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We’ve always had luck with Duracell in our cars.
Pros: always had luck
Still going strong on OEM battery after 3yrs
Pros: still going strong
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I’m in the UAE, where summers hit around 50°C. This Forester is my first car with auto start-stop, and I’m impressed that the battery lasted a solid 4 years. With my driving habits (lots of short runs), my previous cars’ batteries would barely survive 1–1.5 years. This one lasted more than double that.
Pros: long lifespan, good in hot climate
Vehicle:
Subaru Forester
Still on vanilla battery. As part of my wife's start process is start car, press button to turn off auto off. Seems to be working.
Pros: long lasting, working well
Vehicle:
Subaru Forester
Mileage: 120000 km
Not near Utah but here on the west coast I use Powersonic or Genesis or Yuasa with good luck. For some reason all the Duracells I have purchased over the years fail about a year out of install.
Pros: good luck with Powersonic
Cons: Duracells fail quickly
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
It’s the battery problem. Had same thing happen 3x. No issues after battery upgrade that subi paid for.
Pros: no issues after upgrade
Cons: repeated battery problems
this happened to me on Michigan Ave in Chicago during traffic. I have a 2020 forester as well. Has happened about 4x in the past few weeks; brought it to the dealer, they told me I just needed a new battery!
Pros: new battery fixed issue
Cons: repeated failures
Vehicle:
Subaru Forester
As I came to a stop, my car shut down as it does normally but the traffic began moving just as that happened. So as my car auto-stopped, I took my foot off the gas and the entire car seized - My Eye Sight was disabled, dashboard lights lit up and a high-pitched "There's clearly a fucking problem" chime screamed out at me. I had to put my car in to park (on a 4-lane highway in Boston traffic), stop the engine, restart and then recommence my drive. Fuck this feature in traffic. I'm turning that shit off from now on. EDIT: A huge "thank you" to this Sub for informing that this is a battery issue, and there was a battery drain settlement that should cover this - I specifically called that out in my service notes, and they replaced the battery under that warranty at no charge.
Pros: battery replaced under warranty
Cons: car seized, terrifying experience
Vehicle:
Subaru Forester
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