1991 Subaru Loyale from North America - Comments

The timing belt seems to need to be replaced every 60000 miles or so. You will stop dead in the water if you aren't "prevention" oriented.

Have replaced everything at one time or another. This is to be expected after 250000 plus miles.

I have owned this car since 90,000 miles and have replaced the oil pump, water pump, CV joints twice, wheel bearings, muffler system, oil pan and valve cover gaskets, a few alternators and batteries.

I am amazed that this car has survived 255,000 miles on ONE CLUTCH!! It just finally went kaput.

Truly amazing. Now I am grief stricken and torn as to what to do. It COULD TRULY last another 100,000 miles!

Highly recommend any Subaru vehicle.

These older models are so much easier to work on and fix basic things yourself with some "basic engine repair 101" knowledge and a good manual.

Mine is a "Rocky Mountain" Edition - just curious if anyone knows what this really means? It was bought in Montana and has now travelled to Oregon, where it sits in my driveway, unable to move.

These cars are so great it's hard to say when is too much to fix one. My 92 loyale wagon has 306285 miles on it and has the original clutch and if it blew up I would put a new one in mine if I had to.

Subaru Loyale is the worst car ever. I have a 91 Loyale and everything went wrong. Clutch, all belts, tranny and a whole lot more.

Well, I just purchased one of these little butes. it's a 91' model (my graduation year so it was a good one). its the AWD version with pwr windows and auto. I believe it was fate that put me on this car. I had just walked my dogs around the neighborhood and stopped in a convenient store for a drink. this dude drove up almost on cue. he was my neighbor that I really didn't know other than a first name basis from a passing introduction a while back. anyways it is this black little loyale that's in pretty good condition. its got 163k on it, but drives well. the only thing that stood out about the car mechanically was a slight lifter noise when starting from being cold, a slight valve cover leak, and a small exhaust leak that goes away when it warms up. I'm gonna show this car some love and I believe it can go for another 163k- when the motor goes ill just rebuild it. this car is all anyone should ever need. I was suprised as to how comfortable the seats are in this thing. truly a great buy and with a purported 30 mpg on the highway its much better than my current 4x4 truck. this car is much simpler mechanically so if you have any ability at all one could repair it ones self and skip being charged an arm and a leg while the dealer finds out what code is given and changes one of the appropriate computer components. if you had some parts I dare say in a mad max type of world (the movie-if you don't know, sorry) this would be the perfect type of transportation. efficient, reliable, tough, but simple enough mechanically that it can easily repaired in the field. yeah, I know that's far fetched, but you never know. oh, the bonus is that my bike rack will transfer directly to the tracks on the roof. the truck is going up for sale next week. lets see what happens...

I was in need of some wheels. I had only 2K max to spend and didn't want a car payment. After 2 weeks with no vehicle I found a 91 loyale wagon for sale. After almost buying an old Accord I met this guy with the "Subie". This car had a good clutch, no rust, new paint, good brakes and tires, decent stereo and was just clean. More than that the seller gave a good vibe and the car had 90K on it in 2006. The car was expensive, but the Kelly value was 2K!!!I still have it; after 9 months it has 120K and the only problem is the exhaust leak at the manifold. It might need motor mounts, but big deal dude. I don't see 2 many of these cars around bc they rust out too soon. Keep your undercarriage clean of salt in winter and who knows how many miles you will get. I am going 4 300K! BOW DOWN TO THE LOYALE!