Its 7500 miles for the first one. Call Subaru and ask them directly. Also unless you purchased the car with a free first oil change it will not be free. Minimum price will be $95-100 for full synthetic oil change. Minimum price on supplies only is around $40 + labor. The 3.6R engine has a 3750 mi first oil change, but 3000 miles is likley some dealer ploy. There are many forum postings about this and all lead back to 7500 miles for the first one on the 2013
Well, I forgot to look at my book last night - to see the part of the book that isnt in my picture to say if its for the 6Cyl or the 4Cyl.
However, as I mentioned - the paperwork that came to me in the mail from SOA that shows service recommendations for my specific car, shows 3000 and 3750 depending on which side of the paper.
What I DONT have is anything saying the first one is 7500 - unless my photo is misleading and that is for the 6cyl - which I have to verify - but I remember the sales guy saying (as I said before) that they have CHANGED this for the 2013s recently to show 3K as the first. Maybe some 2013s say one thing, and some say another.
I called the dealer I bought from and asked them. That service guy said that 3000 was maybe a bit aggressive but to do the first BEFORE 7500. He said about 5K.
BTW, heres a screen shot for MY Subaru maintenance info - so clearly, they have CHANGED this for the 2013s at some point. (see attached photo - and yes my estimated mileage to date is already grossly underrated on their site. lol)
The price they quoted me for the whole change was 68 dollars, and theres a coupon on their site for about 60
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I called 2 other dealers and it was in the 60 dollar range for the whole oil change at both places.
I purchased the car (12/24) not with first oil change free but with the 2 yr/24000 mile service contract - which gives me 4 maintenance visits for free up to 24000.
The way I see it - my last Outback went to 240,000 miles and in the end it probably would have gone a lot farther as it was in GREAT shape otherwise - its major problem was because I didnt feed its HIGH oil appetite fast enough. It was taking about a quart a week and I just wasnt on it enough - till I killed the engine running it low too often. I drive a lot (24,000 miles a year).
I havent had the new car a month (17 miles @ purchase) and its almost at 3K now.
For this Outback - Im gonna lean on the safe side and do oil changes at the minimum recommendations. I will change it myself after the 24,000 service contract is up. Im ok paying for the 3K change.