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I use this for our 2016 Impreza, 2017 Toyota Highlander and 2019 Legacy. Works great.

https://www.ateq-tpms.com/en-us/products/quickset-light-tpms-reset-tool/

Key fobs are a good distance from the car. No additional accessories.

I figured there was some sort of draw on the battery even when the car is off. I told the "service advisor" I suspected parasitic draw. He didn't even respond. I'm not sure he knew the term.I am aware that it is time consuming for a tech to check for that so he would probably want to avoid that.

Not necessarily. When I was having my parasitic draw issues the dealer hooked up a device to measure the draw real time and record it. They hooked it up and monitored it for a day and could see that it would come and go.

Tracking down the draw was the time consuming task.

At least this way you could get a feel for the level of draw.

From 2019 manual:

Noise from under the vehicle

NOTE

You may hear a noise from under the

vehicle approximately 5 to 10 hours

after the engine is turned off. However,

this does not indicate a malfunction.

This noise is caused by the operation of

the fuel evaporation leakage checking

system and the operation is normal.

The noise will stop after approximately

15 minutes.

I've done hundreds of oil changes on lots of different cars and have never been able to loosen it by hand. I've always assumed putting oil on the gasket is to help is seal better; I'm not sure how much it helps with making it easier to take off. I'm sure you'll be better prepared next time.

 

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I always thought it was to keep the gasket from sticking.

I second this. If you're going to be doing your own oil changes and keeping the car for several years, a Fumoto valve will be well worth it.

Very good advice. I prefer this over the Fumoto however. Not a huge deal but I like the push and turn feature to drain the oil. I also like the threaded on cap to help manage the misplaced paranoia I had with the Fumoto opening up on its own.

https://www.stahlbus-us.com/stahlbus-oil-drain-valve-m16x15x12mm-steel-set.html

I haven't found one yet. I dont like the volume control either.

Thanks.

I didn't know if it was inherent in the design or if there was a lot of variability between units. Guess I'm not the only one.

I've never been entirely happy with the radio volume in my 2019 3.6. On one setting I think the volume is too low. At the next setting up I find it too high. Never "just right". The increments between each value is too high for my tastes.

Is there any type of setting to minimize this?

Thanks.

My suggestion is go Diode Dynamics lights, much better and very solid.

I put DD LED's on my Chevy Colorado and love them. Well worth it.

I think what that is saying is to keep track of whatever settings will be lost so you can go back and recreate the proper settings after the battery is reconnected.

I had a long-recurring issue with a parasitic current draw on my MY19. Battery was disconnected or discharged many times. The only thing I had to do, as far as I can recall, is the one touch window setting and some customized settings such as psi (not kPA) for TPMS, the loudness of some Eyesight settings, etc. Basically user preference settings. Took maybe 5 minutes to go back thru and reset them.