# 2021 Subaru Outback - anybody got battery problems? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** outback, subaru\ **Created:** [September 29, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622 "2022-09-29T02:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shaker44120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@shaker44120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shaker44120)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/1 "2022-09-29T02:48:24Z")
do you have trouble with 2021 Outback battery drain? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/2 "2022-09-29T12:59:32Z")
Use your warranty , it was included in the price of the vehicle. The chance of anyone with a 2021 anything having battery drain the same as your problem is slim. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/3 "2022-09-29T15:18:13Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > Use your warranty +1 The “Bumper-to-Bumper” warranty should still be in effect–unless the OP had driven more than 30k miles already. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/4 "2022-09-29T17:31:00Z")
Enough Subaru vehicles have battery drain problems for Subaru to issue a service bulletin to guide their technicians. Problems with the electronic parking brake, ignition switch and power back door causing battery drain. > **[MC-10201052-0001.pdf](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10201052-0001.pdf)** > > 1468.77 KB ---
**Author:** ![shaker44120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@shaker44120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shaker44120)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/5 "2022-09-30T12:17:07Z")
Thank you. Did not see Crosstrek on here. Might have to do some digging and your help is appreciated ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/6 "2022-09-30T12:19:00Z")
> [@shaker44120](#): > > Might have to do some digging Digging for what ? You are still in the warranty period aren’t you ? Use it. ---
**Author:** ![shaker44120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@shaker44120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shaker44120)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/7 "2022-09-30T12:27:57Z")
Also looking at Crosstrek models ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/8 "2022-09-30T18:07:37Z")
The car is a 2021 which means it could have been sold in 2020 and the battery could have a production date in the early 2020s or (not likely) possible late 2019. Three years and depending upon how much sitting the car went through before sale maybe the battery is just failing due to sulfation. X number of batteries can fail even after a few months. I bought a new motorcycle battery once that failed the very next day and flat refused to take a charge. Any production line item no matter what it is is going to have a certain percentage of premature failures. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-outback-anybody-got-battery-problems/186622/9 "2022-09-30T21:32:55Z")
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