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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
After several tests they were able to get the battery fail code they were looking for. Nissan replaced the battery with a new one, and so far so good.
Pros: new battery, so far good
San Antonio Leaf driver here, a Leaf is fine in Texas as long as you don't want to do road trips (battery heating gets to be an issue around 250 miles on a 40kWh on the interstate). This sub is overwhelmingly negative on the Leaf, despite it being a good local commuter.
Pros: fine for local commuter
Cons: battery heating on road trips
Vehicle:
Nissan Leaf
I'm in central Texas and the Leaf does just fine for in city driving. The batteries run hotter than a liquid cooled battery does of course but they are capable of operating at Texas summer temperatures. Where they struggle is on long highway trips. High speeds mean more load on the battery which also means more heat and more likely to have the car limit power due to battery temps. I have noticed that Leafs in Texas do tend to show more battery degradation and less capacity than leafs that are in cooler climate.
Pros: fine for city driving
Cons: struggles on highway, more degradation
Vehicle:
Nissan Leaf
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
It's a known issue that Subaru batteries fail much too early. Subaru began warranting great numbers of them a few years ago.... And they kept using "The same faulty batteries"!!! ...and they still are.
Cons: fails too early, faulty batteries
Vehicle:
Subaru
Could be worse ... I bought a new 24 OB and within 3 months, the battery was replaced. Love the car, but crap batteries
Cons: crap batteries
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
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