Top 5 Hidden Crosstrek Features! *NEW*

[@sterlinghuskins9220]

I got a 2024 Subaru Crosstrek about 2 weeks ago. I am learning all the "bells and whistles" and so far I love the vehicle. Great value for the price!

[@ermthewerm]

Congratulations on your Subaru Crosstrek did you get the sport model like me? I got the Alpine green. I absolutely am in love with this little vehicle.

[@universalnbacaptions5990]

How much you guys paying per month?

[@lynnep6088]

I just purchased my 24 Crosstrek sport 2 days ago. Former Camry, Suburban (lots of room for kiddos) and Accord owner. So excited!

[@valeriedoyle]

Have watched a lot of videos while waiting to receive my new Crosstrek. No one has mentioned not putting metal objects on the phone charger. Thank you!

[@alanadams4025]

Qi wireless chargers are equipped with safety features designed to detect objects that are not meant to be charged. Many will automatically shut down or reduce power output if they detect an object that interferes with the charging process.

[@kathykendrick8462]

This is good to know. I didn’t know this as well. It’s a good place for my glasses.

[@SulacoNY]

My favorite feature on my Crosstrek Wilderness is if you press the wireless charger on/off button 3 times, it will actually start blinking amber and green and that means it's in fast charge mode. Use only when needed though as it gets hot. Also, even with the Autostop function on, if you break normally, it won't shut the car off unless you really push in the break pedal more than you really need to. Most times, I forget to turn it off and I never notice because it won't turn off unless i really push hard on the break pedal.

[@acuison1]

Thanks for the info on the valet mode. Just got my new Crosstrek and sometimes use the valet when going to restaurants with my parents. They can't walk far so I often drop off the car with the valet.

[@patrickr4762]

A secret feature I like is you could rearrange the icons in your screen just like in an iPhone. Just drag the icons to where you like them. Had to move the Auto Vehicle Hold button to the front as I use that a lot.

[@PamenterDoug]

Having to turn off the auto stop feature all the time is a pain.

[@MW-bz1qe]

Amazon bypass is $25. Works great

[@Liz-Wells]

@@MW-bz1qe What would I search in Amazon to find the one you use?

[@Michael-sb6vw]

Isn't just a push of the screen???

[@television6318]

@@Michael-sb6vw Yes, it's just a tap on the home screen, not a pain at all.

[@600grxms7]

@@MW-bz1qewhat’s the link?

[@NowIknow-c3c]

Just got a 2024 Crosstrek Sport yesterday. This video helped a lot - thank you!

[@danielroberto9183-w8j]

Very good review. I learned quite a bit of my new Crosstrek. Keep them coming please.

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Glad I could help!

[@empirejetski4172]

The feature i like is with the headlights. auto brightness head lights button. Brights will go on and off depending on how light the roads are. I think you click it a few times to activate this

[@wayneh8767]

Great information! No one does these very well good job, with the brake hold feature, it lets go of the brake when the pcm detects throttle position change, foot on the gas, works great.

[@27degrees]

No particular favourite feature - they are all great!

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

🫡🙏🏻

[@canlas1]

Hello Sir, I have been driving my subaro crosstreck 2024 for almost two years, but until now, I have been really confused about how to operate my AC heater/cooler air-condition. My question is when do i need to turn on or off the AC button in respect with weather conditions like winter, spring, summer, and fall. Your reply is truly helpful and appreciated. Thanks

[@markwisner3972]

I like the turn signal feature. My Limited with the HK system has HD radio. I never saw anything about it being a HD radio in any of the literature. or any KZbin review. You need to go in the the Radio menu and turn it on. HD radio is soooo much better. How do you reboot the head unit on my 2024 Limited with the HK system? I tried holding down the power button. It turns off the display but it does not reboot the system. I just want to reboot it and not reset it. I have a problem with my S22 Android phone and text messages. It randomly notifies me when I have a text. I will see text coming in on my phone and watch but the car will not notify me so I can play the text messages. Then for no apparent reason, a text message will come in and the car will notify me and display a prompt on the screen allowing me to view and play the text message. I am hoping, rebooting the system will get it to work consistently as it should.

[@television6318]

Great video; very helpful, thanks!!

