Although it’s not all that common for the input shaft, sometimes referred to as the snout or quill pictured below to become worn, when it does it can be expensive to the uninformed. What we have observed is this type of repair is on the rise, and whether that’s from inferior repairs such as [...]
Here is some information about the latest in a series of Recalls from Subaru. DETROIT — Subaru of America is recalling about 200,000 Legacy and Outback sedans and wagons from model years 2005-2009 to check for corroded brake lines. Subaru, a division of Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, said the vehicles were sold [...]
The Washington State Department of ecology has decided to get serious about educating drivers about how their car could be affecting the environment. The DOE (Department of Ecology) has turned to ASA and its members to help get the word out as well as offer an incentive to repair vehicles that are potentially leaking fluid. Don’t Drip [...]
Pictured below is a radiator cap that created a caused the cooling system in a second generation Outback to no longer function as designed. This is a commonly overlooked cooling system component and should be inspected at a minimum of every year. If you look at the seal on the cap pictured to the left you can see where [...]
An Oil Change on your Subaru at All Wheel Drive Auto includes. New oil filter New drain plug gasket 5w30 Synthetic blend oil or full synthetic as required or requested We will check and top off the following. Washer Fluid Coolant (including the new Subaru Super Coolant) Transmission and Differential Fluids Brake Fluid Clutch [...]
If you read enough of the articles on this website and then the question and answer session that follows you will see that the perplexing issue of do I have to take my Subaru to the Dealer as well as “Should I take my Subaru to the Subaru Dealer?” often comes up. I want [...]
What To Do To Your Subaru Before Winter Arrives! With the Storms on the East coast having crippling effects I thought it important to take a moment and remind my readers how important and often overlooked a little planning can be when it comes to your car. No one could have fully known the extent [...]
You may have a key, you may even use it to open the car door, or you could use a key fob or remote to open the door and disarm the security system if equipped. A new car will perform this function flawlessly 99% of the time with 1% falling into a warranty concern. Over [...]
Now that we are in the middle of summer and the temperatures have been steadily high, it’s a good time to point out that your Subaru’s battery really takes a beating during the summer months; the effects of this are not always immediately apparent and in fact may not show up until the following winter. [...]
The current model Subaru Outback with the 3.6l H6 incorporates something Subaru has never done and that’s a low oil level sensor and warning indicator (yellow in color). This is not to be confused with the low oil pressure light (red) that has existed on all EJ platform Subaru Vehicles. The current production Subaru 2.5l [...]
Below are a couple of pictures of a failed Timing belt idler we recently replaced, because it came out of a Subaru with a manual transmission there is a belt guide just above the crankshaft sprocket that prevented the belt from coming off, so this driver was very lucky, had it been an automatic model the belt would have [...]
Just a couple of Quick tips about winter use and your Subaru Remember to turn off your wipers before shutting off your car when arriving at your destination, or you may find your wipers frozen to the windshield when the wiper motor comes on, when you start the car up next resulting in damage to [...]
I recently finished installing a set of Rally Armor Mud flaps on a 2012 Outback and wanted to post some pictures. They Look great really add to the vehicle and do a great job of protecting the sides of the vehicle from the elements. The rear flaps do hang a bit low which I thought might be a concern in the [...]
With some real snow forecasted for the mountain passes and quite a bit of lower level rain and wind coupled with this really being the first significant storm of this fall and winter I thought I would post a few tips that have helped me through the years get good service out of my Subaru [...]
For the Subaru Owner who wants to tackle some of the maintenance aspects of their Subaru themselves we have a parts special for the 1996 to 1999 Legacy Outback with the 2.5l (DOHC) Engine. This is everything needed to perform the 60k service minus the fluids. The Service Kit includes Air Filter, PCV Valve, Fuel Filter, Spark [...]