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Thanks for this video. I have a 2020 Outback, so I know the battery is getting closer to the end of its service life and will need replacement in the next few years. This is by far the easiest and most reliable method I've seen for keeping the system powered up during a battery change. When the time comes, I'll be getting the memory saver cable and connecting it to a portable power bank during the procedure.
I truly appreciate you watching and taking your valuable time to stop and leave your nice comment 🙏...thank you! I love those Outbacks and think Subaru really has a winning line-up that's just continuing to hit the mark for so many of us. Good idea on using a portable power bank. Please stop back and let us know how it goes if you think of it when the time comes. Best of luck to you and thanks again for your nice feedback!
Oh wow! That’s great to hear! I wonder if Subaru changed to using non-volatile memory? I’ve heard other owners experiencing lost memory settings from radio presets, smartphone pairing, seat position, navigation histories and even poor CVT/engine performance just from losing battery power. Glad to hear you can avoid the added hassle when swapping out batteries! 👍Thanks for watching and sharing your experience on your 2020!
I just ran across your video, great advise. I purchased the same cable and it worked great for changing out the battery on my Crosstrek. I also choose to use another stand alone battery, my thinking was if anything shorted out I'd only have issues with one car instead of two.
Hey, thanks for watching and taking your valuable time to leave me your nice feedback! Regarding using a 2nd battery, what is that saying about "great minds think alike"? 👍🤣As this was my first time using that cable I had the exact same thought exercise to minimize the damage 😎. I love those Crosstreks...I had one briefly for my son's last few years in college and he loved it, too. It was the manual shift which was a blast but then he decided to move into a city where the manual was getting a bit of a hassle so we ended up selling it...in hindsight, I wish I'd kept it...great car! Thanks again for watching and glad to hear you had good experience changing your own battery to which I also say "good on you!" Not many folks do their own car maintenance these days so it's nice to hear of others doing what they can. Take care!
The guy that changed the battery on my forester 2021 did not do these and now the volume and radio on my head unit is not working 🥲 Anyway great and informative vid! I just passed by trying to look a solution for my problem.
Bummer, I'm sorry to hear you're having problems with your radio like that! It really bugs me how complicated our vehicles are these days after nearly a century of mostly tried and true technology that used to work even after sitting in barns and farm yards for decades! I feel like all our "sophisticated technology" is just making even the basic tasks harder than necessary. Thanks for watching and taking your time to leave your comment...I wish you luck resolving your issue. Please stop back and let us know when you find resolution. Good luck!👍
You're definitely correct when it's a single battery which is why I emphasized in my video that safety measure of disconnecting the negative cable(s) from the battery to break the circuit is no longer the case after connecting the 2nd, auxiliary battery via the vehicle's OBDII port. The 2nd battery is basically connected in parallel with the battery under the hood. Disconnecting the vehicle's negative leads from the battery under the hood does not disconnect the 12v from the secondary/auxiliary battery connected via the OBDII port which is the point of keeping the vehicle's volatile memory from being lost...the 2nd battery is maintaining the 12v charged-circuit on the entire vehicle's electrical system. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment because you're thinking exactly they way I've always done it in the past, too! 👍. However, these newer vehicles with all their fancy-pants electronics require this different technique using a 2nd battery to keep the vehicle's electrical system "alive" even after we disconnect the main battery. Just another thing to which I shake my gray-haired head at and think how things used to be much easier in my former years 😎
You're utterly correct in your description of that technique and I did consider doing that...however, the practical logistics of using that method isn't quite as easy in real life...at least, not using my jumper cables I bought with my first car at age 15 (circa 1982 👴🏻🤣). My stiff, thick jumper cables are fitted with relatively giant, heavy-duty cable clamps which practically cover the entire ends of the Subaru's relatively small battery leads which only have about 3-inches of metal connecting surface...about the size of my jumper cable clamps! In other words, my battery jumper clamps almost entirely cover the vehicle battery lead ends making it nearly impossible to unscrew the leads from the battery posts not to mention the weight and cumbersomeness of those stiff jumper cables attached to those relatively short Subaru battery leads. It's basically a formula for creating a fireworks of sparks as the "Rube Goldberg" concoction of giant, coiled-cable-memory jumper cables drag the Subaru's tiny, short leads directly to the nearest metal chassis protrusion ⚠⚡🤣. It didn't take me long to decide spending $13 on this dedicated cable for this operation is cheap insurance🤣. Again, I do concur the method you describe can be done BUT using MY jumper cables, it would have been more challenging having those big clamps connected to the ends of the Subaru leads while also having to disconnect them and move them out of the way and then reconnect them without the jumper clamps getting in the way, falling off or worse, coming into contact with a metal part of the chassis. Maybe with jumper cables with smaller clamps and more supple cabling it could be done more safely. For me, I'd have been buying another set of jumper cables to make it work and the ones I have are still perfectly fine for their intended purpose. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! 👍
I don't own one of those but I think I've seen some with a feature providing continuous power supply in addition to just a quick jolt of power. I suppose if it was one of those then it seems it would work but refer to your jump pack's user manual or manufacturer website to find if it has that feature. Good luck and let us know what you find out...thanks for watching!
