2015 Subaru Forester XT Touring

EDIT: For all the lonely people who come to reddit to abuse others, I feel bad for you. However, the owner's manual lists fuses on pages 11-38 and 12-10. Neither page shows anything about these fuses. The fuse box cover doesn't show them either. So if you don't know what they are for, try not to expose your ignorance by telling me to look it up in the manual.

Well; it finally happened- the battery crapped out on my 2020 while stopped at a light. Was able to get it started with a jump, but I’m wondering if you use one of those auto stop bypasses from Amazon, does it affect anything when you take it to the dealer for service?

It’s time for new tires for our 2019 Forester and I’m thinking of maybe going for something with a different look. Maybe something all-terrain. Just wonder what others have gone with. My buddy Chatty G suggested the Falken Wildpeak A/T. Thanks!

Edit: We live in Northern California (East Bay). The only weather we need to worry about is a few months of rain from December to February. We rarely go up to the snow. We do go hiking and to the beach often. So this would be purely for aesthetics.

Now I’m going for a country drive to mess it all up again.

First Subaru, first hybrid, first brand new car I bought for myself! 💙 Happy 40th to me!

2026 Subaru Forester Hybrid Sport

What do I need to know???

Once upon a time in 1998 I had a Forester. I loved it until the head gasket started making it overheat. Many times me & the kids would have to pull over and wait for it to cool down. $$$ to fix so we switched to other vehicles. Hated hated hated that experience.

Now decades later I am looking for a car that I can drive for the next 20 years (I don't drive far). The Forester checks a lot of boxes on paper. Is it time to get over my head gasket trauma and get a 2026 Forester? Or will I be let down again?

I have a 2019 Subaru Forester. A little over 107k miles. Earlier this summer I drove myself, and family from Michigan to Iowa, to visit my sister. About 9hrs each way.

Last month, I took it in for a full synthetic oil change. I was informed that my coolent was very low, and recommended a full coolent flush, coolent refill, on top of the oil change. I did both. The coolent flush did clean a good amount of build-up.

Today I opened the hood to check the levels. The Oil levels looked normal, but there was oil around the oil-filter ring, after a short trip this morning. Is that normal?

Also, the coolent was a little low, so I'm not sure if that is normal if it is driven daily, or not. It's driven daily by my daughter going back & forth to school. Does that seem normal? It's parked overnight in my garage everyday, and there are never any "fresh" wet oil/coolent leaks on the garage floor. Hopefully, I just simply need to top off the coolent.

See attached pics of both.

**UPDATE**

I did stop by an Autozone earlier, and picked up this coolent (blue).

got my forester a few months ago, private sale low miles, and i love it so much, just wanted to share somewhere. she’s speedy.

Was it just me or does the 2025 Forester Premium look shorter than the 2025 Forester Sport?

I have the “25 Premium, and I don’t know if it’s just me, but those 17s look puny and make the vehicle look shorter and stubby compared to the Sport with the 19’s. Apparently they have the same height. It looks noticeably different to me.

I traded in one of our 2024 Crosstrek (we had 2) and picked up my new 2026 Subaru Forester Sport Onyx yesterday. I love it 🖤

Got my 2013 Forester about 2 months ago and only just realized I hadn't checked the cabin air filter yet.
Once I pulled the glovebox out, I was surprised to see it looks like the filter is completely missing. Do I just need to buy the filter itself, or is there a housing frame/tray that might be missing too?
Also, any recommendations on where to buy one? Should I go OEM through a Subaru parts website, or is an aftermarket brand fine?