I've had a continuous battery drainage issue for the past year. The first battery change was while my car was still under warranty, but the problem has persisted and this is the 3rd battery I've received from the dealership in the past year. They cannot find the source of the drainage and insist that it is "normal" behaviour for the car battery to die if the car is not turned on in 2-3 days.
2017 Forester battery problem should be added to the current Class Action litigation on this same issue but for Outbacks. The 2017 Forester since my purchase has had A/C and Battery problems. I know I'm not alone with Subaru and these two issues regarding the Forester.
Subaru installs less than adequate batteries in their Forester models. This is my first and last Subaru. I bought it because they have a good reputation. Really disappointment in the the quality of core items in the vehicle.
This is a 2 yr, 4 month old car, leased new with almost 42,000 miles. I have never had to replace a battery in a car that new? There was no warranty to replace the battery.
Battery died after about 18 months, (would only supply 9 volts) not covered by warranty. As a former service advisor for a national repair/parts chain, have never seen a battery only warrantied for mileage and not pro-rated for time. Worse part -when I called dealer, they told me it would be pro-rated. At dealership paid $25 to have battery tested (has done for free at AutoZone and O'Reilly's but figured they had to do this for warranty purposes). Then was told there was no warranty, and never was due to mileage. Had Thelen Subaru been honest upfront I would have bought a battery at a parts store and saved an afternoon and 50 bucks. The fact that Subaru sells a battery that fails after 18 months is bad enough.
- Ron E.,
Standish, MI, US
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We only had vehicle 3 days and went on a trip to the grand canyon. We got up the last morning of trip to start back 3 days later. The car had been parked 3 days and it barely turned over and wouldn't start. We checked, and nothing was powered on. Waited 1/2 hour then tried 2 more times still only slight turn over. 2 hours later it started sluggishly.
We called our dealership and spoke to service people and were told to bring it in when we got back. They let car sit for 4 hours with our permission because we were sitting there. When they went to start car it started. They kept it for a week, after the 6th time of it doing that to us. And no problems/ we rode with one of the service people and turned on radio, lights and heater. We stopped to get a burger, came back out and car wouldn't start. Tried 3 times, no go. So waited and made sure everything was off. It sluggishly started and by the time with everything off it was running good. Someone told us the manufacturer was having the same problem with outbacks so the manufacturer replaced battery with a different battery. We expected the same, but no way. We had to buy our own and dealer put it in for us. No battery problems since then. Proved their Subaru battery not strong enough.
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I've had a continuous battery drainage issue for the past year. The first battery change was while my car was still under warranty, but the problem has persisted and this is the 3rd battery I've received from the dealership in the past year. They cannot find the source of the drainage and insist that it is "normal" behaviour for the car battery to die if the car is not turned on in 2-3 days.
- Anon .., Las Vegas, NV, US