6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 100 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Subaru dealer.
6.0
fairly significantThis problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Subaru dealer.
Simply stated, (and having seen several other complaints about Subaru Outback, with battery discharge problem), I am extremely concerned that this new vehicle has required a jump start twice. The vehicle has simply been parked (for about 7 days). When I went to start it, it wouldn't. The battery had discharged and was completely dead. I reported this to Subaru Customer support. They checked with the dealer and provided me the same answer. "The car needs to be driven daily". I said "What? This is absurd." In my 40+years of driving, I have never ever been told that I needed to drive the car daily, or I could expect the battery to be dead. This is of concern, as I travel and sometimes I park in long term parking because of the length of the trip. I have never needed to think that my car battery would be dead, when I return from a trip. I now need to worry that my vehicle (if not driven daily) could leave me stranded somewhere because the battery will discharge. I am looking to contact NJ Dept of Consumer Affairs to pursue a possible 'lemon law' suit. I am also going to open a complaint with NHTSA. I have also seen some comment about Subaru having a Battery Enhanced ECM Update that is applied by Subaru Service. I will need to ask the Subaru service side about that. Any readers of this post, if you have some information please let me know.
- Louis S., Somerset, NJ, US