NHTSA Complaint #11486196 — 2019 SUBARU WRX ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11486196
Vehicle	2019 SUBARU WRX
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	August 5, 2022
Date Filed	September 24, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	MN

Consumer Description

This vehicle has less than 20,000 miles on it and I’ve had the battery drain on me 3 different times from just leaving a door open with the car off while doing general maintenance things. The car lacks a feature to shut off the dome lights and I thought that was what the problem stemmed from. Each time the car died on me the door was open for no more than 20 minutes or so. Once I saw there’s a class action lawsuit against them for issues related to this I knew this issue is the same one. No battery should be going dead from a light being on for 20 minutes with nothing else running.

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