Subaru Forester, SH (EU)

Additional Notes

• The front differential fluid capacity, listed for automatic-transmission variants of the Subaru Forester SH (EU), is 1.2 liters across the 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5 T engine variants. The rear differential holds a smaller 0.8 liters across all listed engine variants, reflecting the typically more compact housing of a rear differential unit in an all-wheel-drive layout.
• The 1.2-liter front differential figure applies specifically to vehicles paired with an automatic transmission. No front differential fluid data is listed for manual-transmission configurations, as the drivetrain routing and differential housing differ between transmission types.
• For the 2.0 and the 2.5 and 2.5 T variants covering 2008-2011, both the front and rear differential fluids share identical service intervals: a check at 30,000 km or 24 months, and a fluid change at 60,000 km or 48 months under normal use conditions.
• The 2.5 and 2.5 T variants from 2011-2013 carry a revised check interval of 48,000 km or 30 months for both the front and rear differentials, which is a longer interval than the 30,000 km or 24-month schedule applied to the earlier 2008-2011 production of the same engine variants.
• No fluid change interval is listed for the 2011-2013 Forester 2.5 and 2.5 T differential entries. Only a check interval appears in those specifications, in contrast to the 2008-2011 entries where both a check and a change interval are explicitly stated.
• The Forester 2.0 D rear differential shares the same 0.8-liter capacity and the same 30,000 km or 24-month check and 60,000 km or 48-month change schedule as the petrol 2.0 variant, despite the diesel engine's different torque characteristics.
• All differential fluid intervals across the listed rows are expressed with dual criteria: a distance figure in kilometers and a time-based figure in months. Whichever threshold is reached first would typically trigger the service action, which is standard practice for time-and-distance maintenance schedules.