# Replacing a tire on 2005 Subaru Outback **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** outback, subaru\ **Created:** [April 8, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233 "2018-04-08T14:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Froll1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@Froll1982](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Froll1982)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/21 "2018-04-10T16:14:18Z")
lion9car, thanks a lot for that! will definitely keep that in mind. do you have a link or phone number? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/22 "2018-04-10T16:20:59Z")
It’s not in the manual, I just looked. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/23 "2018-04-10T16:23:30Z")
OP, I gather you bought 2 new tires for the back. I hope that you can find two matching tires for the front when you do get them. ---
**Author:** ![normanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@normanbloom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/normanbloom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/24 "2018-04-10T18:27:52Z")
Almost sad to pay $150 or more and have them cut some of it off and not get to use it. 😟 ---
**Author:** ![normanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@normanbloom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/normanbloom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/25 "2018-04-10T18:31:17Z")
Yeah in my local area in central Pa. I will do well. The tires on my car had two thousand miles on them and I paid $60 bucks for (4) of them. Yeah sixty dollars. Thanks everyone out there who helped ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/26 "2018-04-10T18:35:40Z")
I remember a button (or was it a lever?) to turn on and off the AWD. My boss’s Subaru wagon that I drove around 1987 had it. The car was probably at least a couple years old at the time. ---
**Author:** ![normanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@normanbloom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/normanbloom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/27 "2018-04-10T18:36:17Z")
For the 2005 outback the button for all wheel was optional ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/28 "2018-04-10T21:46:28Z")
> [@normanbloom](#): > > For the 2005 outback the button for all wheel was optional Surely you jest… ---
**Author:** ![normanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@normanbloom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/normanbloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/29 "2018-04-11T06:55:37Z")
A court jester I am not! My manual explained it all plus a drawing/picture but that sweet button was not there! Made it home after pleasant 55 mph drive on Pa’s back roads!! ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/30 "2018-04-11T07:03:27Z")
If the tires on your car only had 2,000 miles on them they were still new. Were you able to find tires that match? ---
**Author:** ![normanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@normanbloom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/normanbloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/31 "2018-04-11T11:56:43Z")
Yep same tire size and brand/model ---
**Author:** ![normanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@normanbloom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/normanbloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233/32 "2018-04-11T11:58:29Z")
Also tires had 2k when bought but I had at least 10k on them [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-a-tire-on-2005-subaru-outback/115233.md?page=1)