Towing Subaru Possibilities

Nov 06, 2005 2 Replies

I have a 1997 Subaru Outback (automatic). I recently pulled out the owner manual because another Subaru owner asked about towing. I always thought that you had to tow Subarus with all 4 wheels off the road. It appears that you can tow it with 4 wheels on the ground or 2 up... though all 4 off the road is the recommended way.



It indicates with 4 on the road that you only want to go a limited distance and speed... good luck getting a tow truck driver to go under 20 mph. It never really indicates any issues or restrictions with the 2 up and 2 down.... are there?


It actually depends on the model, year and transmission. There used to be info on a web-site

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that went into this in detail, but not now. I haven't checked
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to see if they have info on "toads" to this detail.

Do you have a 2WD drive model? I'm not sure about '97, but it seems to me any '2 on the ground towing' is a bad idea for AWD. I won't argue with your manual though. Try asking over at the forums at

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Carl

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