Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual / Driving tips / Winter driving / Operation during cold weather / Before driving your vehicle

Subaru Forester: Operation during cold weather / Before driving your vehicle

Before entering the vehicle, remove any snow or ice from your shoes because that could make the pedals slippery and driving dangerous.

While warming up the vehicle before driving, check that the accelerator pedal, brake pedal, and all other controls operate smoothly.

Clear away ice and snow that has accumulated under the fenders to avoid making steering difficult. During severe winter driving, stop when and where it is safe to do so and check under the fenders periodically.

Maintenance

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Parking in cold weather

WARNING Snow can trap dangerous exhaust gases under your vehicle. Keep snow clear of the exhaust pipe and from around your vehicle if you park the vehicle in snow with the engine running...

Other information:

Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual: TRACTION AA, A, B, C

The traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those grades represent the tire’s ability to stop on wet pavement as measured under controlled conditions on specified government test surfaces of asphalt and concrete. A tire marked C may have poor traction performance...

Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual: How to use the high beam assist function

The high beam assist function will be activated when all the following conditions are met. The light control switch is in the “AUTO” position and the low beam headlights are on automatically. The turn signal lever is pushed forward. High beam assist indicator light When the high beam assist function is activated, the high beam assist indicator light on the combination meter will illuminate...

Driving information display

NOTE

You can set the units for both the multifunction display (black and white) and the combination meter at the same time. For details about setting the language and units, refer to “Type A combination meter” or “Menu screens”.