GaryRI

Not plug & play. The only thing missing was a power wire to plug into the "new" leather covered power passenger seat. Instead of jury rigging a power source I swapped the leather & foam seats (from the powered seat frame) onto my seat frames (that were fabric covered). Pretty easy. Did seat backs first then the bottoms. Found a utube instruction on taking off the back plastic cover.Took my son & I 90 minutes tops.

I would never let Jiffy Lube flush an auto trans (again)! Doing so blew out the seals on an old truck years ago. Go to a dealership or a shop specializing in transmission work.

Re: "...sealant could trap..." When you say only a month old I assume you bought it new. If so did you get it with any optional undercoating? That being so (new purchase) definitely complain to the dealer. Have you talked to the dealer yet? Depending how it's applied sealant could trap

I would go to www.car-part.com to get a notion of what a used engine near you would cost. It works well for the East Coast.

I am asking about the passenger side (& hoping for plug and play). The airbags seem to be in the seats.

You should check your owners manual. My new to me 2010 Outback's owners manual doesn't spec synthetic fuel.

I have a question about swapping out passenger side manual cloth for leather covered electric. I already swapped the driver side cloth for leather but my driver side had electric controls so I expected everything to work and it did. Before doing the swap I detached the battery ground. When I did plugged in the "new" seats everything worked. The "manual" passenger seats are heated and, of course, have the passenger detector/seat belt/buzzer control. MY QUESTION - can I expect all the electric motors to work when I plug the existing supply plug into the "new" (used) seats? Or am I going to have to take the cloth covers off the existing seats & replace same with the "new" leather covers?