Trailer brakes
- Adequate size trailer brakes are required when the trailer and its cargo exceed 1,000 lbs (453 kg) total weight.
- Do not directly connect your trailer’s hydraulic brake system to the hydraulic brake system in your vehicle. Direct connection would cause the vehicle’s brake performance to deteriorate and could lead to an accident.
If your trailer’s total weight (trailer weight plus its cargo weight) exceeds 1,000 lbs (453 kg), the trailer is required to be equipped with its own brake system.
Electric brakes or surge brakes are recommended, and must be installed properly. Check that your trailer’s brakes conform with Federal, state/province and/ or other applicable regulations. Your SUBARU’s brake system is not designed to be tapped into the trailer’s hydraulic brake system. Please ask your SUBARU dealer and professional trailer supplier for more information about the trailer’s brake system.
See also:
Quick With the Six
The Outback's base engine — a 170-horsepower four-cylinder — delivers
leisurely acceleration, in large part because of a continuously variable
automatic transmission that's in no hurry to respond ...
Safety warnings
You will find a number of WARNINGs, CAUTIONs and NOTEs in this manual. These
safety warnings alert you to potential hazards that could result in injury to you
or others.
Please read these safety ...
Tire pressures
WARNING
Driving at high speeds with excessively low tire pressures can cause the tires
to deform severely and to rapidly become hot. A sharp increase in temperature could
cause tread separation, ...