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Subaru knew their customers were gonna pitch a fit about this so they way overbuilt the starter. It’s rated for 260,000 starts which breaks down to a little over 70/day every single day for 10 years. It’s also physically much larger than the standard starter from previous generations.
Pros: overbuilt, high durability rating, physically larger
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
Might be a long shot but see if there is a Starter/Alternator repair shop nearby. They will be able to disassemble and fix what is wrong using much higher quality parts that what auto parts stores use.
Pros: higher quality parts
Vehicle:
Ford Mustang
I went with Denso from Advanced Auto last year. So far no issues and very nice quick starts
Pros: very nice quick starts
Cons: no issues
Denso would be the one I would want on a Lexus.
Pros: preferred brand
Vehicle:
Lexus
The Denso remanufactured unit is perfectly ok!
Pros: perfectly ok
Vehicle:
Honda
Given the price, I bought the reman Denso from Rockauto and replaced it myself.
Pros: good price
Vehicle:
Honda S2000
I’d only use OE Honda or Denso branded. I used a Denso that ordered from Rock Auto.
Pros: Denso branded, good quality
I replaced my starter 3 times in 9 months on my rsx.
1. Buy new. I got 2 reman densos that failed within 1 month. Cheap WAI off Amazon was cheaper and new, and it's still working after 6 mo.
Pros: cheap, still working
Cons: reman densos failed
Vehicle:
Acura RSX
We had the starter die long before the recalls and paid out of pocket and then had to fight with Subaru for some of our money after the recall came out. 3 years later, here we are again with a dead car and I think it is the starter as it is acting the same way it did last time. We replaced it with an OEM starter so I am now wondering if that was part of the batch that was recalled? I'm honestly so sick of this car not starting when we need it to
Cons: died prematurely, repeated failure, car not starting
Vehicle:
Subaru
People are really trying to hype this feature up, but i\u2019ve replaced at least 10 starters this year on vehicles with auto stop/start.
Cons: replaced many starters
Vehicle:
Subaru
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