5 schedules on file
Subaru maintenance schedules
Subaru runs one of the industry’s faster maintenance clocks: oil and rotations every 6,000 miles, spark plugs at 60,000, and brake fluid roughly every 30 months. The payoff is a simple lineup, with boxer engines, chain-driven valvetrains, and standard symmetrical AWD across nearly everything.
The AWD system is the brand’s defining constraint. It requires closely matched tire tread on all four corners, which turns disciplined rotations into driveline protection and can make a single damaged tire a four-tire purchase.
Pick your model
Each model hub lists the covered years, generation notes, and links into every schedule.
02 / Brand habits
Subaru quirks worth knowing
- 01
Lineartronic CVT coverage was extended to 10 years or 100,000 miles on many models; check by VIN before any transmission repair.
- 02
Boxer plug changes cost more labor than parts because the cylinders point at the fender wells.
- 03
The old head-gasket reputation belongs to the retired EJ engine family, not the current FB and EZ designs.