[@user-ux6wm3jo9b]

I like the garage door sync button

[@isabelfranco422]

Good video keep going with them thanks

[@ironmikegouda6533]

Does MagSafe ruin the charger over time? Also the phone moves around so it doesn’t charge when driving, any suggestions to keep it in place?

[@mosconi0359]

I've had a 2024 Subaru CrossTrek Sport for a couple months now. I've been hearing a strange noise from the area of the wireless phone charger whenever my phone is on it. It is a mechanical whirring sound like a small motor moving back and forth like when you want to load a new print cartridge in an inkjet printer. The noise is pretty constant and kind of annoying. I think it is the wireless charger doing this because it stops when I take my phone away from it. Not sure wireless chargers are supposed to make noise. I think I'll be using the Power button you pointed out to turn off the wireless charger and see if that stops the noise. I can always plug my phone into the USB port instead. Couldn't find anyone else having this particular issue, although there are a ton of people having problems getting their phones to charge on this particular wireless charger.

[@vinnpu]

The Auto Vehicle Hold button needs to be down with the static buttons! Good video.

[@hankshaw2225]

You can drag it over to the home screen. press the vehicle hold icon, drag it over to the edge of the screen and it will come up on the home screen.

[@JeffLarkin]

It's right next to the engine stop button on my 2024. I think there's a setting to make it a quick setting.

[@andreasullivan4060]

Just got my CROSSTREK and did not know about the phone charger not to put stuff on it unless it is turned off 😊

[@dmack1827]

Videos like this are totally invaluable. This is so well produced, that it could become a must-watch auto show. Recently bought the Crosstrek Limited. I am now thinking about buying a second one.

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Thank you very much! 🙏🏻 I really appreciate the kind words

[@j4estrada]

Can you do a video about the back mirror? It has different buttons but I’m not sure how to use them, i just bought a crosstrek and i am very amazed of my new car, my first Subaru ever

[@eviedolan9504]

The wireless charging pad was my favorite!

[@ermthewerm]

Love the video thank you. I have to say the turn signal feature was my favorite , I couldn’t be happier with my crosstrek sport Alpine green with the yellow accent it’s heavenly. It’s my dream car , and all you crosstrek owners should thank the GOOD LORD you’re BLESSED to own such a awesome vehicle !!! PRAISE JESUS !!! 🚗

[@quandale2648]

its a pretty good car besides the fact of how slow it is

[@ermthewerm]

@@quandale2648 I don’t know it’s plenty fast for me although you know I haven’t stepped on it because I’m trying to break it in but I have the 2.5.liter Is that the one your you’re calling slow or the 1.5 liter?

[@quandale2648]

@@ermthewerm Yeah i got the 2.5 also, that’s the one im calling slow. I can’t imagine how bad the 2.0* (not 1.5) liter one is

[@quandale2648]

@@ermthewerm I’ve broken mine in; it’s at about 1300 miles and to be honest I floored it for the first time around 950

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

I had a 2019 with the 2.0L…152HP… it was slow. 😅

[@martinjohn421]

Thank you!

[@quandale2648]

I noticed that you have had the same problem as me, whenever I try to charge my iPhone on the wireless charger it works for a few seconds then it starts flashing orange and stops charging. It works fine on my relatives' samsungs and andriods, but it seems the charger has an error with iphones.

[@sjorlando7282]

Try turning it around

[@sirifail4499]

Mine won’t charge my iPhone with the case I had. I needed to change to a thinner case.

[@LicPlate8VPL158]

my crosstrek's hidden feature is the powertrain giving up and its only 2 years old. Dealership says it "fits within specs".

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Oof. Sorry to hear that

[@giorgismama8024]

I’m so sorry! That is so not ok!

[@jimr549]

What issue are you having?

[@WildernessForever]

Get ahold of Subaru of America directly...they are great

[@fragu123]

…bullshit!

[@RandomGuy-j8t]

good video. very informative

[@louisbastien2080]

I will like to set the key intergrated in the tailgate door ?

[@ASAP43x]

Thank you so much for this video dude, I learned ALOT 😊

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Glad I could help!

