine speed 2 sensor”. 99.9% of the time the car drove very smoothly.

Research on forums and other online info I was able to determine the fault. The sensor is  a HALL effect transducer incorporating a transistor and from experience transistors do not like getting hot. Given that these symptoms were occurring under hard acceleration and on inclines I deduced that the sensor was being overheated by transmission oil, reducing the oil level seemed to stop the fault codes but hard shifting still occurred.

Subaru’s Fix was a new valve body at $3300. This is a known fault and Subaru has subsequently modified the valve body.

I removed the valve body, detached the sensor as seen in below photo.

 

I then purchased a generic Hall effect 12mm sensor SENSPD500 from MSEL in Marua road, Pamure. I mounted it at the same height and position as the original sensor as per the photo below. To date, 3 months in, the car drives sweet, no hard shifts, no fault codes.

IMG_0479IMG_0475IMG_0474

 

 

I am having the same issue with my 2008 Tribeca :(. I would like to try to fix it at home as I can only raise the car up 10" with my 4 DIY rams, not enough room or clearance to remove the Valve Body I think.

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