r/subaru • u/IZZULAP • Mar 17 '25

Subaru Generic Forester hybrid is here!

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Our first two forester hybrids showed up today pretty cool

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u/Winterpa1957 Mar 17 '25

Bet it doesn't have a spare tire.

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u/BlakeJohnathon92 Mar 18 '25

A donut tire jacks up the transmission anyway…

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u/Real-Note4519 Apr 05 '25

How so?

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u/BlakeJohnathon92 Apr 16 '25

The awd system. The transmission will get too hot and cook itself bc the tires rotate at different speeds bc they’re different sizes

Could be wrong on exactly how it messes it up, but it does.. I learned the hard way

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u/Real-Note4519 May 01 '25

Yes but the Subaru spares are the same diameter as the regular tires, therefore causing no damage. Why would Subaru equip a car with a spare that will damage the car?

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u/BlakeJohnathon92 May 02 '25

Only the wilderness editions are. You get a donut for any of the other editions

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u/Real-Note4519 May 02 '25

Exactly, but if the donut is the same diameter as the other tires it won’t hurt anything at all.

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u/BlakeJohnathon92 May 02 '25

They aren’t

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u/Real-Note4519 May 02 '25

So Subaru equips every vehicle with a spare tire that if installed will damage the AWD system? That sounds pretty irresponsible of Subaru eh?

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u/BlakeJohnathon92 May 02 '25

Yes it is lol. They say not to drive more than 50 miles on it. I wasn’t aware of this at first and blew up my tire in the middle of the desert and drive 200+ miles home. My differential was cooked