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  1. Sourcing Parts & Accessories
    Are there any (non-custom) battery mounts currently available that are either compatible with, or specifically designed for, 2014-2018 Subaru Forester 2.5i (FB25) vehicles which do not require drilling and/or welding as part of the installation process? Mele Design Firm makes Group 35 battery...
  2. Lighting and Electrical
    I will send you what I received about Class Action Suit/ Settlement for Premature Wear, Battery extended warranty. What year is your model?
  3. Lighting and Electrical
    My friend's got a 2012 Forester and doesn't drive it too often, but last week took a ~500 mile trip and had no problems. This week he gets to it and the battery is so dead that it don't even unlock the doors or open the trunk door. I threw the battery from my 2010 Forester in just to check that...
  4. General Troubleshooting and Technical Help
    Hello! I’m new here and for reference know NOTHING about cars. I have a 2009 Subaru Forester that has been giving me a lot of trouble. I thought it was the battery so I just got it replaced yesterday but my problems have not stopped. After driving for a few minutes, my radio cut out, all the...
  5. Lighting and Electrical
    Hi, I am a 64 year old woman and live in a rural area hundreds of miles from a dealership. I'm having battery issues similar or maybe same as older Subaru's and need to keep my Subaru a safe reliable car.
  6. Lighting and Electrical
    Here is a battery upgrade I did. 24F battery fits with trimming to the engine side of the battery tray lip. The factory battery sleeve won’t fit so I added a DEI battery sleeve. Also added a battery shock mat. These probably aren’t necessary. The factory hold down clamp fits fine. The negative...
  7. Lighting and Electrical
    Hi All, about a month and a half ago I accidentally left a light on and had to call AAA. I ended up getting a new battery since the previous one was also AAA and so used the warranty. Since then, I noticed the forester was struggling to turn over. I gave it some time in case it needed to...
  8. Lighting and Electrical
    I pulled up to a stop light the other day and my auto start/stop shut the vehicle down. Upon getting the green light I took my foot off the brake and I got all sorts of warning lights/etc, and the car would not restart. So I manually shut it "off", then restarted and everything was fine...
  9. General Troubleshooting and Technical Help
    Has anyone had frequent battery failures with the 2017 Subaru Forester 2.5i Touring model? Timeline: 1. I purchased this vehicle in the summer of 2017 2. After around 2 years (2019) so I had my first failure under warranty (now on the second battery). 3. In February 2023 I had my second battery...
  10. Lighting and Electrical
    I just had my 2.5 year warranty work done at a neighbourhood service shop. They tested my original OEM battery and the results were very positive. As a background, I installed the auto start/stop disabler very early on and I hard wired in a waterproof female receptor plug to the top of the fog...
  11. Lighting and Electrical
    TLDR: When securing the positive battery terminal, my wrench tapped the negative terminal for ~1/4 second. There were sparks, and now there's a small burn mark on the negative terminal and my wrench. Do I need to replace the battery? Is it possible anything else was damaged? Car starts up and...
  12. Lighting and Electrical
    Hi all, I am occasionally experiencing a loss of power when I turn the key to start the engine. I have all power when the accessories are on, but not once I crank it. What is this most likely, a bad ground? A bad alternator or starter?
  13. General Troubleshooting and Technical Help
    My Forester was struggling a bit to start, and I figured it was time to change the battery. Well, I was driving home yesterday, sure enough, almost every light came on the dash. I checked the forum and saw where this will happen if the battery gets low. The vehicle is almost 3 years old, and...
  14. Interior and Electronics
    Hello Sir, Please help me, I replaced the battery and the car alarm went off when I plug new battery and the car wont start. I have a subaru forester 2009 non turbo.
  15. Lighting and Electrical
    I've been complaining for a while about the necessity to apply my NOCO charger to keep voltage above 12.2 volts, and finally decided to do something about it. Under the Settlement terms, we can file a complaint to have the battery properly tested and get a revised Calibration File applied (ECU...
  16. Interior and Electronics
    I checked the phone seems to be charging even after car is powered off. This concerns me leaving an USB thumb drive I use for music to be left in the port always if not being driven for a while will this drain more battery ?
  17. Lighting and Electrical
    My 2017 Forester's battery just died again 2 years after I last replaced. This is the 3rd one. Basically each battery lasted about 2 years. I have a 2019 Ascent, battery also died last week, after just 3 years, warranty just expired. Both vehicles are used regularly. I am done with Subaru. I was...
  18. Driver-Assist Technology and EyeSight
    I replaced my battery about a month ago and the eyesight has been off ever since. Anyone know how to reset the eyesight and get it working again for a 2015?
  19. Lighting and Electrical
    Hey guys I have an ‘07 2.5 NA and it won’t start. I figured it was a dead battery, as it’s a seasonal car. I hooked up my little jump box and immediately got a “short circuit” and “reverse polarity” warning. This car has no power, no relays clicking no dome lights, nothing. I isolated the...
  20. General Troubleshooting and Technical Help
    Hey team, I’ve been driving the standard 2.0L 4spd auto foz for just over a year now and I recently had a tricky situation with a flat battery. We had to push the flat car about 5m so we could jump start it, to do this we used the shift lock to change the gear to neutral. When I got home I took...
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