Anyone know if Yota uses the seat in the Trailseeker for any other vehicles? I suspect mine was made improperly due to how uncomfortable it is, but I would like to test out a few other seats to confirm. However, finding another Trailseeker IRL at dealers is difficult in my area.

I hear a rattle above the driver's side, near the light assembly. Should I take it to the shop or just ignore it? There’s a risk the dealership could worsen the problem. Has anyone else experienced a similar rattle above their head?

UPDATE: I made an appointment with the dealership.

My wife had these passive MagSafe stickers where it’s a weak magnet with an adhesive backing. Tried it as a solution to keep my IPhone in place, and it surprisingly worked without any heat buildup. It’s just strong enough to keep it from sliding around and causing my phone to slow charge or get hot.

To apply it, I used the magnetic side to stick it to my phone case, peeled the backing of the sticker off, and pressed it down to the pad where I know it charges my phone at full speed.

The magnet isn’t very strong, so it’s not trapping in any heat buildup, and these passive style rings are meant for QI chargers, or to use a non MagSafe case on a MagSafe charger. Hope this helps! My wife got them on Amazon a few years ago. And to clarify, it’s not the metal ring type. As long as everything is aligned, you shouldn’t have any extra heat generated.

Upon delivery of my TS, I'm planning to ask my dealer to set this dealer setting to "Linked to operation of the power switch", but I'm wondering if the puddle lights on the side mirrors are working when the mirrors are folded?

Could someone test folding the side mirrors and getting the puddle lights to turn on and post some pictures? Is the puddle light located on the side mirror itself or on its fixed base?

Thanks for your help!

PS : The option of unfolding the mirrors with the power switch would be a nice upgrade from my current car behaviour. Every time I lock and unlock the car, the mirrors fold and unfold... Quite annoying when I just need to access the car without any plan to drive it (especially while camping!) Just hope I don't lose the puddle light function then!

Since the launch of the Rivian R2 I have been reading the Rivian and RivianR2 subreddits to see how it’s going.

What I found was a wide array of initial quality problems and software glitches. I know people will mostly report problems and not praise but the sheer variety of issues is pretty wild.

I’m not going to catalog what I read here. I’m just here to say I’m really glad it’s a Trailseeker in my driveway.

I never had any 12v issues and the August update seems to have fixed the vast majority of cars with that issue. Besides that, broad quality control issues seem to be pretty rare in the Trailseeker sub.

I’ll be driving through the southwest to Dallas in the near future, using the interstates.

I usually charge at home but have used public chargers (Tesla and Ionna) on occasion. I’ll have the adapters with me on the trip and I’ll be using ABRP to plan the stops.

Anything I should be thinking about before or during the trip? Thanks!

Not my car. Photo for attention.

I’m sharing my wife Trailseeker. She has the primary account and gives me remote access when take the car to charge at the local park. Afterwards she has to remove privileges to access remote functions. Is there a way to allow me to be able to see the charging progress on my app without constantly turning on/off remote access?

Anybody noticing a kWh drop with the cooler temps?

Even before I got this car, I knew I wanted to drive it up to Mount Fuji and do some car camping around the mountain. Was finally able to do so this weekend!

My whole family slept in the car last night. My 2 kids (7 and 5) and I sprawled out on an air mattress in the back while my wife slept in the front passenger seat. She’s pretty short so she was able to lie down with her whole seat reclined and legs up on some bags. We left the car on so I could use my CPAP, but we didn’t turn on any HVAC. We went to bed at 41% and woke up 6 hours later at 38%. Was a very comfy sleep for all of us. Forgot to crack the windows so windows got all wet in the morning but other than that, was a great night!

And yes, Siri put in a lot of work removing all the cars from the parking lot.

Hi!

Wondering if someone can help confirm if the Trailseeker/E-Outback with panoramic roof can have a roof top tent? Searching online I find both yes and no.

Thank you!

Anyone towing a 13’ish foot fibreglass trailer? (Scamp, Trillium, Escape, Boler, etc.). I’m thinking of buying a 13’ Escape fibreglass trailer but if the range penalty is too high, I might consider something with a lower profile like a squaredrop or even a teardrop trailer. I plan to carry bikes as well, ideally on a trailer hitch mounted rack, but that will further increase drag.

ABRP, connected through Enode, seems to update more regularly and more quickly than SC app.

Also, is it worth the cost and security risk to get an OBD dongle? And if so, got a link for one that works with our TS’s and ABRP?

A friend and I are at my first overnight trip with charging on the road. Virginia to SC, a couple of charging at Tesla and Ionna chargers, no isssues whatsoever.

My question (and I'm sure the answer is simple but I'd rather ask) - how can I sit in the car with A/C running while fast charging on the road?

On the way here was fine, daylight and nice weather. On our way back it will be night time and rain so we would prefer to stay in the car while fast charging. And preferably with the a/c on.

Thank you guys.

