Subaru Forester 2019-2026 Owners Manual / Appearance care / Cleaning the interior / Water repellent seat material (if equipped) / Seatbelt

Subaru Forester: Cleaning the interior / Water repellent seat material (if equipped) / Seatbelt

Water repellent seat material

The water repellency of the seat fabric will decrease over time. Do not apply additional water repellent coating.

Seatbelt

For details about how to clean the seatbelt, refer to “Seatbelt maintenance”.

Synthetic leather upholstery

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Climate control panel, audio panel, instrument panel, console panel, and switches

Use a soft, damp cloth to clean the climate control panel, audio equipment, instrument panel, center console, combination meter panel, and switches...

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Subaru Forester 2019-2026 Owners Manual: Changing a flat tire

WARNING Use only the jack and the jack handle provided with your vehicle. The jack supplied with the vehicle is designed only for changing a tire. Never get under the vehicle while supporting the vehicle with this jack. Do not jack up the vehicle on an incline or a loose road surface...

Subaru Forester 2019-2026 Owners Manual: To Operate the Compass Feature

To turn the compass feature on/off, press and hold the switch for more than 3 seconds or until the display turns on/off. The compass feature will default to on with each ignition cycle. If the display reads “C”, slowly drive the vehicle in circles until compass is calibrated...

Average vehicle speed

Subaru Forester. Average vehicle speed

When units in miles is selected When units in km is selected

This display shows the average vehicle speed since the trip meter was last reset. Pressing the TRIP RESET switch toggles the display between the average vehicle speed corresponding to the A trip meter display and the average vehicle speed corresponding to the B trip meter display. When either of the trip meter displays is reset, the corresponding average vehicle speed value is also reset.