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2020 Subaru Forester battery drain reports

17 NHTSA complaints describe dead batteries and parasitic electrical drain on the 2020 Subaru Forester — roughly 3% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Battery drain reports
3%
share of complaints
6,037 mi
median reported mileage (all complaints)

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 Forester report before drawing conclusions.