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DH is going to do that this afternoon. It was purchased in Feb. at about 160K miles, and I thought that the dealer did all those basic tuneup things, but may not have done that. Thanks!

Thank you for your reply! We do have a voltmeter, so we'll check that out this afternoon. If it's reading low, there are a couple of the chain auto places in town that can do stand-alone alternator tests - the car won't start at all. Makes a higher than normal sound and tries to catch, but doesn't do anything.

My husband has a '96 Subaru Outback Legacy wagon, about 170K miles, purchased in February, used. On the way home from work on Friday, his AC quit working but everything else continued to work right, and then all of a sudden with no warning the engine just stopped working. (Luckily he was close to an exit and managed to coast off into a parking lot.) It tries to start, but makes a higher pitched noise than it should. We've had several ideas given to us, but the most reliable so far thinks it's the timing belt. We do have the Haynes manual, would this be easy for someone who is only marginally mechanically minded? (Well, cars anyway.) Thank you.