2019 Subaru Ascent

AS MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAYS AFTER MAYBE A DAY OR TWO WITHOUT DRIVING IT, MY BATTERY WAS DEAD. I JUMPED STARTED IT AND IT WORKED, BUT AS THEY WENT BY THE BATTERY KEPT DYING. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID MY BATTERY TESTED BAD AND BECAUSE THE CAR ONLY HAS 18K MILES, IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. OK, SO I WENT ON WITH MY DAY. A COUPLE OF WEEKS WENT BY AND THE BATTERY DIED AGAIN. BRAND NEW BATTERY. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THEY COULDNT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. TO LET IT DIE AGAIN AND TOW IT BACK TO THE DEALER. SO I DID! A WEEK AFTER MY BRAND NEW BATTERY HAD TESTED 'GOOD', IT HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. TODAY THEY CALLED ME STATING A CELL IN THE BATTERY TESTED BAD SO THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE IT. HOW COULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? SOMETHING IS WITHDRAWING CHARGE OFF THE BATTERY AND THEY CANT FIGURE IT OUT. THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP THE CAR OVERNIGHT TO SEE IF THEY NOTICE ANY DISCHARGE FROM THE BATTERY. BUT COM'ON. I HAVE GOTTEN MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 5K MILES, MULTIPLE TIRES HAVE BLOWN OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, THE FUEL PUMP RECALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND NOW THIS ISSUE. DO NOT BUY A SUBARU PLEASE!!!!

I HAVE A 2019 SUBARU ASCENT. ON JULY 2, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE CAR STARTED VIBRATING AND RATTLING AND HIS SPEED WENT FROM 60 MPH DOWN TO 30 MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND THE CAR STARTED FLASHING INFORMATION ON THE DASH. AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. HE GOT OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED AAA. IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THEY GOT THERE. NOTHING AND NOBODY WAS AROUND AND HE HAD TO BEG THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TO LET HIM AND OUR ELDERLY DOG RIDE TO THE NEAREST SUBARU DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS ABOUT 50 MILES AWAY. I WAS ALREADY AT THE BEACH AT EMERALD ISLE NC AND HAD TO GO PICK HIM UP AT PARKWAY SUBARU IN JACKSONVILLE NC. THIS WAS ON JULY 2,2020. TODAY, JULY 11, WE STILL DON'T HAVE MY CAR BACK. I AM THANKFUL THAT PARKWAY DEALERSHIP LOANED US A CAR TO GET BACK TO RALEIGH WHERE WE LIVE AND BOUT OUR CAR, AT SOUTHERN STATES SUBARU. PARKWAY HAS TOLD US VARIOUS THINGS THAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM. FOR FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEY HAD TO GUESS AS THE SUBARU HEADQUARTERS IT WAS 'DOWN'. AS OF NOW PARKWAY STILL HAS MY CAR AND I HAVE THEIR LOANER SUBARU OUTBACK. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASHED AS WELL AS LEFT MY 65 YEAR OLD HUSBAND AND DOG STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A VERY RURAL ROAD. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY RELIABLE SUBARU ASCENT HAS GREATLY DISAPPOINTED. PLEASE HELP!!

FOUND MY BATTERY DEAD AND MY REAR TRUNK DOOR OPEN. I HAD CLOSED IT AND PARKED MY CAR IN MY GARAGE THE EVENING OF THE 4TH. I WENT TO MY GARAGE TODAY AND DISCOVERED THIS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT WILL CAUSE THE BATTERY TO GO DEAD IF THE REAR LATCH DOESN'T PROPERLY LATCH OR THE DOOR IS LEFT OPEN FOR A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. LAST TIME, I HAD TO CANCEL A DR'S APPOINTMENT WHEN I DISCOVERED IT. TODAY, I WAS JUST GOING TO MY GARAGE FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE SO DIDN'T NEED TO DRIVE ANYWHERE.

GOT INTO THE CAR AT HOME IN THE GARAGE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START DUE TO A DEAD BATTERY. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE BATTERY DIED AT HOME. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY STRESSFUL IF THIS HAD OCCURRED WHILE WE WERE OUT OF TOWN AND NOT CLOSE TO A SUBARU DEALER. AFTER SUBARU REPLACED THE BATTERY, IT DIED AGAIN ON APRIL 4, 2020, ALSO AT HOME WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEALER SIMPLY RECHARGED THE BATTERY AND PERFORMED DEEP DIAGNOSTICS WHICH DID NOT INDICATE ANY SYSTEMIC ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I HAVE ATTACHED A LOG OF ISSUES WHICH POINT TO OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ISSUES THAT SUBARU HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ARE KNOWN ISSUES BUT SUBARU HAS NOT OR WILL NOT FIX THE ROOT ELECTRICAL CAUSES OF THESE ISSUES VIA A RECALL. THIS BATTERY ISSUE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON OTHER SUBARU MODELS IN PRIOR YEARS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE FILE I HAVE ATTACHED IS A LOG OF ALL PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THE CAR SINCE PURCHASING IT. MOST OF THEM ARE RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (OF WHICH THE BATTERY IS PART OF) SO FOCUS ON THOSE TOO IF APPROPRIATE.