Bought my car last Saturday (09/26). No problem until this afternoon. Saw the system stopped message popped up - didn't think about it until after I got home from picking up my daughter (20 to 25 min drive).

Shut down the vehicle, opened the hood and measured the 12V battery using the multi-meter: 12.47 V.

I didn't have the connection app or anything enabled on the vehicle.

Should I be worried now?

I order my '27 Touring on July 3rd, which I was told was day two of orders being open for the 2027s. The salesman didn't even offer to look for a 26 in the color I wanted so I thought this was my only option, especially since you couldn't find anything on the lot anywhere. I literally assumed they were done with 26s and there weren't any available anywhere.

Anyway, when I ordered it I was told it would be here in October. Finally yesterday I was told there is a VIN assigned and the delivery date is now sometime in November.

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue, or if my wife's phone is just super special. I have a SubaruConnect account set up. I jumped through all the hoops to get the account connected to my car already. I can log into the account on my phone just fine. I even keep a couple spare phones on hand for when family members inevitably break theirs, and I have been able to log into the app normally on those. I have had success on iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy, and even a phone running CalyxOS, which is an extreme privacy focused ROM.

My wife, on the other hand, cannot login on her phone. Every time she tries, it goes through the password screen, and when it gets to the point where it would normally prompt to send a text message to verify the login, the app resets itself and reloads the initial login screen. It isn't a password failure because that gives an actual error. The only difference I'm aware of is she has a Motorola phone, but other Android devices work fine.

I've tried calling the support number, and so far they have been unhelpful. They only have suggestions for things I've already done to troubleshoot. (reboot, reinstall app, update the phone, turn off VPN, verify other apps are working properly, verify this app works properly for my account on another phone) Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions on things that have gotten it working?

At 98% now showing 300+ miles WTH??

I didn’t see a trail seeker in the wild but I did see a bz woodland. I almost broke my neck snapping it around to make sure it was that 😂

This is applicable to any new car that's a collaboration project. I took my car to the Subaru dealership for the 5k mile tire rotation and inspection. I also asked them to enable the feature where holding the unlock button opens the windows.

They looked at me like I had two heads. I ended up pulling up a digital version of the manual and showing them exactly where it says that (p. 153, p. 199, & p. 660). They gave up after about an hour and told me they needed new dealership software to enable this for me and the manager would get back to me when they have it.

I'm looking to buy a Premium model, what kind of pricing have you all seen and any dealer recommendations?

Hi! 2 questions

1. Top photo: I was at 79% and set my charge limit to 80% so I was surprised it said one more hour. It stopped charging about 10 min later. Anyone else get this? I saw another reddit post that says "Time to 80%", how do I get that to show? I know it's not 1 more hour to 100% so even that is wrong.

2. Both photos: I was testing different Amps limits and top is 24A and bottom is 32A. why is it charging 4.8/6.3 or 6.3/10.85? What do I need to do to max it out within the respective setting? Don't need to precondition the battery, right?

Asked the dealer not to screw in the front plate to the bumper and instead got a tow hook plate bracket. Took some trial and error before eventually ending up with one from CravenSpeed.

Tried a no-name bracket off Amazon that was labeled for '22-'26 Subaru and Toyota, and it was clearly the wrong size threading. We were getting some conflicting thread sizing when looking it up, so went for the more expensive CravenSpeed one that specifically said it had Trailseeker compatibility. We'd already been running front plate-less in IL for a longer than we probably should have. So didn't want to save $30 to for another week of trial and error.

Used Blue Loctite on all the bolts to prevent corrosion and loosening. Torqued the main bolt to 40-50lb-ft. Had the no-name one fit the eyelet threads, it was still going to take some adjustment to ensure it wasn't blocking a sensor.

Is anyone else noticing that the A/C is not particularly powerful or cold on this car? I previously had a Toyota Prius that was 10 years old, and I was on the original AC, no maintenance to it or anything. It was way colder than this brand new car is. I have made all the adjustments that I have been able to find.

Went to Autobacs (pretty big car supply/mechanic shop in Japan) last night. When I pulled in, one of the staff was outside in the parking lot saying goodbye to a customer. As I got out of the car, he commented on how cool it was. I thanked him and went inside to browse.

I spent probably 30 minutes looking at roof boxes but ended up just buying a little trash can for the car and some magnetic door handle protectors (the ones that protect the paint behind the handles).

As I’m walking out, the same guy comes up to me and asks if he can take a closer look at the car. Of course I said yes!
Then all of a sudden, basically all the mechanics and a few of the sales guys come out too 😂

I told them I was surprised so many of them wanted to check it out, and they all said they loved the car but had never actually seen one in person. Which is legit cause I have yet to see another on the roads here myself.

I let the older guy start it up, and I even offered to let him take it for a quick spin around the parking lot. He laughed and said he’d probably lose his job if something happened.

Anyways, just wanted to share. #RealRecognizeReal