Comments on: Subaru WRX 2002 Digital Clock Fix

By: dustbag34

dustbag34 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:12:57 +0000

I took my 02 WRX clock apart then found your posting about the 510.. Heck yeah man! That was exactly what was wrong with my clock.. U da man!

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:09:59 +0000

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By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:56:55 +0000

Thanks Man! Just saved myself 60 bux. Went to Radio Shack..bought an 8 dollar soldering iron and followed your instructions. Fantastic!!!

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:35:10 +0000

This worked excellent on an 02 Impreza 2.5RS. You have brought my faith back in the internet. Excellent, well explained and thought-out tutorial. This repair cost me a total of $5 for a soldering iron at harbor freight tools.

Notes on my install:
1. I only removed the vent bezel cover (you only really need to do it to see the clips for the clock cover)

2. I Used a narrow (1.5″) putty knife wrapped in electrical tape to ‘pop out’ the clock dash cover.

3. After trying the front clips for about 10 mins, the back clips came out almost effortlessly with my wrapped putty knife. So i would suggest prying open the back (closest to the windshield) first.

4.I had to solder both the 510 and 300 resistors (so check them both). And keep track of the little buttons that pop out when taking the clock out of the bezel cover. I almost lost one.

But 5/5 post, and thanks for saving me from having to buy a new clock from the subie dealer.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:28:07 +0000

Brilliant my Forester clock is now working. 5 min with a narrow point soldering iron to both ends of 501 did the trick. Do not try soldering components this size with anything other than a fine tip and the minimum touch of tip and extra solder.

By: Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:12:30 +0000

this post is was very helpful didnt know what the hell was going on one day its working the next its not 02 subie gonna take it apart and solder tomorrow if everyone had the same problem with the resistor pretty sure i will to

By: Kim G

Kim G — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:46:59 +0000

Many thanks, I only soldered the easy side at first…no luck….although both sides looked good i thought what the hey and took out the whole resistor, which was the biggest pain trying to get back on. After a burn to my finger and with the help of tweezers it was finally resoldered to the board and SUCCESS!!
All this done at 12:30am!

By: Corrie Ewart

Corrie Ewart — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:21:43 +0000

Excellent. I had this exact problem on my 51 plate WRX. Took me less than an hour to fix. Many thanks for posting the fix and the great pictures.

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Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:13:26 +0000

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By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:43:10 +0000

this fix worked for me also; thanks for posting