Subaru Crosstrek Owners Manual: Rocking the vehicle
If you must rock the vehicle to free it from snow, sand, or mud, depress the accelerator pedal slightly and move the shift lever/select lever back and forth between "1"/"D" and "R" repeatedly. Do not race the engine. For the best possible traction, avoid spinning the wheels when trying to free the vehicle.
When the road surface is extremely slippery, you can obtain better traction by starting the vehicle with the transmission in 2nd than 1st (both for MT and CVT models).
If your vehicle is a CVT model, for information about holding the transmission in the 2nd position, refer to "Selection of manual mode" F7-26.
Tire chains
CAUTION
Tire chains cannot be used on your
vehicle because of the lack of
clearance between the tires and
vehicle body.
NOTE
When tire chains cannot be used, use
of another type of traction dev ...
Loading your vehicle
WARNING
Never allow passengers to ride
on a folded rear seatback or in
the cargo area. Doing so may
result in serious injury.
Never stack luggage or other
cargo higher than the top of th ...
Other materials:
Replacement
DIFFERENTIALS > Differential Gear OilREPLACEMENTCAUTION:• Gear oil is extremely hot just after driving. Be wary of receiving burns.• Be careful not to spill the differential gear oil on exhaust pipe. If gear oil is spilled, wipe it off completely.1. Lift up the vehicle.2. Remove the d ...
To temporarily cancel the cruise control
The cruise control can be temporarily
canceled in the following ways.
Press the "CANCEL" button.
Depress the brake pedal.
Depress the clutch pedal (MT models only).
WARNING
For CVT models, you can cancel the
cruise control by shifting the select
lever into the "N" position. Howeve ...
Replacement
DIFFERENTIALS > Rear Differential Front Oil SealREPLACEMENT1. Shift the select lever or gear shift lever to neutral.2. Release the parking brake.3. Disconnect the ground cable from battery.4. Lift up the vehicle.5. Drain differential gear oil. Differential Gear Oil > REPLACEMENT">6. R ...
