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My Passat has 370k km and is 20 years old, still on the original starter, and starts like a champ.
Pros: starts like a champ
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 370000 km
Just gonna put my 2 cents in, the slow crank is either the starter or the battery. At that age, if the battery tests good it is the starter.
Cons: starter is not cheap
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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
About a day ago my starter completely went out on me... and just today I got finished putting an ABA starter into play. Absolutely love how much better it sounds and it has no problems getting things turning.
Pros: better sound, easy turning
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I replaced my old iron starter in my 84 GTI with the mk4 starter and what a difference (both spinning and weight!
Pros: spinning and weight difference
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
The starter in my GTI died and I had to push start it. It worked fine but I had a few lights on the dashboard (ESP and something else I think). The starter was the only thing wrong with the car so I think the lights were related to not turning the key to start it.
Pros: worked fine
Cons: starter died
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My buddy has gone through 3 starters on his crosstrek, all under warranty, because of the auto stop.
Cons: gone through 3 starters
Vehicle:
Subaru
My CPO Base Impreza 2019, with 26k miles, wouldn’t start. The starter motor failed and that part is out of warranty. I was just pissed because I had the car for less than 2 years.
Cons: premature failure, out of warranty
Vehicle:
Subaru Impreza
Mileage: 41843 km
My 2018 started having starter issue at around 40k.
Cons: starter issue at 40k
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 40000 km
I have had intermittent issues with a cold start where it would need to crank for much longer than seemed appropriate.
Cons: intermittent cold start issues, long cranking
Vehicle:
Subaru
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