Subaru Forester: Cooling system
Never attempt to remove the radiator cap until the engine has been shut off and has cooled down completely. Since the coolant is under pressure, you may suffer serious burns from a spray of boiling hot coolant when the cap is removed.
- Vehicles are filled at the factory with SUBARU Super Coolant that does not require the first change for 11 years/137,500 miles (11 years/220,000 km). This coolant should not be mixed with any other brand or type of coolant during this period. Mixing with a different coolant will reduce the life of the coolant. Should it be necessary to top up the coolant for any reason, use only SUBARU Super Coolant.
If the SUBARU Super Coolant is diluted with another brand or type, the maintenance interval is shortened to that of the mixing coolant.
- Do not splash the engine coolant over painted parts. The alcohol contained in the engine coolant may damage the paint surface.
Synthetic oil
You should use synthetic engine oil that
meets the same requirements given for
conventional engine oil. When using
synthetic oil, you must use oil of the same
classification, viscosity and gra ...
Cooling fan, hose and connections
Your vehicle employs an electric cooling
fan which is thermostatically controlled to
operate when the engine coolant reaches
a specific temperature.
If the radiator cooling fan does not operate ...
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Important safety notes
We recommend that all infants and children be properly secured in an infant or
child restraint system at all times while the vehicle is in motion.
The use of seat belts and infant and child restrai ...
Parking brake
Checking the parking brake Check the stroke of the parking brake by counting
the number of “clicks’’ heard while fully applying it from the released position.
Also, the parking brake alone ...
Home Page Features
Various functions are disabled when the vehicle is moving.
Press the Now Playing screen button to display the active source page. The sources
available are AM, FM, XM (if equipped), CD, USB/iPod, a ...
