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2019 Subaru Ascent battery drain reports

50 NHTSA complaints describe dead batteries and parasitic electrical drain on the 2019 Subaru Ascent — roughly 11% of all complaints for this model year.

50
Battery drain reports
11%
share of complaints
16,216 mi
median mileage in battery drain reports (22 with odometer)

Battery drain in other Ascent years

2020 Ascent27
Ascent battery drain by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2019 Subaru Ascent report before drawing conclusions.