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Subaru recommends changing it every 105,000 miles or every 10 years whichever comes first. Warning: This is an interference engine and as such if the belt breaks you will have internal engine damage.

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Your owner's manual will give the difinitive answer to this question. Advice I have been given and that I follow is 100k miles or 10 years, whichever comes first. --Ken

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