News & Tips
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🚨 Recall Alert: 2025 Toyota Sienna Hybrids — Second-Row Seat Rail Defect
Attention Toyota Sienna Hybrid owners and those in the market for one: Toyota has issued a safety recall affecting approximately 55,000 MY2025 Sienna (hybrid) vehicles due to a potential structural issue. Toyota USA NewsroomThe problem: The second-row seats are mounted on rails that may have been improperly welded during manufacturing. In certain high-speed collisions, those welds could fail and the…
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Subaru Special Care
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Car Repair Explained: Step by Step
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Wheel alignments
Now performing wheel alignments on our top of the line Hunter alignment rack!
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New vehicle make and models
We are excited to announce we will now be servicing other makes and models. Hi Folks! Remember that family member at Thanksgiving that’s kinda the outcast? Well, in our Subaru family, that outcast has been your second car. This is our official invite to bring that second car into our family. We have been and…
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Making it last with routine maintenance.
At Alternative Autoworx we realize it can be confusing to figure out why and when a service or maintenance must be done to your Subaru throughout its lifetime. We don’t expect you to know it all, so we’ve come up with a way to explain what’s going on with the key systems of your Subaru…
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Recall Link – Be Proactive
This is a helpful link that will let you know if you have an outstanding recalls on your Subaru or any other vehicle you own for that matter. Just follow the instructions on the page and enter the vehicle VIN number. Safercar.gov recall database Recall News Flash: https://www.torquenews.com/1084/new-subaru-recall-outback-ascent-impreza-legacy-driveshaft-can-disconnect
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Subaru Oil Consumption. Problem or Normal?
Does your Subaru burn oil? Good info from Consumer Reports http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/06/excessive-oil-consumption/index.htm If you’re interested in knowing more about a possible oil consumption issue on your Subaru click to be directed to a detailed Consumer Reports article addressing it. “Excessive oil consumption isn’t normalAutomakers say adding oil between scheduled changes is acceptable.It’s not.” Ok that’s kinda…
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Towing Your Subaru
Towing a Subaru behind a motorhome or a tow-truck The following towing advice is from Subaru “Helpline Update, 2/97” There has been a change to the policy regarding towing of Subaru vehicles behind motorhomes. The following applies to 1990 through present model year Legacy (including Outback), 1993 through present year Impreza (incl. Outback Sport, and…
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July 2013- Steering Column Recall on 2013 Outbacks and Legacys
5,379 2013 Subaru Outbacks and Legacys might have a steering column shaft that was not correctly assembled that could possibly lead to a steering failure. Not all vehicles in the VIN range will be affected. The VIN range for the Legacy is D*002001-003605, and for the Outback is D*200001-204233. Owners will be notified 5/14/13 by…
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Your fuel choice at the pump is important!
We ALL want to save money where we can, but this may not be the place either. We’ve all heard “You get what you pay for” OR… “Put cheap in, get cheap out” This is so true with fuel too. Most of our Subarus are 4 cylinders that are hauling a reasonable sized car around.…
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A/C recharge and maintenance
The most common fix to the problem of your car’s air conditioning not blowing cold anymore is a A/C recharge. The rubber O-rings that act as a seal in the A/C lines can bad and allow for Freon to leak out and empty the A/C system, also causing a lack of cold air. A proper recharge…