[@davidbonggas6635]

my indonesian version doesnt come with TPMS. can it be enabled if I Purchase the sensor ?

[@LisaBromfieldInspires]

No knobs for temperature control!!! What a pain. I took it for test drive and loved it but the infomat system is so complicated

[@Liz-Wells]

Yes it's odd at first, but you'll likely get used to the touchscreen controls in about a month or two. That was my experience. It's similar to when phones changed to only touchscreens. You may want to store a small microfiber wipe (Lens Cleaning Cloth - Microfiber - up & up) in the charging area to keep the touchscreen clean.

[@kennethmiller1245]

Favorite was the little mountain accent design

[@DChadMcLaughlin]

great info, especially on car charger

[@vault_guy]

So how does it know to go again with the auto stop? You have to apply the gas?

[@fishermanmitch1]

yep

[@Jonnymule]

That feature is going to wear stuff out twice as fast.

[@imangu]

Brother, you are awesome!!

[@wagnerlior]

i have forester 2024 the new model how do i get wifi in my car ? i have adongel whit a sim card that plugt to the usb port i have android aout

[@jcam783]

I also discovered that if when coming to a stop you press the brake lightly the car will not turn off instead of disabling the start and stop button .

[@langolier9]

Not only did you pick Crosstrek which I bought today but wilderness which I wasn’t gonna buy but I did and blue which I was going to buy but did not but you also chose the name Jane very normal but very very rare and then the number 27 which is just any number, but you string all of those things together and there’s a one in 1 million chance that I stumbled upon this video that has so many things directly related to my lifejust in the last 24 hours it boggles my mind. I’m gonna have to sponsor you any man Jim LLC Handyman Jim LLC🎉

[@giorgismama8024]

Very interesting! We have an Outback and it’s nice to hear about other models. Thanks for making the videos.

[@karenrosenberg6863]

How to use gps maps.

[@fishermanmitch1]

I put the address into my phone, and then hit android auto, on the bottom center of the home screen. Map comes right up.

[@bobpickering1]

I love my 2019 Crosstrek, but I didn’t enjoy wading through something like 500 pages to learn and then deliberately forget hundreds of useless features and settings. I’m upgrading to a Crosstrek Wilderness soon, and I dread the fact that it will have an even more severe case of creeping feature-itis. Why do I need a switch to turn off the wireless charger that I don’t want so the car won’t blow up if I put the keys that don’t exist on top of it?

[@richardharker2775]

How do I get my crosstrek to display current fuel consumption?

[@sirifail4499]

There is an up/down toggle button on the left side of the steering wheel (next to the “i” button that scrolls through a bunch of options for what shows at the top of whatever they call the speedometer/tachometer screen. One of the options includes a bar graph display for mpg, one shows average mpg on trip A, one shows instantaneous mpg.

[@richardharker2775]

@@sirifail4499 Thank you. There is so much information with new vehicles I don't know if I should call it distracting or confusing.

[@JeffLarkin]

The wireless charging pad isnt worth turning on. I drove for a few hour running android auto and charging my phone on thr pad. When I arrived the phone was really hot at the battery was nearly empty. It doesn't seem to put out enough juice to actually charge or even slow the drain caused by wirelessly running the display. Now I just always plug in.

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

That’s basically all wireless charging pads 😂 they’re just pretty slow right now

[@christophermccord3757]

Since you seem to be the one that’s posting for the longest for dealers and I can’t get an answer from Subaru of America my question is on the crosstrek wilderness specifically I’m debating between it and the Outback wilderness I prefer the engine in Outback but it’s bigger than I’ll ever need or use and the crosstrek has no power folding mirrors in USA but Subaru of Philippines offers it on certain trims of crosstrek so can those parts be used on usdm crosstrek my garage door isn’t as wide as I’d like as side mirrors are expensive so I prefer to fold em in just to be safe

[@rafaelcifuentes9934]

It's just for Apple, wireless?

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Should be both.

