DAVE71

Having had a a 2018 Outback with battery drain problems, some of it caused by lack of use due to illness. I now find myself with a XV eboxer 2021 with battery drain problems. Luckily I had bought a NOCO car starter for the Outback brilliant piece of kit, the NOCO I mean. I had also fitted an isolater on the battery terminal on the Outback, strange I never had the drainage problem again. Back to my latest dilemma the XV, I am using the car three times a week for 10 mile journeys. If the car is stood for three days It struggles to start, I have informed my dealership and had the same reply as the OUTBACK [ we will check out the battery and the charging ] This is not the PROBLEM the fact that both cars have an over excessive battery drain, the Outbacks being the battery was not capable of coping with lower milage and battery drainage. With the XV having two batteries I thought mistakenly that the one used for starting would only be used for starting. Not with all the connections on the terminal. Having written all this the car is lovely to drive. But it is obvious there is a problem with battery drainage that Subaru are clearly ignoring and putting it on the dealership to fob off car owners.