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Deka. Solid battery.
Pros: solid battery
Of course, you can get a new battery, and I recently had a new battery 80% covered by the dealer, since this is a very well known and documented problem. (My battery was going on 6 years old, so I felt like the discount made it a good time to replace it anyways. The discount was specifically because it is a known issue, and supposedly the new battery is more powerful and “solves” the problem, per the dealer.)
Pros: more powerful, solves problem
My Mechanic had me get non-AGM style from Deka. I have the dual battery setup, and have drained my spare a few times already and it’s out performed the previous brands.
Pros: outperformed previous brands, withstood draining
I have a 2019 got a discounted replacement battery at the dealer and the new one is much larger (more powerful?).
Pros: larger, more powerful
I have a 2023 touring with the same problem. Dead battery multiple times within the first few months. The dealership put in a new larger battery (900 cca) Subaru brand, had to take out the factory battery tray to make room for it. No problems as of yet.
Pros: new larger battery, no problems
Cons: dead battery multiple times
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I have a 2023 touring with the same problem. Dead battery multiple times within the first few months. The dealership put in a new larger battery (900 cca) Subaru brand, had to take out the factory battery tray to make room for it. No problems as of yet.
Pros: new larger battery, no problems
Cons: dead battery multiple times
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
My car does not start well. I had replaced the battery myself, which helped it not be so bad.
Pros: helped it not be so bad
Cons: car does not start well
Vehicle:
Subaru Impreza
Battery died around 50k miles.
Cons: battery died
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 50000 km
My 2020 Outback OEM battery only lasted 3-ish years.
Cons: short lifespan
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
The OEM Subaru battery does not have a lot of reserve power.
Cons: low reserve power
Vehicle:
Subaru
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