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12-03-2018, 01:01 PM | #426 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Location: USA, North NJ, 07456
Vehicle:1998 Legacy 2.5GT Silver Sleeper BK, 5MT |
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Why do they use thinner glass? High strength thinner steel vs. cheaper thicker steel? Aluminum vs. steel? Making the spare tire an option? They (engineers and bean counters) look at ROI (return on investment). Peeps want more stuff, less weight takes less fuel in a mileage circuit. So, engineers cut weight where they can. The cheaper, the better. Look at most model years, they get bigger and heavier, mostly due to more stuff.
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12-03-2018, 11:20 PM | #427 |
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Member#: 22863
Join Date: Aug 2002
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MAIC
Location: The Land of Mary
Vehicle:2015 WRX, 2022 Fozzy Painted fender collection |
Just replaces my original battery a couple weeks ago. I bought the car in April ‘14, so 4 1/2 years. The car was still starting but I noticed it was starting rather slow in the cold so wanted to replace it as a precaution. New battery has ~650 cca, much better than the stock battery with 390. Now I can listen to the stereo for more than a few minutes with the engine off.
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12-03-2018, 11:30 PM | #428 |
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: Milton, NH
Vehicle:2014 Crosstrek XV Tangerine Orange |
Mine lasted about 40 months of course it failed during a particularly cold period last winter and the only thing I could find on a Sunday was the $50 Value Power one at Walmart they were out of the better one. We'll see how it goes this winter.
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12-04-2018, 10:07 AM | #429 |
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Member#: 10605
Join Date: Sep 2001
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NESIC
Vehicle:2015 WRX Crystal White Pearl |
My 15 wrx batt died within two years. Dealer replaced it for free. Said the factory batteries in the new models are crap, they've replaced almost all of them that were sold.
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12-08-2018, 01:26 PM | #430 | |
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12-13-2018, 11:19 PM | #431 |
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My car battery was lasted almost 4 year. Not a bad longevity. But, I have a American Standard ActiClean toilet. It also has a battery. And, it didn't last much and died in quick time.
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12-14-2018, 06:55 AM | #432 |
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Join Date: Sep 2016
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2016 WRX and 27k.
It never left us stranded ... yet ... but it hasn't been cold here yet. Slow cranking even in a warm'ish (50F) garage drops the voltage to 9V before it starts. Knowing Subaru uses crummy batteries, I figured I'd replace it before the family is sitting in a -10F parking lot holding out jumper cables. Costco seems to be the best deal ... 640 CCA, $74.99 after $15 core return. They sell Interstate batteries, and we got eight years out of the prior one in the Outback. |
12-14-2018, 07:54 AM | #433 | |
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Location: Pa
Vehicle:2015 WRX Black |
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12-26-2018, 10:32 AM | #434 |
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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TXIC
Vehicle:2016 WRX |
Just wanted to add my complaint here. Completely stock 2016 WRX in Texas, drove it for 2 years then noticed it become slow to turn over. Plugged into charger overnight, full charge, was fine for about 2 weeks before it started cranking slow again. Charged again, same result... 2 weeks of good starts before slow cranking. Replaced battery with a "gold" battery from Autozone and haven't had issues since.
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12-28-2018, 01:34 PM | #435 | |
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Location: Anaheim
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12-30-2018, 02:01 AM | #436 |
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Join Date: Dec 2018
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NWIC
Location: Woodinville, WA
Vehicle:2016 WRX World Rally Blue |
I had to pick up a new Napa battery for my 2016 WRX last spring, it was sluggish to start for a few days, and then completely died. At the time I had about 25k miles on the car, and it was in the low 60s outside. The new battery feels way stronger than the old one ever did.
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01-14-2019, 08:01 PM | #437 |
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: Mass
Vehicle:2017 WRX Base Black |
Factory Battery is Garbage
2.5 years and a little over 18k miles here (17 wrx). Noticed some sluggish starts a few weeks ago, and they’ve continued. For the first time today, it actually failed to start on my first key turn after a short trip to the store and barely started on the second. Definitely don’t trust this battery anymore and I’ll be getting an aftermarket one ASAP.
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01-15-2019, 07:45 AM | #438 |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
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Tri-State
Location: Rochester, NY
Vehicle:2015 WRX Crystal White |
Factory battery is still going in my '15. 33k miles now, used year-round. The only "maintenance" I've done to it is maintain driving with the lights on, toss the thing on the battery charger once a month or so for a top off, and give it a little help using a float charger when the car sits for any length of time. That said, I have a contingency plan in place for when it does finally bite the dust.
