michaeltee

found it! and the spare key the dealer told me they didn't have. i removed the key from the remote start box (that the dealer told me was removed). I then took both keys 50ft away from the car, connected the battery, and the car did not start automatically. hooray! car starts normally now with the key in the ignition. thanks everybody! I'm sure I just saved a few hundred bucks by not getting the car towed to the dealership to pay them to figure out the problem. I guess my first mistake was buying my Subaru from a Kia dealership any reason to completely remove the remote start kit even though I already got the results I was looking for by just removing the spare key from the remote start box? thanks again!

ok, I guess that would make sense... so when the battery is connected the car thinks it was triggered to start remotely? and I guess that remote start has an auto-shut off after 15 minutes any idea what I might be looking for to remove and where it might be?

maybe, but I have owned the car for almost 3 years now and never had any issues with it starting or not starting... but disconnecting the battery and reconnecting a new one has now caused the car to start immediately with no other action by me or anyone. is it possible there are some crazy computer issue? since the car went a with a 100% dead battery? any thoughts on connecting the battery far far away from my chip key? or removing an ignition fuse or something and putting it back after the battery is connected?

the alarm is factory. the previous owner of the car had an aftermarket remote starter but removed it before trading it into the dealer i bought it from.

Hey everybody. So my 2015 Legacy (Premium 2.5) battery died completely. I bought a new battery from Autozone. I disconnected the old battery. I put the new battery in place, connected the positive, and almost as soon as i put the negative the car started on its own! The keys were in my pocket the whole time. It is not a push-to-start. Got my local Subaru dealer maintenance desk person in the phone, he was clueless. He said disconnect the battery. After completely disconnecting the battery, the car is still running. Dealer on the phone still clueless. I call my mechanic buddy who lives a couple hours away. He starts to explain to me to disconnect the alternator in order to stop the car running. As I was about to start disconnecting the alternator the car finally stopped on its own. It ran with no key in it for at least 15 minutes. I haven't yet reconnected the battery. The dealership recommended having it towed in. I really don't want to have to pay for a tow. Any ideas what is going on? Anyone ever experience or hear of this happening before? thanks