r/SubaruAscent

2020 ascent, 156k

Need rear wheel bearings and the dealer said roughly 1700 after tax to do them. Since they are full hub assemblies I'll just do them myself.

Normally I would just buy the timken bearings and keep moving along. However, on rockauto the preferred (heart icon) is actually a moog bearing.

I use moog on my jeep and Infiniti so I'm sure it's fine too.

But I figured I would post here to see if anyone has direct experience with these two rear ascent wheel bearing choices. If nobody does then I'll report back after a couple months so it helps someone else.

Have a great day and thanks for reading!

I tried searching to see if anyone else experiencing this issue but couldn’t find anything so sorry if someone else has posted about this.

Our 2022 Ascent just hit 70k recently and it seems like somethings are not running as smooth. First, the gas pedal, when at a stop I feel like there is a delay in pick up until the gas is somewhere between 50-60% pressed down, then it kind of launches fast. Secondly, the shifting of the gears seems to be becoming much more noticeable and clunky. I know CVT are not the smoothest transmissions and that the transmissions before 2021 were terrible but I’m starting to wonder if it’s starting to go.

Has anyone one else had these issues. I have it serviced regularly at a Subaru dealership and there are not any check engine codes that are triggered.

Update: Thanks for the insights! I’ll accept that taking it in at the hotel is the way to go and load the vehicle accordingly. - I’ve got an absurd amount of stuff we’ll be shoving in the vehicle for our adventure so I just had my fingers crossed. Lol.

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Anyone have experience plugging a 12V car cooler into their Ascent?

My real question is: If I leave it plugged in overnight in the vehicle, will I find my car battery depleted? I have a camping trip coming up but we are spending the first night of the trip in a hotel. I’m trying to plan accordingly with the least amount of effort at the hotel stop.

Hello, I recently picked up a 2020 Ascent Touring with 127k miles. It drives great and I love it so far. I'm curious if I ought to have any preventative maintenance done for it such as differential fluid change, coolant change, or pcv valve replacement?

Thank you guys

We have a ‘26 Ascent Onyx and bought the lifetime oil change plan at the dealership. This is our 4th Subie but the first with a turbo charger so what do you recommend for the oil change interval? I think the lowest I can go is 5k with the plan and they recommend 6k.

Just find it funny that the first dealer service after paying off my 2020 ascent is a recommended $7200 to pull the engine to reseal everything and to replace all TPMS sensors…anyone else have this happen?

One sensor has low voltage and I couldn’t even see a leak in the video they sent

I drove a white Forester for a long time and then a 2023 white Onyx. I love my Onyx but my lease is up. The dealership has a 2026 Limited in the Sapphire Blue Pearl and also the Ice Silver. The blue seems like a lot, especially coming from white for so long. Help! Does anyone have the sapphire and they like it? Should I hold out for white? My kids love the blue since “mom we’ll be able to find you really easy when you pick us up!” lol.

Hey all. Im leaning very heavily to replace my totaled '25 OBW with an Ascent Onyx. The first year or so will be basic upgrades. But to get our camper to some of the more hard to reach spots, im hoping to habe a lift.

Have any of you lifted your Ascent? How does it handle? What size wheels and tires are you running?

TIA

Currently have 20 inch wheels on my vehicle, looking for another set to put my snow tires on and looking for suggestion or advice, thanks.

2025 Limited Edition: gas does not auto-shut off while filling. Got a bunch of gas in my paint on the first fill-up. How do they prevent this from happening? I already dropped it back off at the dealer.

Hi all - just thought i would add my experience as I just took my first true road trip in my new to me 22 Ascent Premier. 300 miles in MA (so a lot of up and down) and a 40 mile portion of it on back country roads. 29.7 MPG. I do only have the 18" tires so I am sure that helped a bit. Based on this forum I expected it to be a fair amount lower. If I had been down south on a really flat road I would have been in the low 30s...

How to take my 2023 ascent touring into a tire shop because I had a flat and after they repaired the flat they put all four tires to 43 psi. You need gas as to why they would’ve put them so high? It seems to drive fine.