Subaru Outback parts reviews

I\u2019ve got Firestone weathergrip from the previous owner of my Outback wilderness and they have been great in the snow for our commute in Lake Ontario snow belt.

I got them on my Subaru Outback about 3 weeks ago. Recommended by most of the Outback owners here on Reddit and they were right! l live in MN and we have had lots of snow this winter. They are fantastic and highly recommend them.

I run all-seasons, but I still have very high performance ones (Michelin CrossClimate 2) that have a better than average rating in snow for all-season tires.

My current one is an 18 with Michelin cross climate 2s on it. I have to intentionally make it slide in order for it to happen. I think there has been one instance that was not intentional.

Bosch are great. The 2016 has the common J-Hook style wipers so you have a ton of options for wipers.

Mainly the EJ25 Outbacks have problems due to the failure of their head gaskets being pretty much inevitable. Also 2012+ Outbacks have a bad rep for their CVTs, not because they're bad, but because Subaru America stated that the CVT fluid is a lifetime fluid when every other country recommends replacing it every 50,000 kms, causing US models to blow up their transmission after just over 100,000 miles. This isn't a problem if you service your CVT regularly.

Bendix are surprisingly good, but they are the absolute dust kings.

OEM’s suck. My 2023 Outback rotors warped at 20k miles and were turned under warranty.

Battery died last month at 39,000 miles.

Our ‘17 Outback went through 4 batteries in the 7 years we owned it.