Total newbie to the subaru world. If you are familiar with this car,
tips are welcome in general.
Just decided to purchase a 2005 Subaru Outback XT Ltd Wagon in a used (
make that barely-used, 3500+ miles ) condition. Will take delivery in

i read somewhere in the manual or on a message board that the 98
forester engine needs to have a specific amount of oil in it or it will
have problems. namely if it has too much it will go bad. my question
is, should i take the forester to my local mechanic to get the oil

have a 1990 legacy with 220,000 miles
small hole in exhaust
has stuttering, random dead spots when trying to accelerate
seems to be when cold

Hi all, I have a 06 wrx wagon; this evening i saw, at the lower side of the
instrument panel, rear fuse box,  there are 2 green connectors
(male-female). These are disconnected, so i suspect that are "test mode
connectors" ; my answer: is right that these are disconnected? or i need ...

   If after 4000 miles , if the only thing i did not like was the lack
of heat on the drivers feet...then the Forester must be a good
vehicle...Cure... blocked the two vents under each front seat ( duct
tape ), four vents total, forcing all the heated air to come out the

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hello, i just bought a 1998 subaru forester with 130k miles. the car
runes perfect. the engine is very quiet and its a great car. only
problem is the fan on the front passenger side makes a little squeely
noise. u really have to listen to hear it but its there. has anyone

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I read that this has standard 4 wheel disc brakes.  But upon inspection,
it looks like the rear brakes are drum brakes.  Are the rear brakes on
2001 Forrester, drum brakes, or is 4 wheel disc brakes an option.  or is
this some fancy type of disc brake I am not aware of yet?

I looked at a 2001 Forester yesterday.  It has 93,000 miles on it.  The
only problem I could find was the center dash vents were kind of
mashed/off track, and the HVAC would only blow on the floor.  The
business said they would fix this.

Hello. I just purchased a 2003 Outback (2.5l, 5 spd man).  At idle, warm
or cold, the engine drops down to about 5-600rpm.  It will stall after
cranking it up 1st thing in the morning if I don't give it some gas.
Also, the headlights light dim, and the fan slows down when at a ...

We have a very elusive problem. I hope one of you has had the same and
can give me some clues. The CEL light comes on, and the engine misfires
until restarted. The code is P1507, which says Idle Air failsafe. We
have replaced the idle air motor, the throttle sensor, the computer

Got in the other day, turned on the wipers and only the drivers side worked.
I can move the pass. wiper through the arc with little restistance. How are
the wipers connected to eachother?, gears, belt, link arms?
It looks like a pain in the a.s to get to the mechanism.

Hello, I have a 2002 Subaru Forester and I got a new Kenwood MP228 radio/CD
player for it. However, I cannot get good reception on the AM band.  One of
the strongest AM stations on the west coast, KGO 810 AM, does not come in at
all. The old unit worked just fine as far as AM ...

Is there an easy way to ensure the headlights can never be turned OFF
while the vehicle is running (but still retain the ignition enabled
lights ON-OFF function)?
1) I am getting my 1996 Outback ready for a Canadian vehicle inspection