With all the new gizmos and memory upgrades its kinda dumb they don't have something to retain memory or like a capacitor to power the memory module. It must be a subaru thing cause I haven't had this sort of problem with dodge, ford, chevy, and volkswagens but I could be just be getting lucky or not notice the loss of settings.
I concur 💯!! I had the battery out of my 20-year old Jeep Liberty over a day and was pleasantly surprised to find all my radio presets and even the time was still right! Apparently the “new engineers” didn’t read the training guides describing features and functionality already mastered decades ago or the corporate bean counters nixed the penny capacitor to pass an extra $0.20 per share dividend to the shareholders 🤣. Thanks for watching and sharing your bewilderment at this example of backward automotive anti-progress…glad I’m not the only one that thinks it’s stupid, too 👍
See? I swear I hadn’t run into that with some other vehicles either. What year is your F150? I think some vehicles use non-volatile RAM and ROM microchips that maintain their memory. I’ve actually heard late model Mercedes and BMWs require battery swaps be done at dealerships because they won’t even start afterward without the dealership analyzer used to reset it 🤷♂️
You should be using gloves when handling batteries or electrical connections. Try to do most electrical work one-handed, to the extent that is practical and wise. If you want to protect a battery cable from touching metal, you can wrap it in something nonconductive like a couple of food storage bags, and rubber bands. It is good to follow your own advice about not running an engine in a closed garage (smile.) Always set a good example because you don't know your viewers. You don't know what a given viewer might or might not do. I know you added written warnings, but suppose a viewer cannot read English. Suppose the person copies what you do in this video exactly -- such as wrenching a battery terminal with bare hands. You can set a good example to your viewers by practicing your own advice. I'm not being critical; I'm just emphasizing that there are potentially millions of viewers and some will be inexperienced with electrical safety.
@@jaycunningham2723 It goes back further than that and went on for decades, and Subaru never helped customers financially with their Subaru design flaw (one of many). I think Subaru is a crap manufacturer.
I was going to say same as other viewer but they beat me 🤣. As they said, you are right but it’s been about 15 years now since they resolved that problem…I’m still not a fan of extruded RTV engine seal sealers but they seem to have improved their processes. Thanks for watching! 👍
Exactly. It was one series of engine (1999 - 2004 2.5L SOHC) and many of those failures occurred after100k miles. It has, unfortunately, created an indelible stain on Subaru's otherwise excellent reputation.@@jaycunningham2723
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Thanks for this video. I have a 2020 Outback, so I know the battery is getting closer to the end of its service life and will need replacement in the next few years. This is by far the easiest and most reliable method I've seen for keeping the system powered up during a battery change. When the time comes, I'll be getting the memory saver cable and connecting it to a portable power bank during the procedure.
