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All non diesel turbo engines are unreliable when compared to non turbo, so it depends what you mean by “reliable”. They’re unforgiving of heat, non synthetic oil, extended oil changes. Even a minor oversight means needing a new block (which are in high demand) By now a 2005 has a long unknown history. If they’ve got a known documented history of maintenance, never been run hot, synthetic oil changed very frequently, and taken care of, and it’s never eaten a turbo or turbo replaced with a cheap aftermarket garbage….they can a decent vehicle. Practically that almost never happens. So yes they’re reliable but no you probably won’t find one in the condition I described. It also needs Subaru timing belt pulleys tensioner and water pump no matter what it’s timing belt history. It’s probably old or has aftermarket parts or the pulleys and tensioner have never been replaced. “New timing belt” isn’t good enough. Has to be Subaru or AISIn and all new pulleys too.

Hmmm, hard to say. In the video, the transmission is in FWD mode, so the driveline is out of the equation. I think it's a 1:1 ratio, or close to that, but I'll have to try it again tomorrow.

www.car-part.com is a great resource to find parts.

On order.

It's not stuck in 4WD. It's lost it's default front wheel drive. Check the axles and hubs, to see if one is spinning without moving the wheel. Must be checked in 2WD mode, not 4WD.

Could be a shot CV joint up front or a worn out front hub spline, allowing the cv shaft to spin in the hub. Or a front shaft may be removed for some reason with the hub held together with the remains of the outer joint with the stub axle piece. Cheers Bennie

broken axle?