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2020 Subaru Ascent battery drain reports

27 NHTSA complaints describe dead batteries and parasitic electrical drain on the 2020 Subaru Ascent — roughly 8% of all complaints for this model year.

27
Battery drain reports
8%
share of complaints
6,650 mi
median mileage in battery drain reports (10 with odometer)

Battery drain in other Ascent years

2019 Ascent50
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 2020 Subaru Ascent report before drawing conclusions.