I truly appreciate you watching and taking your valuable time to stop and leave your nice comment 🙏...thank you! I love those Outbacks and think Subaru really has a winning line-up that's just continuing to hit the mark for so many of us. Good idea on using a portable power bank. Please stop back and let us know how it goes if you think of it when the time comes. Best of luck to you and thanks again for your nice feedback!
I changed out by 2020 battery without any special cable and everything worked as it should.
Oh wow! That’s great to hear! I wonder if Subaru changed to using non-volatile memory? I’ve heard other owners experiencing lost memory settings from radio presets, smartphone pairing, seat position, navigation histories and even poor CVT/engine performance just from losing battery power. Glad to hear you can avoid the added hassle when swapping out batteries! 👍Thanks for watching and sharing your experience on your 2020!
I just ran across your video, great advise. I purchased the same cable and it worked great for changing out the battery on my Crosstrek. I also choose to use another stand alone battery, my thinking was if anything shorted out I'd only have issues with one car instead of two.
Hey, thanks for watching and taking your valuable time to leave me your nice feedback! Regarding using a 2nd battery, what is that saying about "great minds think alike"? 👍🤣As this was my first time using that cable I had the exact same thought exercise to minimize the damage 😎. I love those Crosstreks...I had one briefly for my son's last few years in college and he loved it, too. It was the manual shift which was a blast but then he decided to move into a city where the manual was getting a bit of a hassle so we ended up selling it...in hindsight, I wish I'd kept it...great car! Thanks again for watching and glad to hear you had good experience changing your own battery to which I also say "good on you!" Not many folks do their own car maintenance these days so it's nice to hear of others doing what they can. Take care!
The guy that changed the battery on my forester 2021 did not do these and now the volume and radio on my head unit is not working 🥲 Anyway great and informative vid! I just passed by trying to look a solution for my problem.
Bummer, I'm sorry to hear you're having problems with your radio like that! It really bugs me how complicated our vehicles are these days after nearly a century of mostly tried and true technology that used to work even after sitting in barns and farm yards for decades! I feel like all our "sophisticated technology" is just making even the basic tasks harder than necessary. Thanks for watching and taking your time to leave your comment...I wish you luck resolving your issue. Please stop back and let us know when you find resolution. Good luck!👍
I have a late model, Subaru. Flat battery I just disconnected and put a new battery in. Didn’t lose a single setting including the time.
Ah interesting! Thanks for sharing your experience...curious what exact year and model you have.
Once you take the negative terminal off it is not a circuit so you cannot short the positive.
You're definitely correct when it's a single battery which is why I emphasized in my video that safety measure of disconnecting the negative cable(s) from the battery to break the circuit is no longer the case after connecting the 2nd, auxiliary battery via the vehicle's OBDII port. The 2nd battery is basically connected in parallel with the battery under the hood. Disconnecting the vehicle's negative leads from the battery under the hood does not disconnect the 12v from the secondary/auxiliary battery connected via the OBDII port which is the point of keeping the vehicle's volatile memory from being lost...the 2nd battery is maintaining the 12v charged-circuit on the entire vehicle's electrical system. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment because you're thinking exactly they way I've always done it in the past, too! 👍. However, these newer vehicles with all their fancy-pants electronics require this different technique using a 2nd battery to keep the vehicle's electrical system "alive" even after we disconnect the main battery. Just another thing to which I shake my gray-haired head at and think how things used to be much easier in my former years 😎
I would think you could just use jumper cables from that external battery to the cables on the existing battery avoiding the need for a special cable.
