2019 Subaru Ascent

MY ASCENT HAS A LITTLE OVER 16,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS PURCHASED FEB. 2019. THE BATTERY DIED JUST SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER NOT BEING DRIVEN FOR 4 DAYS. NO LIGHTS WERE LEFT ON AND TAIL GATE WAS NOT OPEN. HAD TO JUMP START IT AND TAKE IT TO SUBARU. BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED AT HOME AND NOT 2 DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT.

PARKED THE CAR. THE REAR LIFTGATE WOULD NOT OPEN WITH FOB OR FROM DASHBOARD. TWO QUICK BEEPS BUT NO MOVEMENT. WE DECIDED TO JUST GRAB OUR ITEMS FROM THE INSIDE AND LEFT. WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE CAR ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, THE CAR WOULD UNLOCK BUT THE REAR LIFTGATE STILL DIDN'T WORK. WE LOADED UP THE CAR AND STARTED THE CAR BUT BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER CHARGING UP THE BATTERY, ALL THE MAJOR SAFETY CAR FEATURES HAVE BEEN DISABLED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON WITH MANY OTHER LIGHTS SHOWING UP. THE CAR IS DRIVABLE BUT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT OR SAFE. I JUST CALLED SUBARU TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. THEY ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR 2 WEEKS LATER BUT I MANAGED TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT DAY. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CAR ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF OTHER OWNERS WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE TAILGATE.

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.

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AROUND A TRUCK ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR REFUSED, FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL AND EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. MY SPEED WAS PROBABLY AROUND 60MPH, WHEN I TRIED TO QUICKLY GET AROUND THIS TRUCK. IT WAS FULL OF FURNITURE THAT I FELT WAS LOADED IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE CAR HAS DONE THIS AND THE CVT CHAIN SLIP WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IN A RECALL N DECEMBER. THIS TIME SUBARU SAID IT WAS A LEAKY GASKET IN THE INTER COOLER??