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I would get the battery replaced at a main Subaru dealer. Then keep coming back to get the battery replaced when it "fails to hold charge". If every owner did

by Lio 3y ago

I would get the battery replaced at a main Subaru dealer. Then keep coming back to get the battery replaced when it "fails to hold charge". If every owner did that it would end up like the region restriction in DVD players. i.e. The retailers would force the manufactures to turn it off because they don't want to deal with the cost of fixing an artificial problem. Oh and I would start posting to car websites and forums about how unreliable my car was. Marketing teams do care about getting that reputation.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
You can’t, the battery will pass the battery tests every time. And who has time to go to a dealership over and over. There is no money in it for them, and you are wasting valuable time. You can fix the problem yourself by getting the head unit replaced with any CarPlay/androud audio one at a car stereo shop for $1,500 and move on with your life.
- chrisandchris 3y ago
  Great solution for this problem: Go fix it with $1'500 - which is a lot of money -, for something you paid and someone else is responsible for breaking it.
  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    Life isn’t fair sometimes. This thing even went though the courts and somehow the onus is still on the buyer to prove something was wrong, when it is clearly a design issue. https://www.subarubatterysettlement.com/ https://www.subarubatterysettlement.com/ I guess there is enough noise around the issue these days to get the dealer to properly fix it, but back in 2019/2020, no one believed you had a tiny power drain, and it would have been very costly to prove it (including time), and then who knows if you could litigate successfully. Hell, if the power drain was only happening while not able to connect to 3G, the issue would be so location specific/sporadic enough, that good luck proving it even to yourself.
- SkyPuncher 3y ago
  Who can even find an appointment at the dealership? In my area, it’s like scheduling for a doctor. Months out.
tredre3 3y ago
> region restriction in DVD players [...] force the manufactures to turn it off Where did this happen? Some players can be unlocked and others are multi-region, but to this day DVD players are still region-locked, are they not?
- Lio 3y ago
  This was pretty much the norm in the UK. When the big supermarkets were still selling DVD players they used to sell them region unlocked because people would return them as faulty if they didn't. If you go to some where like The Range they still sell DVD players and they're all sold as "multi-region" as far as I can see: https://www.therange.co.uk/technology-and-appliances/smart-home-technology/lg-electronics-dp542h-multiregion-dvd-player/?position=4&s=8713475#8713475 https://www.therange.co.uk/technology-and-appliances/smart-h...

by Lio 3y ago

lotsofpulp 3y ago

You can’t, the battery will pass the battery tests every time. And who has time to go to a dealership over and over. There is no money in it for them, and you are wasting valuable time. You can fix the problem yourself by getting the head unit replaced with any CarPlay/androud audio one at a car stereo shop for $1,500 and move on with your life.

chrisandchris 3y ago
Great solution for this problem: Go fix it with $1'500 - which is a lot of money -, for something you paid and someone else is responsible for breaking it.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Life isn’t fair sometimes. This thing even went though the courts and somehow the onus is still on the buyer to prove something was wrong, when it is clearly a design issue. https://www.subarubatterysettlement.com/ https://www.subarubatterysettlement.com/ I guess there is enough noise around the issue these days to get the dealer to properly fix it, but back in 2019/2020, no one believed you had a tiny power drain, and it would have been very costly to prove it (including time), and then who knows if you could litigate successfully. Hell, if the power drain was only happening while not able to connect to 3G, the issue would be so location specific/sporadic enough, that good luck proving it even to yourself.
SkyPuncher 3y ago
Who can even find an appointment at the dealership? In my area, it’s like scheduling for a doctor. Months out.

tredre3 3y ago

> region restriction in DVD players [...] force the manufactures to turn it off Where did this happen? Some players can be unlocked and others are multi-region, but to this day DVD players are still region-locked, are they not?

Lio 3y ago
This was pretty much the norm in the UK. When the big supermarkets were still selling DVD players they used to sell them region unlocked because people would return them as faulty if they didn't. If you go to some where like The Range they still sell DVD players and they're all sold as "multi-region" as far as I can see: https://www.therange.co.uk/technology-and-appliances/smart-home-technology/lg-electronics-dp542h-multiregion-dvd-player/?position=4&s=8713475#8713475 https://www.therange.co.uk/technology-and-appliances/smart-h...