2017 Outback battery keeps dying after a back door issue

Asked by Guru97P6Z3 Mar 01, 2023 at 04:14 AM about the 2017 Subaru Outback 2.5i AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I had an incident that the back door would not shut properly, and the car
gave a beep during initial driving, then the car would not start at all, and the
back door wouldn't open. The back door was pulled manually open from
inside, then the car battery was removed to force a total reset of the car. The
back door can open and close after that, but often with some noises at the
door. The car runs alright.
Since that incident, the car battery kept running low after a couple of days.
the battery was new and tested repeatedly fine. Each time a jump start will
trigger a back door noise. At the dealer shop for checking the electrical
system, I told the technician this situation, they could not find anything
wrong. My new battery just went died. Thanks for any advice to help identify
the power leaking.

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Check the rear wiper motor, if it’s warm to the touch when the engine is running then it was damaged in the crash, just unplug it until you can get a new one.

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We used to drive cars till they fell apart , And then drove them to the junkyard to scrap them , I don't know why people buy these Hi tech over kill P.O.S. Oh wait , I know why

Thanks for the tip, I checked the rear wiper while the engine was running, its base was warm, also warm was the entire long narrow surface under the rear glass frame. All other surfaces around that stripe were not warm. Not sure if that long stripe is supposed to be warm that way. Will ask the dealership to check.

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