2022 Subaru Outback battery

KathyH1
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:41:20 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I got my Outback 8/27/21 and have less than 6000 miles on it. I drive it 5-6 days/week. A few months ago was unable to unlock to drive to work, battery dead, assumption was “must have left something turned on”, battery charger got it going again in a few hours. This week while on vacation, went for a short hike and came back to a dead car. No nearby dealership so $350. later had new battery from O’Reilly’s which was not a subaru and several dash lights on that could not be reset or turned off by the guy @ the auto parts store. Currently at local dealership where we were told would have to pay for 2nd new battery in 48hrs as the off brand does not allow for diagnosis of all the electronic failures (check engine, brake, no cruise control, eyesight off, RAB off) unless there is a subaru battery in car. Warranty won’t cover new battery because we did not bring back the original that failed while we were stranded. Is this Subaru battery just a piece of junk? Why & how does is drain so quickly?

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