1996 Subaru Legacy 250t

proracer, May 16, 10:42am
The factory CD on car Radio comes up with F3 fault, what the problem

proracer, May 16, 10:43am
error F3

ryanm2, May 16, 7:10pm
by the time you stuff around with it you may as well just buy a new headunit and 1 din fill tray.

321mat, May 17, 12:38am
Agreed.

The standard Subaru CD players are, in a word - Rubbish.
Subaru are not known for bulding anything reliable, and the F3 message is due to either a/ the main bearing becoming worn so that the disc effectively "wobbles" and the laser cannot keep track, or b/ the laser being filled with dust, which is almost impossible to clean properly, or c/ the laser is burning out, so the data is not being read/captured.

Buy a new head unit.

It will be the much cheaper option in the long run.

trouser, May 17, 12:40am
Probably means that a head gasket is blown.

proracer, May 17, 9:17am
any subaru experts on here

johnf_456, Mar 2, 12:02pm
New head deck time