# 96 Subaru Legacy Brighton loses power dies on gradual hill **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-subaru-legacy-brighton-loses-power-dies-on-gradual-hill/5458 "2007-10-04T02:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![srtoekvae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@srtoekvae](https://community.cartalk.com/u/srtoekvae)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-subaru-legacy-brighton-loses-power-dies-on-gradual-hill/5458/1 "2007-10-04T02:42:24Z")
My ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-subaru-legacy-brighton-loses-power-dies-on-gradual-hill/5458/2 "2007-10-06T01:59:55Z")
Fuel filter? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-subaru-legacy-brighton-loses-power-dies-on-gradual-hill/5458/3 "2007-10-06T10:20:00Z")
I would have the fuel pressure checked, I suspect a weak fuel pump or you got some bad (dirty or watery) gas. ---
**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-subaru-legacy-brighton-loses-power-dies-on-gradual-hill/5458/4 "2007-10-06T14:16:09Z")
Any other symptoms? Why don’t you make certain that all of the plug wires are on tight, plugs screwed in ok. This symptom (power loss on a hill) could be many things . . . start simple . . . look for the obvious stuff first. How many miles on the car? Last tune-up? Fuel filter changed when? Plugs/wires changed when? Timing adjusted correctly? How’s the idle? Start-up the same as before the power loss? Rocketman ---
**Author:** ![srtoekvae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@srtoekvae](https://community.cartalk.com/u/srtoekvae)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-subaru-legacy-brighton-loses-power-dies-on-gradual-hill/5458/5 "2007-10-09T04:12:52Z")
This post was posted by accident before I finished it. You can find the full post a couple of posts down. My mechanic said that they’ve had several Subarus act like this and replacing the fuel filter didn’t work. Anyway… if you read the “real” post… there’s lots more info.