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:
Installation
WIPER AND WASHER SYSTEMS > Front Wiper Motor and LinkINSTALLATIONCAUTION:• If the cowl panel assembly cannot be installed properly, do not hit or set it forcibly. The claws of the cowl panel or the windshield glass may be damaged.• Before installing the windshield glass and cowl panel ...
Alarm system operation
When the Subaru Ascent alarm system is armed, it will be triggered if any of
the following components are opened without authorization:
Any door
The rear gate
The engine hood
Once triggered, the Subaru Ascent alarm system will activate the following alerts:
The horn will sound conti ...
Ashtray (dealer option)
CAUTION
Observe the following precautions.
Not doing so could result in a fire.
Always extinguish matches and
cigarettes before putting them
into the ashtray, and then close
the ashtray securely.
Do not put flammable material in
the ashtray
Do not leave a lighted cigarette in
t ...
