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I recommend you take it to a good auto electrician and get him to test the alternator and the battery. There is quite a bit to electrics and if you're not familiar you could be chasing your tail with this for a while. Things like, sometimes when an alternator is on the way out, it needs increasing ...

foxx510: Supposed now the battery has been fully charged by the dealer. So, it gives a reading of ~12.5v. How do you tell then if it's charging or not, when it gives a reading of ~14v with the car running? Subyroo: how do tell if it's a piddlee battery or not? I hope it's not since they replaced one...

El_Freddo: I forgot what brand it is. It is a stock from Subaru. I'm not good with cars. So I let the dealer do the checking. As per them, all ok. I don't know if they did any test on the alternator. I supposed they should consider this as a possibility of the problem as it happened a year ago. As p...

Hi all, My wife took her MYO6 Impreza for 50,000km service today. I noticed the battery is weak when cranking. I told her to tell that to the dealer. After service is done, did a load test & pak file (dunno what it means), tested ok, the dealer said the battery wasn't charging because she only use t...

Thanks for the info guys.
I just can't justify what the dealer charge. It needs to be replaced every year. It's a 20 mins job and the after market sells around US$10-16. I think I'll get some from there.

Cheers...

Hi all,

Need to replace for my Impreza MY06. Does anyone know where to get an after market or OEM in Sydney? The dealer wants $115 to replace it. The parts costs around $70 to do it myself.

If not, I'm thinking to get it from US.

Thanks...