Mate that's rough. My friend had similar on his 05 forester, ended up being about £1200 at an independent garage. Might be worth shopping around different mechanics though, prices vary loads

Hey there! Glad it's working now, keep us updated if it happens again.

That rust underneath looks proper nasty. Good thing you didn't buy it!

Hi all, Recently (this year) an owner of a lovely 2019 Subaru Forester E-Boxer Premium Lineartronic. Everything's been fine until about 3-4 weeks ago where the EV mode stopped engaging during slow speeds. I can both not hear/feel/or see the EV mode engage in the heads up display like it used to. Went for its 96,000 miles service today in the local dealership and the person that serviced it said he found nothing wrong with it as there were no error codes and frankly found him quite dismissive. Can somebody please help me figure out what my options are? Thank you!

Having owned a (used) 2010 Legacy for many years with zero issues, I recently updated to a 2019 e Boxer Forester. A very nice car - except for the battery issue, which is rather draining my considerable reservoir of brand loyalty. At present I'm not not able to use the car and my brand new battery has completely discharged within a month - its predecessor was pronounced dead by the RAC, as well as being the wrong type for the car. Until I'm back on the road I'm thinking that a battery isolator would be a pragmatic solution - any recommendations? Also I'm assuming that I just need to isolate the main battery - i.e the one on the left (i.e passenger side on a a RHD vehicle). That battery has a sticker on the positive terminal cover that says it is the only one to use for jump starting. Thanks everyone!