IF NOT STARTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS IT SEEMS SLUGGISH TO START. A 10 DAY PERIOD THIS MONTH OF NOT STARTING RESULTED IN INABILITY TO START. I CALLED SUBARU STARLINK AND WAS SENT A TOW TRUCK DRIVER TO GIVE ME A "JUMP"., WHICH WORKED. I WAS TOLD BY TOW TRUCK DRIVER THAT THE ALTERNATOR SEEMED TO BE FUNCTION---BY THE DIAGNOSTICS ON HIS BATTERY JUMP STARTER. THEN HE REPORTED HE HAS HAD TO JUMP NUMEROUS NEWER SUBARU VEHICLES. LATER THAT DAY, WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED IN MY GARAGE, I BRIEFLY-- SEVERAL MINUTES, A HIGH PITCHED WHINE/ELECTRIC LIKE, COMING FROM THE PASSENGER REAR CORNER NEAR WHEEL WHEEL WHER THE FUEL INTAKE IS LOCATED. THAT SOUND STOPPED SHORTLY LATER. I HAVE STARTED MY SUBARU DAILY OR EVERY DAY TO ENSURE IT WILL START. I SUSPECT SOME ELECTRICAL ITEM MAY BE DRAINING THE BATTERY--- WHICH ALREADY SEEMS UNDERSIZED FOR ALL THE NEWER ELECTRICAL ITEMS IN NEWER VEHICLES. COULD THA FUEL SYSTEM BE AT FAULT? I HAD HEARD ABOUT A FUEL PUMP RECALL/ISSUE. I AM NOT TRUSTING THIS VEHICLE TO START---AS EXPECTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

KEEPING THE REAR GATE OPEN, OR EVEN JUST OPENING AND CLOSING THE REAR GATE WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED, DRAINS THE BATTERY RAPIDLY. THIS CAN LEAVE DRIVERS STRANDED IN UNSAFE LOCATIONS. BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER ASCENT OWNERS, THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE BOUGHT THE ASCENT AND HAPPENS REGULARLY AND FREQUENTLY. SUBARU OF AMERICA APPEARS TO BE IN DENIAL THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND THERE ARE LAWYERS GATHERING INFORMATION ON A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.. *TR

LIFT GATE NOT WORKING. GETTING STUCK CLOSE AND DRAINING THE BATTERY. AT ONLY 17000 MILES WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY TWICE. WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR WILL MAKE A VIBRATION SOUND AND ALL LIGHTS WILL COME ON BUT THE LIFT GATE IS SUSPENDED CLOSE AND THE VEHICLE WON'T START. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. AND WHEN THE BATTERY IS JUMPED AND THE VEHICLE WILL START, THE LIFT GATE WILL STILL NOT OPEN. *TR

AFTER 4 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, IN APRIL 19 THE BATTERY DIED WHILE AT A CAMPING TRIP. FELLOW CAMPERS TRIED TO BOOST THE BATTERY TO NO AVAIL. I HAD LIMITED CELL SUPPORT. ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE CAME AND TOWED THE ASCENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND HIGH CURRENT DRAWN FROM THE AWD SYSTEM BUT SAID THAT BESIDE A COMPLETELY DEAD BATTERY EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. THEY PROVIDE THE SAME BATTERY TYPE. IN MARCH 2020 THE CAR WOULDN'T START. CONTACTED SUBARU ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, JUMPED THE CAR. IN JUNE 2020 WHITE GETTING READY FOR A CAMPING TRIP, AFTER PACKING THE CAR, WHICH INVOLVE LEAVING THE REAR HATCH OPEN AND DOOR CONSTANTLY OPENS AND CLOSED THE CAR WOULDN'T START. USING A PORTABLE BACKUP BATTERY I WAS ABLE TO JUMP THE CAR AND GO ON MY TRIP. WHILE CAMPING I KEPT THE ENGINE RUNNING WHILE I WAS UNLOADING THE CAR. DID HE SAME WHEN I LOADED THE CAR BACK. *TR