Without being specific a subaru salesperson at a dealer left a follow up message for my partner, then after thinking they hung up used profanity and insulted her in a conversation with a person who I believe is the sales manager. This is all recorded and saved with names, including the name of the dealership. She is extremely upset and insulted at the contempt they used when talking about her and the words they said. I'm furious too.

The ultimate resolution to this that I want for her is a significant cost reduction on the vehicle we were looking at, preferably through another dealership. I don'tcare at all if theres an impact to the salesman's job. I think it's probably worth some money to this dealer not to have this posted in a review or sent around to local news or other outlets; it's a bad recording.

How would you handle this. Dealership GM? Subaru corporate?

What do y'all use to keep shit from bouncing around the back? Tipped some gas last week, and almost lost a full gallon of paint today. I'm going to bungee a milk crate in for now, but want something long term. Also interested in putting in some tie down points up higher, but have no idea where to start. ttia

I would like a newer legacy wagon(4th gen)in the USA, but as far as I can tell they stopped making them so I was wondering if it would make sense to convert an Outback to a legacy? maybe buying the parts from Canada or something and swapping them.

Should I buy the thule cross bars from the dealership and have them install them, or buy directly from thule and install them myself? The dealership is obviously more expensive but idk anything about installing cross bars. I eventually want a rooftop tent btw.

Where does it go exactly? Why would it fall off? Is it an easy fix? How concerned should I be?

I'm looking at upgrading to a newer 2024 outback. Really my only drother is the infotainment system. Mainly it's just the look and feel of the GUI. Is it only this default setup? Or are there options I didn't see why playing around with it at the dealership.

It happens to me I noticed seemingly at random? Conditions today were rainy. I also had my heat/seat warmer turned on with my phone plugged in. Not sure if that would affect it 🤷‍♂️

This will be my first outback purchase (used to have a forester a while back).

I'm trying to decide between the last of the previous series (2019) or a slightly newer model (2022 or 2023). I can afford the newer models (although probably not 24 or 25), but I'm not a fan of the ginormous screen and prefer the smaller screen on the 2019.

Can anyone provide me insights into how you like the larger screen in terms of functionality/road safety? Is it worth getting a little more longevity with a newer model or will the 2019 serve me well for a long time? Are there any other big changes between the two series I should know about?

This will be a family car primarily used for road trips (not a commuter car).

Hi yall,

So, I'm a baby mechanic and looking to buy something cheap that I can tinker with. There's an 05 Subaru outback I've been eyeing, it has 183k miles but it's like 2500. The seller told me that it's running a bank 1 below efficiency code and the catalytic converter has been replaced twice (after market). He has an O2 sensor to replace it to eliminate the code, just hasn't been done yet. Additionally, he has replaced the actuators for climate control since the drivers side is only blowing cold, but it still needs a new dual panel. He has replaced both valve cover gaskets, worked on the brakes and rotors this spring. I've asked for the VIN, but I'm just curious, is this car easy to work on and are the problems I described easy to get resolved? I'm willing to learn how to do these kinds of things.

Hi, I’ve seen a lot of posts about Subarus stalling when idling. I was wondering if anybody found the solution for this. My keeps stalling and want to make sure it’s fixed properly. Thanks!

I got the alert on my dash last night that my key fob battery is low. Should I take it to the dealer?

I'm about to get a set of winter tire and rims for my 2025 Touring XT. After did some research I found that I want to downsize for better price and traction in snow. An easy reference will be the wilderness so I decide to get 17X7 rim with winter tire 225/65/R17 compared with the OEM 18X7 225/60/R18.

However, when I'm about to purchase the rim, a new word offset came to me which confuses me a bit. The stock offset for the touring XT is 53-57 which I believe 55 will fit perfectly?

Will I have any trouble if the offset is 10 off like 45 or even 40? Offset 55 is kinda rare in market.

My daughter’s ‘06 Outback (sometimes the VIN comes up as a Legacy) is getting poor gas mileage, 14.5 mpg. It has new tires, new engine air filter, just had an alignment done last month, and was purchased used in August.

What are some other factors / issues we should consider that could be causing or contributing to the low mpg?

Anybody done a good quality lift in Europe? I live in Italy and everything has to come from the USA or Oz so the price becomes restrictive.

Thx.

So I would like to get a dash cam for my '21 Outback but just wanted to ask if anyone had any issues with putting on up and it impacting the 2 eyesight cameras. Also if anyone has any recommendations I'd love to hear what works well!

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I live in MN, and we average around 55" of snow. Mostly city and highway driving, with very little off-roading. Local Costco has these 3 tires available, rated M+S, 3PMSF rating. Any downside of going with the Firestone Destination AT2? Just from a cost perspective these are almost $200 less than the Michelin CC2.

I understand that getting snow tires is the best way to go, but that is not an option.

I have a dent on my outback that's barely noticeable when you're looking from afar. But still doesn't look good for cosmetic reasons. Any way I can get that removed? My local dealer charges $65 per dent. I wonder how they do it.

Our 2015 Outback has been making a rattling, amount jackhammer like, sound in the rear end when we shift to park. Drives fine otherwise.

We had the dealership look at it during our last our change but they didn't find anything so hoping some one on this sub can tell us what's going.

Video with audio: https://imgur.com/a/MbeqdcX

Appreciate any help!

Apologies if repost.

I just bought a 2016 Outback Premium and it’s obviously missing CarPlay. I’ve noticed a lot of the maintenance records and car related settings are in the factory unit. I’m curious about upgrading do a different head unit, if that functionality goes away. Are there other options?

Finally got to a nice-looking park to take a photo. Also if anybody has any tips or videos of how to correctly attach the front license plate bracket, let me know because I've already had it fall off once in a car wash. Currently zip tied 🙄