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I have a 2017 Subaru with STARLINK. It works just fine. It does run the battery down if the key is close enough to the car to wake it up, but far enough away th

by op00to 3y ago

I have a 2017 Subaru with STARLINK. It works just fine. It does run the battery down if the key is close enough to the car to wake it up, but far enough away that the signal is broken and the car goes back to sleep. Keeping the battery 5 feet away from the door instead of next to the door solved that problem.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
I have a 2017 Subaru forester touring 2.0, and replacing the head unit with a cheap Sony CarPlay one fixed my problem. We changed nothing with where we place the keys. Not once has the battery died after that, and it has been ~3 years. With the OEM starlink head unit, we would need to jump start every single week. Needless to say, Subaru’s lack of willingness to compensate us lost them a customer for life.
- Kon-Peki 3y ago
  If the DCM is in the headunit, that seems plausible. What one did you get?
  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    I got this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-6-2-apple-carplay-built-in-bluetooth-in-dash-digital-media-receiver-black/6283607.p?skuId=6283607 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-6-2-apple-carplay-built-in... It works fine, but if I were to do it again, I would have bought a better quality one with a bigger and more responsive touchscreen. I cheaped out because I did not know if the new head unit would fix the battery drain issue, and if it didn’t fix the issue I was going to get rid of the car.
resoluteteeth 3y ago
> Keeping the battery 5 feet away from the door instead of next to the door solved that problem. Do you mean the key? Otherwise how are you moving the battery?
- op00to 3y ago
  The key, yes.
amatecha 3y ago
"It works just fine"? But you have to keep the key the correct distance away to not drain the battery? I mean... that's just ridiculous. I can't believe cars are simultaneously so advanced and yet so terrible.
trumbitta2 3y ago
"You're holding it wrong"
- acdha 3y ago
  This isn’t contributing much, especially because it’s not a valid comparison. The iPhone 4 issue only affected people who used their phones without a case and held it unusually tightly or while sweating profusely (I tested this when news came out and it was not easy to reproduce) - not great, and an embarrassing gaffe for a company specializing in hardware, but very far from being equivalent to a problem rendering the device useless for all users.
  - trumbitta2 3y ago
    Not all users, only the users that are holding their cars wrong i.e. parking their cars too close to their keys.

by op00to 3y ago

lotsofpulp 3y ago

I have a 2017 Subaru forester touring 2.0, and replacing the head unit with a cheap Sony CarPlay one fixed my problem. We changed nothing with where we place the keys. Not once has the battery died after that, and it has been ~3 years. With the OEM starlink head unit, we would need to jump start every single week. Needless to say, Subaru’s lack of willingness to compensate us lost them a customer for life.

Kon-Peki 3y ago
If the DCM is in the headunit, that seems plausible. What one did you get?
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  I got this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-6-2-apple-carplay-built-in-bluetooth-in-dash-digital-media-receiver-black/6283607.p?skuId=6283607 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-6-2-apple-carplay-built-in... It works fine, but if I were to do it again, I would have bought a better quality one with a bigger and more responsive touchscreen. I cheaped out because I did not know if the new head unit would fix the battery drain issue, and if it didn’t fix the issue I was going to get rid of the car.

resoluteteeth 3y ago

> Keeping the battery 5 feet away from the door instead of next to the door solved that problem. Do you mean the key? Otherwise how are you moving the battery?

op00to 3y ago
The key, yes.

amatecha 3y ago

"It works just fine"? But you have to keep the key the correct distance away to not drain the battery? I mean... that's just ridiculous. I can't believe cars are simultaneously so advanced and yet so terrible.

trumbitta2 3y ago

"You're holding it wrong"

acdha 3y ago
This isn’t contributing much, especially because it’s not a valid comparison. The iPhone 4 issue only affected people who used their phones without a case and held it unusually tightly or while sweating profusely (I tested this when news came out and it was not easy to reproduce) - not great, and an embarrassing gaffe for a company specializing in hardware, but very far from being equivalent to a problem rendering the device useless for all users.
- trumbitta2 3y ago
  Not all users, only the users that are holding their cars wrong i.e. parking their cars too close to their keys.