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Subaru Parts and Maintenance Specifications

Which oil, which battery, which tyres, what is due at each interval, and what tends to break. Pick a model to see specifications by generation, then narrow to your exact year.

Subaru models we cover

Subaru specifications at a glance

Current-generation figures for every Subaru we cover. Specifications are set by generation, so older model years may differ, each model page breaks them out generation by generation.

ModelYearsEngine oilBatteryTyre size
Forester201220260W-16, 4.6 qtGroup 35225/65R17
Outback201020250W-20, 4.4 qtGroup 35 (Q85)225/65R17

How we verify Subaru specifications

Every figure on these 2 nameplates is checked against owner’s manuals, Subaru service documentation, and NHTSA recall and complaint records, then labelled with how confident we are in it. Where a specification is safety-relevant and we could not confirm it to that standard, the page says so rather than guessing. Problems and recalls are attributed to the model years they actually affect, so a page tells you whether an issue applies to your car rather than to the generation in general.