Software problems of the 2016 Subaru Outback

2/15/21 dead battery vehicle parked in home garage stationary. Battery one month old replaced on 1/21/21 plus upgraded software. Previous battery was still under warranty less than 3 years old. 2/15/21 had to get car towed from home garage. Outback still under warranty and we purchased extended warranty from Subaru. Removed bulb from hatch back per service mgr. Automatic starter also unreliable and works intermittently. Factory installed. Vehicle unreliable. Service unable to fix problem. Need to purchase a larger stronger battery for electrical system on own to see if it helps battery problem. Dealer will only give 550 battery.

About a year ago, my Outback occasionally would not start, especially after I returned from a trip. My car's battery was dead. However, my wife's car would start right up. I took my car to the dealer and they installed a software update and a new battery. Less than a year later, the car would not start and the battery was dead again. I had not driven the car in about 5 days because of another problem with the ignition (I could not turn the key in the ignition). I returned the car to the dealer. After the dealer inspected the car, I was told they could not find a problem and they gave the car a clean bill of health. Something is wrong--is it the electrical system? my car was in our driveway.

Vehicle battery has unexpectedly gone dead three times since March 2020. This is after a new Subaru battery was installed in 2019. I understand this is an ongoing problem with Subaru Outbacks (2016-2020). My dealership told me it requires software updates which don't seem to working. My vehicle has 16000 miles on it.

In early January, of 2018, the vehicle wouldn't start because the battery was dead. We had to have it jump-started. This continued at least a dozen times. On 5/25/18 we contacted the dealership, and scheduled an appointment on 5/29/18 to have it assessed. They found: � battery not fully charged. Found software update for battery charging. Performed software update. � the problem continued. . . We made another appointment on 7/11/18, and they gave us a rental vehicle while they had ours, for 8 days. This time: �after finding a parasitic draw, and replacing a module, the battery was replaced�. We were told this was becoming a common occurrence with Subaru batteries, but that Subaru wasn't willing to replace the battery at their cost. We continued to be inconvenienced, (stranded), until the dealership relented, and installed a new battery.