Does anyone have one of these cars?l rented it for the snow trip tomarrow, and the rental place is closed?HELP!!!!! It is an automatic, but not sure how to read the gear shifter??

Just put it in gear.

it is always in AWD!
fergetaboutit

they are all wheel drive cars, dont do nothing, car will do it for you when it needs traction..

Subarus are always in all wheel drive. there is no need to turn it on because it is always on.

Do not know how it is on an outback, but l used to have a Subaru Legacy and it was always in awd when it was driving! good luck in the snow.

ps, does not mean it is not still capable of slipping ( l have up her in icy Wisconsin).

eather push the button that marked 4wh or auto4wd or pull the gear shifter back marked 4x4

If its AWD its Full time AWD
But you will need to turn the OverDrive off in Bad weather
If its A 4 X 4 model you have to In gauge the 4 WD
Switch While its running and the Light will come on.

assuming its the same as my STi, if youre driving in snow, you might want to lock the center differential. gives better grip in ice and snow. check your manual for how to do this.

It is a symmetrical AWD. That means all four wheels are turning all the time. Just drive it like a normal car.

Its full time all wheel drive there is nothing you need to do to put it into all wheel drive. It does it by itself.

All Subaru vehicles including the Outback have a full time Symmetrical All-Wheel drive. The Outback is automatically in all-wheel drive and will stay in All-Wheel drive. Symmetrical All-Wheel drive is Subaru is famous All-Wheel drive system which sends power to all four wheels at all time. If it detects slippage in any wheel it will redirect power from that wheel to wheels that have superior traction.