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title: "Subaru Parts and Specs"
description: "Oil types, battery sizes, tire fitment, wiper sizes, service schedules, and known problems for 2 Subaru models, by exact model year."
url: "https://whichcarparts.com/cars/subaru"
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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. 2 nameplates covered.

## Subaru models we cover

### Subaru Forester

[Subaru Forester](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/subaru/forester). 2012-2026, 4 generations.

### Subaru Outback

[Subaru Outback](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/subaru/outback). 2010-2025, 3 generations.

## 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.

| Model | Years | Engine oil | Battery | Tire size |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Forester](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/subaru/forester) | 2012-2026 | 0W-16, 4.6 qt | Group 35 | 225/65R17 |
| [Outback](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/subaru/outback) | 2010-2025 | 0W-20, 4.4 qt | Group 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.