lol... That’s pretty much what I told him. He reckons they are pretty complicated and there is a lot of labour involved to look at. Is there any way just to switch the thing off? I read a bit about them and they seem to be rubbish!

Welcome to the "I hate brant" club.

Pretty sure 90% of all WRX/B4 owners in Australia are in it

Mine goes into sleep mode, and I have to wake it to start the car. Regardless of my battery voltage. Other than that it seems to work once it is on. But yeah, have a look around here, and google it, you will quickly realise you aren't alone.

I didn't want to, but it is looking like I'll have to take mine to an auto-electrician to either get it bypassed or install a mongoose system or something like that, to rip it out and replace it. But there goes my budget for doing the wheels - living with it for now because I can still start and drive it without any problems, but its the day when the car wont start or cuts out on me, that I am not looking forward to. Really a shame that something so simple can get in the way of driving these cars.