[@j4estrada]

I have my crosstrek since a week ago and i thought that “valet mode” was the auto parking 🤣🤣🤣

[@stnewto9295]

1 touch lane change should flash at least 6 times. Enough flashes to let other drivers know what you are going to do before you do it

[@bobberhex]

charger good stuff

[@Giorgio_Giorgioni]

Funny how about 70 percent of the infotainment system customization features shown in the video are not available for (Japan-built) Crosstreks sold in Mexico. 🤣 I mean, we don't even get the Subaru StarLink system. We don't get weather updates or "air"-updates for the software. I went to the dealer and told them about this and how I wanted to move the Auto Start-Stop button to the lower main bar so I don't have to go the home menu when Apple CarPlay is enabled and they didn't know how to do it. I told them I found information about how recent software updates enabled this but they told me they couldn't update it more. We also don't get to customize the "audible signal" for keyless entry system. All the options are there except for the "audible sign" function. 🤦🏻‍♂ No "valet-mode" either. I mean, idk what we're getting anymore. Really bad from Subaru México.

[@OFFAxisBuilds]

can i put this screen in a 2023?

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Idk how you would go about that.

[@eganfo]

Really useful stuff

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Thanks for watching!

[@quandale2648]

"Put your phone on there, give it some charge" Video shows that the phone isn't charging (flashing orange):

[@jaygatliff6527]

Just wish they made it like they used to back in the 80s.😢

[@carsrick3230]

you missed one hidden feature is there is the bottom for washing the back up camera.

[@carsrick3230]

i mean cleaning your back up camera

[@sfefazdec]

@@carsrick3230 be very careful in attempting to clean the backing-up camera. It is very sensitive. I read in my Outback manual that the dealer should do it. My dealer said yes and if I ever felt it needed to be cleaned just come in and they would do it for free because it was better that they did it the correct way rather than the owner inadvertently damaging it.

[@mohamedyahia6861]

Where's the secret 😅😅😅😅

[@MyDogRunner]

Not sure why someone would want to add birthdays and anniversaries to their car. Don’t we all have smart phones?

[@kokoschultz]

Can you charge your phone using the USB port too??

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Yes of course

[@Aalhilali-w2w]

Is it ferr to me

[@am4961]

Do all the crosstreks have a wireless charging pad

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Optional on all models except the base model

[@iqnill]

I all that excitement you forgot to cover any of the *hidden* features.

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

🎖️

[@iqnill]

@@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville Too generous! You deserve a medal for a click bite of the month, congrats!

[@devinify]

1234 I got it!

[@brandtedwards7735]

I can’t believe they actually removed the actual knobs for the heater and A/C controls. How ignorant is it to remove something that you can feel and adjust without looking away from the road. Now to change the heat or A/C controls you have to look away from the road to adjust these controls. Hopefully people sue Subaru for endangering our lives because of this stupid screen, that you can’t feel the controls, because they are nonexistent. Pure stupidity !

[@sirifail4499]

There are physical buttons for adjusting temperature. With a little practice, you can adjust the temperature without taking eyes off the road. In addition, there is a physical volume knob (and volume buttons on steering wheel) and a physical tuning knob.

[@mismatchedxplaid]

Just use voice controls or auto settings.

[@JudyJackson-rx5pb]

No voicee totell what he is saying

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

What do you mean?

[@danmoran3318]

None of these features are "hidden"

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

🏅

[@sittinandthinkin]

I wonder how much less the Crosstrek would be if those features were left off the vehicle. Get me from A to B reliably without freezing or baking during the journey.

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

Probably not much less, tbh

[@sirifail4499]

Software is expensive to develop and maintain, but there isn’t a per-unit cost. I doubt there would be significant cost savings, and the features really need to be there to be competitive.

[@Topaz2022]

Is this a joke? Or is Subaru getting desperate?

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

I don’t get it?

[@Topaz2022]

@@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville Top 5 secrets? Whats so secretive about the five you mentioned? Are these secrets supposed to impress?

[@BachmanAutoGroupLouisville]

@Topaz2022 here you go: 👍🏼👍🏼 ⭐️ You earned those for knowing the features 👏🏼

[@quandale2648]

@@Topaz2022 Its just content, "secrets" is an attention grabber

[@samkitty5894]

Just like all new cars of today, way, way over engineered, way, way over the top. I don't want to be amused or entertained...I want to concentrate on driving. Looking for options on that infotainment screen is dangerous and frustrating.