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Hello everyone! I apologize if I should be posting this question somewhere else. I have a 2019 Subaru Impreza hatch with a MT. I haven’t had any issues until yesterday when it started a slow crank for the first couple times I started it during the day. It then wouldn’t start at all this morning making this sound in the video. I’m not sure if it’s the battery as I tried jumping it with a jumper box and it seem like it wanted to start but it didn’t. Also used to hearing a clicking sound if it’s a dead battery. Not sure if this noise sounds familiar to anyone or if they might know what it is but I appreciate any help. Thank you!

Hi there,

My name is kay, just joined the group.

I m thinking to buy a subaru impreza 2019 with 110k miles on it , with coolant leak. There is oil in the coolant Reservoir, but the oil dipstick looks actually good, no coolant i would say. I found some coolant sitting by the alternator and behind under the intske but I couldn't see where it is coming from, I took some pictures.

Do you guys know where it could come from.

Thinking to buy the car dor $ 3k , trade in value is 9k.

I did a head gasket test and it was good.

Thank you for your help

If you're like me and live in the Midwest (or another location with an oftentimes-frigid climate), you probably experience this a lot. I oftentimes start my car when I'm not planning on driving off anytime soon to warm up the engine and car's climate, especially when I need to clear snow off it.

Here's an example of what I mean, taken earlier this year.

Sometimes I'm not even sitting inside the car when I start it up. If I start the engine while walking+talking with someone else, the chimes that play to punish you for not already having the drivers seatbelt buckled are just grating after you've heard them for the 500th time.

I did this trick on my '24 Impreza based on a tip from the Subaru Outback forums which detailed this process for the '23 Outback, so it likely works on the majority of recent Subaru car models.

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The process is:

1. Unscrew the two T10 Security screws on the bottom of the seatbelt receptacle
2. Pry the plastic cover off the rest of the seatbelt receptacle by tilting it, from the bottom outwards
3. Once it's off, on the inside of the plastic cover piece there is a white slider on a PCB. Move it towards the base of the receptacle. The white slider gets moved to the base when the seatbelt is inserted, and moved back the top when there is no seatbelt. All we're doing is moving it there permanently, so the car always thinks that the driver seatbelt is buckled.
4. Replace the plastic cover onto the seatbelt receptacle, and replace the two Security Torx screws.
5. Done! Now there's no annoying 6 chimes on startup.

Here's an album with step-by-step pictures if you want to follow the process

And finally, the fruits of our labor: Look ma, no chimes!

(and as comparison, here's a video of the regular engine start with the chimes)

To reverse this 'mod', just do the process again, but leave the white slider back at the top when replacing the plastic cover.

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Before the annoying moralizers that defend the ""safety"" chimes, beeps, buzzers, and other doodads on Subarus show up like they always do, I just want to clarify: I always wear my seatbelt while driving. This is just to make the car shut up about something that has ZERO safety benefit, that was clearly NOT designed with the experience of owning a car in a snowy climate in mind.

I obviously do not advise driving a car without a seatbelt in the year 2000+26. However, if someone seriously needs to be convinced by a guy on reddit.com of all places to wear a seatbelt while driving, they're clearly already a candidate for a future Darwin award.

We're all adults here, some of us don't need annoying chimes to get the point across.

With that being said, I hope this post is able to help someone. I know I've had enough of being clowned on in my friend group for having the "beep-bloop car" lol

I could buy nice rims from enkei or something but painting these is cheaper by a lot, and I don’t hate the shape on these wheels.

Kinda want to do a two-tone thing using the silver and black sections but I feel like that could look super tacky. Suggestions?

I just test drove an awesome 2016 impreza with only 46k miles on it, but the fan speeds 1 and 3 do not work. When the knob is on 0, 2, or 4 it works fine, just 1 and 3. Seems like a common issue and I can't discern if it's one that should keep me from buying this car. Apparently it means eventually all the numbered speeds will go. II came across this post on a Subaru forum and it seems like some people have figured out how to fix it and others say they're done buying Subarus because of this issue because even a fix will only be temporary the way it's designed.

https://www.subaruxvforum.com/threads/fan-not-blowing-a-c-light-not-coming-on.181368/

I got my first Subaru last month for my birthday, a 2026 Impreza touring.

I’m wondering where I could find any spoilers or wings that would fit this model? Seems like parts that fit these cars (2026 models) are scarce…

Parts #: TFT C065VAT01

Context: I started experiencing the ghost/phantom input last year and it progressively worsened.

Subaru extended their warranty for these units due to the defect involving screen delamination which is susceptible to failure in high heat/summer.

Unfortunately for me, they would not honor my claim due to my dumbass cracking the screen.

(Don't do this) I managed to make my bad screen work by shimming a piece of plastic to apply enough pressure.

Eventually that failed, and in my frustration I pushed too hard and made a nice hairline crack across the screen. This resulted in only one corner of the touchscreen working. Only had access to certain functions in car play, no access to settings, EQ, etc.

Anyways, I got curious and figured why the hell not. I took the head unit out and disassembled it. Turns out, they're pretty robust and easy to work on.

Removed the screen and digitizer. Found a parts # on it, plugged it in on eBay and found a 1:1 screen replacement.

3 weeks, 3 ribbon cables, and a dozen torx screws later, I was able to swap the old one out to my surprise the new one works fantastic!

All in, it took about 1 hour to complete.

TLDR instructions:

Remove front vents, and 4 Phillips head screws mounting the head unit.

Disconnect cables

Pull unit.

Remove 9 T9 screws holding the black trim/bezel/screen in place.

Gently pry from the metal frame of the unit. This will separate the front of the head unit from the back. It connects via quick connect/snap connector.

Remove 12x T9 screws on the display board

The board and heat shield should be loose now.

You can now remove the screen by detaching the 3 ribbon cables.

Replace and reassemble.

I did take some video footage in case people were interested in seeing it done.

Hey yall so the most recent mod I had added to this car, is the nameless exhaust. Next on the list are the enkei wheels and possibly side skirts from aeroflowdynamics (the color matched ones) and lastly the oem sti spoiler for the 24 Impreza. I’ve abandoned the idea of the hood scoop as it’s more of a hassle to do and isn’t practical for a naturally aspirated car. And after seeing the concept for the wrx hatchback 2026 I’m probably gonna hang onto my 24 Impreza sport for a long while.

I have a 2010 Subaru Impreza and I’m trying to wire a subwoofer into it. The previous owner had it set up for it so I thought it would be pretty simple but I got a little bit confused when putting the RCA cables back to where they go, I found the green connector. that was unplugged and I didn’t know if it had anything to do with it. I’m just not sure if there’s an adapter I’m missing or something or if the RCA cables need to be connected to the stereo please help.