Subaru Outback Questions Maintenance & Repair

97 Suburu Outback Locking Up

97 Suburu Outback... Locks up driving forward as if brakes are applied in about 20 ft. in reverse, no issues whatsoever. Mechanic has the rear diff out and looks completely clean with no evidence of h...

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I Am Trying To Replace The Passenger Side Lower Dash Panel On A 2000 Subaru...

I am trying to replace the passenger side lower dash panel on a 2000 Subaru Outback. How? The original panel is sun damaged and I have a replacement, but I am having problems getting past the glove ...

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Gas Mileage Droping

First question, I had a tune up done last fall on my outback wagon, fluids flushed, fuel filter, spark plugs, etc. ever since then the gas mileage has drop by about 100 miles per tank. I was getting...

My Subaru Outback Overheats. What Could Be The Problem?

Car overheats. Themostat changed but still overheats. What could be the problem?

Why Do ABS & VDC Lights Remain On After Replacement Of The CVC Joints

ABS & VDC lights remain on after replacement of the CVC joints. Battery has been disconnected, for long period of time even, to reset, but lights remain on which means ABS and VDC are not working. P...

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Ripped 2010 Leather Seats On Outback

Anyone had problems with the leather seats?? Mine are ripped from very minor use (child's seat) and Subaru is basically telling me to get lost. I owned an accord for almost a decade and put everythi...

2005 Outback Burning Oil?

My wife has a 2005 Outback Wagon and when I check the oil it was down a quart. I had topped it off a week earlier before she took a trip 500 + miles - so it burned all of it in a weeks time. I check...

2000 Outback Headgasket

My 2000 Outback with a 2.5 has a leaking headgasket again. We got it fixed this March for $1600 and it is dripping anti-freeze on the exhaust manifold again. What does it take to keep this thing fro...

Timing Belt

I just bought a 2000 Outback Limited Wagon with 171k for $1800. The previous owner was a second owner. He says that during the time he owned it he never changed the timing belt. How do I inspect the t...

96 Outback 2.5 HG Work

my uncle and I are going to replace the head gaskets in his 96 outback 2.5, we've done some research, and found some great tips are are sure we can do it, there's a few things we can find though. f...

Why Does The Rear End Slide In The Snow And No Other Time?

Rear end wants to come around in even the slightest snow. Even at like 20mph. What could cause this? It has good tires.

Outback Fuel Pressure

I checked the fuel pressure on my 00 Outback this weekend. It reads 32 psi at idle then goes up to close to 50 psi as the engine rpm's increase, with the vacum hose hooked up. Is the correct or is m...

Ignition Module Issues

I have a 1999 Subaru Outback with about 195,000 miles. It's always run great except the check engine light started going on and literally 30 seconds to a minute later, the car would die. All I had t...

2000 Outback

2 questions- My check engine light is on. Reader says it is the catalac (sp?) converter. Repair shop says this costs $1600 to fix. Can I get it cheaper? Second My Outback has a clutch, at about 60...

How Do You Blead All The Air From Cooling System After Replacing Radiator I...

I replaced radiator and am unable to completly remove all the air. any advice on how to do it would be apprieciated .I have filled the radiator up and topped up the expantion bottle to the line driven...

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Waked A Curb. Car Pulls Even After Alignment.

Well it figures, finally treat myself to a new car and I Slammed it off a curb. I hit the rear passengers side around 3-4km/h. When it happened the steering wheel was bout 20 degrees off to go strai...

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Weather Seal Leak

Can anyone help with a repeatedly replaced weather seal that still leaks on the hatchback?

Does The Head Gasket Problem Of The Earlier Subarus Hit This Model As Well?...

my 2002 Forester had/has head gasket issues. If I select a new Subaru, am I facing the same problems?

Why Would A Subaru Idle Fine In Park But Die When Put In Reverse Or Drive?

2011 Manuals

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