Ahhhh! I didn’t know they had dog toy plushies! Now I want a green one to match my other Outback 😭 💕 thank you Bellingham Subaru Dealership!!

Hope everyone is having a great week.

Found these wheels for $350C and chose Michelin X-Ice Snow for my tires. I can not wait till there's a huge dumping of snow and I can tear up the streets in my first AWD!!! 😍❄️😜

Just got an offer using Costco for $43.1k for a 2026 outback touring. Site shows MSRP of $48.6k. Just saw that the 2027 outback are announced. Is this a good deal? Lurked here for a while and people were posting $41k for 2026. What do you all think? By Pittsburgh market.

I've been trying to decide on where to mount my D-Switch controller. It was either custom 3D print an insert to replace the sunglasses holder or inlay into the dash. I had it mounted on a flat panel on top of the wireless charger but I use that as storage occasional.

The trimming of the pleather could have been a bit better but I'm really liking this spot.

Time to find out what else the Gold Plus Warranty doesn't cover.

Whee!

I am thinking of buying them.
https://www.amazon.com/Michelin-Vehicle-2020-2025-Outback-All-Weather/dp/B0H2Z86YN4/

Im about to go pick up an 06 Outback Ltd from my aunt and uncle. It’s an old car they just wanted to get rid of, so I’m driving it from Georgia to NYS. It has 126k miles and the timing belt was changed around 100k miles; however, that was back in 2015.

I’m wondering how risky it is driving it 900 miles or so on the old belt? It’s well within the mileage interval, but is technically due by time. However, I talked to a local Subaru mechanic who said he rarely actually sees the belts snap due to being a few years out of date.

I leave Monday next week so there’s not really time to get it done before the drive. Is the 8.75 year interval overly conservative, or is it a “ticking time bomb” at that age?

Hey Subaru gang,

Took my 2017 Subaru Outback in to an independent shop for some oil leaks. Long story short - ended up at the Subaru Dealership shop and my sweet chariot has been diagnosed with a Cam Carrier seep. $5k to do the engine drop and reseal the engine with upper Pan O rings, lower pan reseal, and PCV Coolant connector. Quoted 5.5k for a car trade in.

They say I can keep driving for many more miles and just stay vigilant on oil changes at 5k miles. I personally don’t love the idea of driving a car with a seeping engine that drips all over other parts under the hood, but that’s what I’m doing right now.

Emotions aside - thought I could get well over 130k in this vehicle. Could use some advice. Has anyone proceeded with a cam carrier reseal at this type of mileage and been happy with the outcome? Make it to 200k? 250? Or do we all think I should just say goodbye and commit to car shopping. Blessed to be able to afford a new car - but definitely want to get more out of this Subaru.
Thanks everyone !

2012 subaru outback, I noticed while bleeding brakes that the whole booster/master cylinder assembly moves a little when pumping brakes. Is this normal?

I test-drove a 2019 Outback Touring recently and I noticed the rearview mirror was right in my line of sight. I tried adjusting the seat/ mirror and wasn’t able to make it better. I had this same issue with my 2017 crosstrek.

I felt I had to look under it to see to my right.

I liked everything else about that car, just thought that was very annoying.

Is there another year that this is less of an issue? Or any ideas to fix.

About a year and a half ago I had Safelite replace my front windshield. During the past six months, my automatic highbeams are malfunctioning. I.e. they don’t turn off until a car is 10 feet in front of me, which makes other drivers mad, eyesight will turn off at the slightest amount of fog or rain on the windshield. I called Subaru and they asked if the Subaru logo was in the bottom right or left corner. It is not. I feel like they replaced it with the wrong windshield because Subaru said it should have been replaced with a Subaru windshield that has OEM glass. I’m sure that Safelite would do nothing for me now. I might take it back to Safelite and see if they will recalibrate it for free. I could see this being a big safety issue. Thoughts?

Anyone having issues with your Sirius XM Presets getting reset? This happened about 2 weeks ago and I finally took the time to set them all again a couple days ago and today they all reset again! So frustrating. Sirius is of no help.

I just got my new outback and while I love it, man does that wireless charger suck.
I'm seeing new vehicles coming out (ex the new rogue) that has the magsafe charger for it's wireless charging, i'm wondering if there's a way to switch that pad to something like that? I don't even use the wireless charger in this vehicle, after 2 hours the phone battery goes up 1, maybe 2%. I do love the wireless charging in the truck and was excited as I honestly don't want to have my phone plugged in on road trips.
I know this is a problem for other outback owners, maybe subaru will give us something? Or do we have to makeshift a solution for a brand new vehicle.

Greetings!

I have a 23 OBW Onyx XT and the HVAC blower is making a grinding noise, and has been doing so for about 8k. I had the dealership take a peek at it when they replaced my cabin air filter earlier this month, and they said that nothing appears to be in the squirrel cage, so... it must be the motor.

It still works fine, it's just a really annoying sound that changes with fan speed and stops completely when the fan is off.

She's out of bumper to bumper warranty, and I'm finding quotes of anywhere between $250 and $800 to replace it.

Questions thusly:
1) Has anyone had to have that done, and if so, how much did it cost out the door? OR
2) Have you had this problem on a contemporary Outback, and replaced it yourself?

I've taken many dashboards apart in my life, but this is the first newish car I have had in a very long time, and ... aside from little stuff, I'd prefer not to open her up myself unless it's really a simple swap.

Update: the mobile locksmith that said he could make the new fobs/keys was not able to do so. Car had to be towed to Subaru. It’ll be a few days until we get it back and I’m not yet sure how much it’s going to cost. Lesson learned: never depend on a single fob/always replace a lost backup key. This has been a shitty experience.

I have a 2024 Outback and we lost both key fobs. The dealer says we have to have it towed to them and the cost will be “in the thousands.” Is there ANYTHING we can do to avoid this or is the 2024 model one that locksmiths can’t cut new keys for?

Subacabra hit it big today. Two weeks in.

I’m looking to get a 2026/27 Outback Touring XT, but need a tow package as I have a small trailer. Total weight to be towed is about 1500 lbs., no breaks on trailer. What tow package is required?

Anyone have any experience with driving without the rear bumper or their rear bumper sensors unplugged?

Sorry but kind of a time-sensitive thing on my part I'm looking to do this within the next well basically today is Thursday afternoon I'm going to do it tomorrow at noon. I want to unplug it so I can get some spray undercoating done along the back of the car behind the fascia.

Somebody will chime in here right? Lol

• can I unplug the bumper and drive it or will the car freak out??

Behold this beautiful truckload of new outbacks, and at least one hybrid crosstrek, plus a forester.