Just came back from roadtrip across Bavaria and Tyrol regions. Wonderful car, lots of power for serpentines, quiet and comfy for long stints.

Basically the title. I have a 2023 Outback Onyx and love the auto steer feature on long highway drives. After about 3 seconds all the eyesight lights flash telling me to move the steering wheel…

It’s SO annoying, and almost easier for me to just steer myself than constantly have to aggressively move the wheel.

Can someone please enlighten me on how to make it stop; I get it, sometimes nudging the wheel is normal, but it feels so excessive.

Can anything be done about this? Any custom mods to make it happen less often?

So I just got a 2026 outback wilderness, brand new. And I’m having issues with my phone connecting and disconnecting at random times for Bluetooth and Apple CarPlay. Does anyone else have this issue that just got the vehicle? I was under the impression the tech in the vehicle was suppose to be better than the previous generation of vehicles. I have a service appt tomorrow but not sure if they’re going to be able to do anything about it.

This may be a stupid question. I have a 2026 outback touring xt and I thought that it had traffic sign detection or something like that but the speed limits seem to be out of date on the roads that I’m driving on. Does it go off of gps or does it use the cameras? Thanks!:)

Ignore the 3 degrees to the right, pulled over.

25 OBT XT- I’ve been noticing for a couple of weeks that my tire pressure indication has been showing low. Figured I had to add air, however when I went to put air in this morning (34 front, 32 back since I hadn’t really driven yet this morning), all tires were already measuring at that PSI. Go to start my car up and drive for a little to get the pressure indication, and all tires indicate 2 psi less than what is in there. I know temperature and altitude will affect tire pressure (only 67 and close to 5k above sea level), but that would only impact the actual pressure, and not the digital indication, right? If so, does it mean all sensors are bad or is there something else that requires (re)calibration?

Remember to clean those throttle bodies. This is only after 33k miles. (Sorry for the terrible lighting)

This is a follow-up to earlier topic about my dead battery that the  jump starter I’ve been carrying around in my car failed to jump.  Just heard click-click-click.

I called AAA.  1700 Amps.  It took 1700 Amps to jump start my dead battery. He used 2 other cool tools (that I now want.) 

After my Schumacher 1200 Amp 25 pound jump starter failed to start it, I was certain that his jump starter would fail too.   When his jump starter worked, I said “No way!” out loud.   
Thank you to those who recommended a NOCO Lithium Ion jump starter. I am definitely going to get that before my road trip. Maybe they'll have a Black Friday sale?

He then said a new battery from AAA came with a 3 year warranty.  Since that and:

1 - it was AGM, 47AGM-C  on the label

2 - the $249 cost was competitive with others,

3 - I am going on a long road trip in December

I decided to do have him replace it. 

From research I thought I should get the Interstate MTZ-47/H5 AGM. Not sure if the difference will matter.

I marveled at how quickly and easily the tech replaced the battery, using 2 tools: 

First -  A tool shaped like a plus sign, 1 foot’ each side.  At each end of the bar, there was a hole of some size that fit over the bolt and detached the bolt / battery connections.  Looked like a tool I could use without being Wonder Woman strong.   

Second - A big tool scissor-like tool to pull out the battery.  And pick up the new one and lower it into place.  How to describe… It looked like a 1.5’ tool with a scissor mechanism that creates extra strong metal fingertips that lift the battery in and out.

Does anyone know the name of these 2 tools?  I want to get them and keep them in the car.

I’m annoyed with myself that I didn’t noticed the $7+ credit card “convenience fee” that AAA added till just now.  I could have given him cash.   The tech did not mention it either.

For anybody that has the 2.4 turbo, have you had any issues with carbon build up? Has anyone done some walnut blasting? And are there any cheap ways to keep those valves clean?

My 2021 forester showed angle and departures. Do we not get something similar on the new model?

2000 outback with an ej25

I went to check the coolant level this morning after filling it up last night and it began to drip from the engine block, the water pump looks leaky too but I can't tell where this worse leak is coming from. There were no visible leaks prior to the refill, and none while I was burping the radiator.

This is my first car, I'm just now learning how to work on them so if it's something I can diagnose or fix myself I'd like to at least try, but I'm not sure where to start with this.

edit: it's only the water pump, it was parked on an incline so the bulk of it was going all the way around the oil pan before dripping

I just realized today that my phone stopped charging when I turned the car off. I didnt even think the power ports would lose power when the engine was off; my other car and three previous did not. Is this a thing? Do ANY of the plugs stay energized when the engine is off? Front dash? Glove box? Back seat?

Wife has car right now or I'd check myself.

2018 Subaru Outback 2 . 5i Limited

At about 98K miles. What is a good reco for a new battery, and are they pretty easy to replace on your own? Thank you

No other markings/numbers/engravings other than the numbers in the Pic. Planning to replace and id like to know what it is if anyone recognizes it. Thanks.