You're utterly correct in your description of that technique and I did consider doing that...however, the practical logistics of using that method isn't quite as easy in real life...at least, not using my jumper cables I bought with my first car at age 15 (circa 1982 👴🏻🤣). My stiff, thick jumper cables are fitted with relatively giant, heavy-duty cable clamps which practically cover the entire ends of the Subaru's relatively small battery leads which only have about 3-inches of metal connecting surface...about the size of my jumper cable clamps! In other words, my battery jumper clamps almost entirely cover the vehicle battery lead ends making it nearly impossible to unscrew the leads from the battery posts not to mention the weight and cumbersomeness of those stiff jumper cables attached to those relatively short Subaru battery leads. It's basically a formula for creating a fireworks of sparks as the "Rube Goldberg" concoction of giant, coiled-cable-memory jumper cables drag the Subaru's tiny, short leads directly to the nearest metal chassis protrusion ⚠⚡🤣. It didn't take me long to decide spending $13 on this dedicated cable for this operation is cheap insurance🤣. Again, I do concur the method you describe can be done BUT using MY jumper cables, it would have been more challenging having those big clamps connected to the ends of the Subaru leads while also having to disconnect them and move them out of the way and then reconnect them without the jumper clamps getting in the way, falling off or worse, coming into contact with a metal part of the chassis. Maybe with jumper cables with smaller clamps and more supple cabling it could be done more safely. For me, I'd have been buying another set of jumper cables to make it work and the ones I have are still perfectly fine for their intended purpose. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! 👍
Can you use a jump pak?
I don't own one of those but I think I've seen some with a feature providing continuous power supply in addition to just a quick jolt of power. I suppose if it was one of those then it seems it would work but refer to your jump pack's user manual or manufacturer website to find if it has that feature. Good luck and let us know what you find out...thanks for watching!
With all the new gizmos and memory upgrades its kinda dumb they don't have something to retain memory or like a capacitor to power the memory module. It must be a subaru thing cause I haven't had this sort of problem with dodge, ford, chevy, and volkswagens but I could be just be getting lucky or not notice the loss of settings.
I concur 💯!! I had the battery out of my 20-year old Jeep Liberty over a day and was pleasantly surprised to find all my radio presets and even the time was still right! Apparently the “new engineers” didn’t read the training guides describing features and functionality already mastered decades ago or the corporate bean counters nixed the penny capacitor to pass an extra $0.20 per share dividend to the shareholders 🤣. Thanks for watching and sharing your bewilderment at this example of backward automotive anti-progress…glad I’m not the only one that thinks it’s stupid, too 👍
My Ford F150 doesn't lose all it's data when switching batteries. Must be a subaru thing
See? I swear I hadn’t run into that with some other vehicles either. What year is your F150? I think some vehicles use non-volatile RAM and ROM microchips that maintain their memory. I’ve actually heard late model Mercedes and BMWs require battery swaps be done at dealerships because they won’t even start afterward without the dealership analyzer used to reset it 🤷♂️
You should be using gloves when handling batteries or electrical connections. Try to do most electrical work one-handed, to the extent that is practical and wise. If you want to protect a battery cable from touching metal, you can wrap it in something nonconductive like a couple of food storage bags, and rubber bands. It is good to follow your own advice about not running an engine in a closed garage (smile.) Always set a good example because you don't know your viewers. You don't know what a given viewer might or might not do. I know you added written warnings, but suppose a viewer cannot read English. Suppose the person copies what you do in this video exactly -- such as wrenching a battery terminal with bare hands. You can set a good example to your viewers by practicing your own advice. I'm not being critical; I'm just emphasizing that there are potentially millions of viewers and some will be inexperienced with electrical safety.
Thank you for watching and expressing your safety tips!👍
Subaru has crap head gaskets.
Yeah. 15 years ago. 😂
@@jaycunningham2723 It goes back further than that and went on for decades, and Subaru never helped customers financially with their Subaru design flaw (one of many). I think Subaru is a crap manufacturer.
I was going to say same as other viewer but they beat me 🤣. As they said, you are right but it’s been about 15 years now since they resolved that problem…I’m still not a fan of extruded RTV engine seal sealers but they seem to have improved their processes. Thanks for watching! 👍
@@jaycunningham2723 you beat me in replying same 👍🤣. Thanks for watching and jumping in to help drop some fact! 💪
Exactly. It was one series of engine (1999 - 2004 2.5L SOHC) and many of those failures occurred after100k miles. It has, unfortunately, created an indelible stain on Subaru's otherwise excellent reputation.@@jaycunningham2723