Parts for your 2017 Subaru Xv-Brake shoes

2017 Subaru XV brake shoes: what they are, why they matter, and when to replace them

Yes, brake shoes are relevant to the 2017 Subaru XV. Subaru’s factory workshop information for the XV/Impreza GP platform specifies a rear disc brake with an internal drum-style parking brake (“drum-in-disc”) that uses brake shoes, and genuine parts catalogues list a parking-brake shoe set for 2012–2017 XV models. Major aftermarket catalogues in Australia and New Zealand also list rear parking-brake shoes and hardware for this vehicle. That means the service brakes use pads and rotors, while the parking brake relies on a small set of shoes hidden inside the rear disc’s hat section.

On the 2017 XV, those shoes aren’t there to pull the car up from speed