Battery Dead Problems of Subaru Crosstrek

Stationary. Battery has been replaced 4 times. First Subaru said that it needed to be started every couple of weeks. Then they said that it had to be started or driven ever week. Now they say it has to be driven "more" after previous instructions have been followd. Battery dies, becomes defective, and dealership replaces it.

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Original battery failed 5 times in 6 months and was finally replaced by dealer. Second battery failed after a month and has now been replaced again by dealer. Vehicle had been driven for 20 minutes or more at least twice a week before the 2nd battery failure.

The car was purchased in November, and the battery failed in April after multiple dead batteries and jump starts. The battery was replaced as �defective. � the car was jumped again for a dead battery in June. The battery died again in July, and the tech said that the reason was that the car had to be driven every 5 days or the battery would be dead. In August, the car was taken in and again the diagnosis was a defective battery, and it was replaced, though they also said that the car needed to be started and driven once a week.

On three occasions in the the last 2 months, the battery died and the car would not start. I called service and the car was jump started. Three days later I had the same issue. I brought the car to my dealer and was told there was nothing wrong. Since that time, I have had to start my car every day, or jump start if the car sits for three days. Luckily, the car is parked on my driveway.

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Power steering issues. Light illuminates on dashboard and power steering problems occur. It's only 4 years old (never driven off road) taken well care of, and there are serious problems with the electronical part of the power steering saying there is a problem and when driving it locks up making turns really hard when turning the wheel. Then our car shut off like the battery was dead for half a day and we tried one last time to start it before jumping and it started up and worked. Seems like something is wired wrong.

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Ever since the first battery died after a cold winter, the car has been draining the battery on it's own manner. Currently, once awhile, I will notice it drains much more overnight than normal, and if left unused 3-5 days, the car battery will be completely drained. Communicated with the dealer and Subaru, but consider the car has no issue and determined that it was my fault that I must be not driving enough. The first battery lasted from 9/2015 to 2/2017, been driving under same method, behavior, and condition before the death of first battery and after. However, even since the change of the battery, the issue exist and never fixed by dealer. A good note is that a towing company person had a same car with same issue, it was fixed by replacing the battery control board or such. However, Subaru and dealer didn't think that may be the possible cause. In this manner of the car, I can not trust the car to keep driving safely, or maybe it will not turn back on after a trip into mountain road and stopped for a break time. Battery is the key part to keep the engine firing and running. If it died in the middle of driving, this issue may cause death. The car had died in varies location. Such as home driveway, home garage, airport parking lot, and public locations. Yesterday, the car just died again inside the house garage. If needed, I can be reach any time with my phone. I just want my car issue being taken care of, and Subaru to see the issue before anyone get killed.

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