LEMON Manuals: Even more car manuals for everyone: 1960-2025
Home >> Subaru >> 2005 >> Forester XT, Automatic >> Repair and Diagnosis (Single Page) >> Engine Performance >> System >> Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) Detecting Criteria (H4DOTC) >> Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) Detecting Criteria >> DTC P0139 O Sensor Circuit Slow Response (Bank 1 Sensor 2) >> Diagnostic Method
April 5, 2026: LEMON Manuals is launched! Read the announcement.

Diagnostic Method

When the oxygen sensor output voltage changes from 0.55 V (rich) to 0.25 V (lean), calculate the Min. value of response time regarded as judgment value while the output varies from 0.5 V to 0.3 V.

Fig 1: Identifying Oxygen Sensor Output Voltage Graph
G03807100Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  1. Judge NG when the judgment value is larger than the threshold value after fuel shut-off in deceleration. Response time (Diagnosis value) > Threshold value --> Abnormal
    NOTE: Variation time of rear oxygen sensor output voltage is short during fuel shut-off in deceleration. Carry out the NG judgment only after the fuel shut-off in deceleration. As for OK judgment, without the condition of fuel shut-off in deceleration, judge OK if the value is below the threshold value.
    Judge NG when the malfunction criteria below are completed in 2 seconds after the recovery of fuel shut-off in deceleration which requires 6 seconds or more.
  2. Judge NG when the oxygen sensor voltage after recovery of fuel shut-off in deceleration is large. Judge NG when fuel shut-off in deceleration is also long (6s or more), and although carried out the fuel shut-off in deceleration cut return, when oxygen sensor voltage is large (more than 0.55 V).

Judgment Value 

JUDGMENT VALUE

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Shortest time change from rich (500 mV O2 output) to lean (300 mV) if voltage reduces from 550 mV to 250 mV. 0.327 milliseconds
Time when more than 550 mV > 2 seconds

Time Needed for Diagnosis:  1 time

Malfunction Indicator Light Illumination:  Illuminates when malfunction occurs in 2 continuous driving cycles.

  1. Judge Normal when the response time (diagnostic value) is smaller than threshold (judgment value) when changing to lean since oxygen sensor voltage.
  2. A normal judging is not carried out.

Judgment Value 

Judge OK when the following standards value are completed.

JUDGMENT (STANDARDS VALUE)

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Change of the shortest time from rich (500 mV02 output), when voltage decreases from 550 mV to 250 mV to lean (300 mV). </= 0.327 seconds


When the oxygen sensor output voltage changes from 0.25 V (lean) to 0.55 V (rich), calculate the Min. value of response time regarded as judgment value while the output varies from 0.3 V to 0.5 V.

Fig 1: Identifying Oxygen Sensor Output Voltage Changes Graph
G03807101Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  1. Judge NG when the judgment value is larger than the threshold value after recovery of fuel shut-off in deceleration.

    Response time (Diagnosis value) > Threshold value --> Abnormal

  2. Judge NG when the oxygen sensor voltage after recovery of fuel shut-off in deceleration is small.

Judgment Value 

JUDGMENT VALUE

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Shortest time change from lean (300 mV O2 output) to rich (500 mV) if voltage reduces from 500 mV to 250 mV. > 2 seconds
Time when less than 250 mV > 100 seconds

Time Needed for Diagnosis:  1 time

Malfunction Indicator Light Illumination:  Illuminates when malfunction occurs in 2 continuous driving cycles.

  1. Judge Normal when the response time (diagnostic value) is smaller than threshold (judgment value) when changing to lean since oxygen sensor voltage.

    Response Time (diagnosis value) </= Threshold value --> Normal

  2. A normal judging is not carried out.

Judgment Value 

Judge OK when the following standards value are completed.

JUDGMENT VALUE

Malfunction Criteria Threshold Value
Change of the shortest time from rich (300 mV02 output), when voltage decreases from 550 mV to 250 mV to lean (500 mV). </= 2 seconds