NHTSA Complaint #11610464 — 2021 SUBARU ASCENT

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11610464
Vehicle	2021 SUBARU ASCENT
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	August 10, 2024
Date Filed	August 23, 2024
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	PA

Consumer Description

Battery draining. Bought car from dealership preowned with 25k miles. Owned it for 3 weeks and so far -Battery dead, jumped it, good for a day then dead again. -took back to dealership, said bad battery, replaced it, good for a week and a half then dead again -scheduling to go to a subaru dealership for diagnoses Ive read about the DCM on these vehicles trying to connect to 3g towers continously even when the car is off. The 3g towers are no longer in use in the USA. Subaru should have a software update to remedy this issue but have not found that thus far. Just a lawsuit over this issue.

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