Subaru Forester 2019-2021 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 2019-2021 Owners Manual: Hill start assist system

WARNING The Hill start assist system is a device only for helping the driver to START the vehicle on an uphill grade. To prevent accidents when the vehicle is parked on a slope, be sure to firmly set the parking brake. When setting the parking brake, make sure that the vehicle remains stationary when the brake pedal is released...

Subaru Forester 2019-2021 Owners Manual: 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...

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.