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01-15-2019, 11:00 AM | #439 |
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Join Date: Oct 2018
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E. Canada
Location: Toronto
Vehicle:2017 WRX Stage2 WRB |
I left my car at work and am on a 11 day business trip. I really hope when i land and take an uber there that i wont be stranded.
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01-15-2019, 11:06 AM | #440 |
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After 27k miles and a little over 2 years my ‘17 wrx battery died on 3 separate occasions in the morning before heading to work. Took the car into Subaru the other day and they replaced it under warranty with a new Subaru battery that shows 550 cca compared to the factory 390, car starts up much faster now
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01-15-2019, 02:40 PM | #441 |
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Location: the 'wa, ontario, canada
Vehicle:2017 WRX base Urban Grey |
my 07 impreza battery was good for like 4 years and I replaced it preemptively.
My 17 wrx exhibited signs of sluggish start already last winter. I thought I could make it through this winter but 3 days straight of sluggish starts and I went to costco to grab a new battery without hesitation. No messing around with the canadian warranty, I doubt they would've changed it anyways given the warranty card says it doesn't cover batteries plus the day minimum they would've wanted to keep the car to test, and I'm sure they just would've charged it up and sent me home at the end of the day for it to do it again next week. So I said **** it. 135+ 10$ core at costco. As an added note... you know that sound effect in games and movies when electronics suddenly loose power? that little nnnreeeeeep zippy noise? I thought that was an electronic foley artist noise generated for movies... didn't think a real thing could actually make that noise. lol |
01-15-2019, 07:09 PM | #442 | |
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03-02-2019, 06:41 PM | #443 | |
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Location: Australia
Vehicle:2009 WRX White |
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I have seen the thousands of forum entries related to Subaru and Batteries. This is possibly the real answer. I can understand why 1000s of people have tried trickle chargers OR under advice from friends or dealers changed the battery. Sometime to a bigger capacity, that will take longer to go flat. Why can't the experts find the problem? I think maybe a few have, but just not passed it on. The real cause I believe is the Subaru's second computer, the BIU, Body Integrated Unit, this computer stores, "backs up", all settings in the car. Examples, possibly switches, navigation unit, audio system, doors, windows, lights, alarm system, who knows what else, I could find no detailed information. I investigated, in my case, I found removing the "Back Up" fuse in the engine bay would stop a 1200ma continuous Battery drain. The correct Battery drain when the car is asleep after a couple of minutes from switch off, is around 50-70ma, that will NOT flatten your battery. My battery is 5 years old! I had a flat battery several times over a month, car struggled to start. Jump started easily. With that fuse out, NO issues with the battery, perfect. BUT you can't leave the fuse out, all the car smarts except the engine, it has its own computer the ecu,the rest goes a bit crazy, car drives ok AC works everything else goes weird. Your battery drain will probably be caused by some device in the car not in it's normal state. In my case the CD player was in some strange mode. You need a slightly technical person to monitor battery drain current and investigate further. Alternatively check the operation of everything in the car, turn it on and off move windows up and down check lights, all audio, navigation, one of those things is probably the cause. NOT YOUR BATTERY. Subaru and dealers should have identified this issue years ago, the cost in PR and to users has been HUGE. Last edited by keithatpda; 03-03-2019 at 04:15 PM. |
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03-02-2019, 11:20 PM | #444 |
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03-03-2019, 04:17 PM | #445 |
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Location: Australia
Vehicle:2009 WRX White |
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03-04-2019, 08:25 AM | #446 |
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Member#: 461956
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Maryland
Vehicle:2017 WRX Premium White |
Had an incident two weeks ago. Started fine in the morning (typically in the 20's to 30's for temps lately) and drove to work. Came out in the afternoon to go home and the car wouldn't turn over and was draggy to try to start. Turned key off, tried to crank again with no luck. Finally went on the third try.
It was probably in the upper 30's to low 40's, so not that cold. For the first half of the drive home, the car stalled out twice as the idle dropped really low. Not sure what correlation that is to the battery, but I had never had that happen before. No codes or anything or check engine light. Since then, it has been fine. Even in cold morning starts. :shrugs: |
03-04-2019, 08:29 AM | #447 | |
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Do you do lots of short trips? If so, that, coupled with the cold, could be drawing the battery down but fully recharging. |
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03-04-2019, 01:17 PM | #448 |
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Yeah, my commute is about 20 miles, so not all that long. It has been a while since I've done a long trip of more than an hour or so.
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03-04-2019, 01:38 PM | #449 |
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Vehicle:2019 WRX Black |
20 miles is a decently long commute..
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03-04-2019, 02:41 PM | #450 |
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In the DC area, it is pretty short.
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