How to Replace the alternator on the Subaru Legacy 2010 to 2016

[@MichaelKunz-mt2oo]

Thanks for posting. My 2011 Forester needed a serpentine belt. I almost took it to the local shop where they wanted the car to sit there until tomorrow, and quoted me $575 to do nothing but replace that belt. As soon as I saw you release the belt tension with a wrench I decided to do it myself. One man job, and literally, without exaggeration, I was putting away the handful of tools I needed in under 15 minutes. Oh, FWIW, the one thing to make the replacement belt easier to put on, I used a couple of those giant spring paper clips because I needed more hands.

[@MonkScience]

My dad has been successfully DIYing his auto work with Haynes manuals since I can remember and always bought me one for my own cars. This worked perfect in a 2013 forester.

[@lawrenceherr3192]

Thank you! The video made the process very easy

[@HaynesManuals]

We're glad it helped, Lawrence

[@amanakifakahau1495]

Thank you

[@devonpeterson8124]

Excellent simple video 👌

[@Chaos_Theory]

is it the same for the 2010 outback?

[@yippiesmoke]

Sizing of the tooling used would be more helpful.

[@aeden6331]

I have this thing to the left of the alternator it looks like something sots in it. Not a turbo housing. But could it be for the belt if it was rhd?

[@TheThekapuka]

Thank you 🙏

[@otso682]

I have a 2006 Legacy GT Spec.B station wagon with the 2.0 EJ20 and 6 speed manual. I haven't found a manual for that exact model, but could you recommend the one closest to this model?

[@samuelvalentine6216]

Need a video about rotors

[@jhonphil2177]

which page in the book can I find them?

[@JI77469]

When (miles/years) is a good time to replace a Subaru alternator? I've heard that OEM are really good quality (which for the price they better be!) so I'm guessing they usually go far beyond 100,000 miles/10 years?

[@d2lo477]

For what it's worth, mine has 175K miles, still works properly, but I had an electrical surge off the alternator last week that blew all my lights and caused a CANbus commutation error with the ECU. Had to get it reset at the dealer. Going to be changing the alternator ASAP to prevent it from happening again.

[@samuelvalentine6216]

Gotta do rotors next plz

[@itftcomputers]

How many AMPS is this alternator? 100A? A STOCK one, just like the one in this video, ANYONE?

[@Fadedglory14081]

I was told 110a by Subaru, but I’ve been reading 90a, and seen one that claimed 200a