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Chad Swiatecki

‘Saved My Battery’: Subaru Driver Goes Camping. Then She Discovers A Trick To Keep The Trunk Open WIthout Draining The Battery

Modern cars can do it all: monitor blind spots, recognize key fobs from across a parking lot, and call for help after a crash. But, according to one experienced camper and Subaru owner, sometimes all that innovation and smart technology can be more trouble than they’re worth.

From the great outdoors somewhere in Ohio, TikTokker Adrienne (@lilaclaurels) is helping fellow campers troubleshoot a problem that’s apparently pretty common for her: risking a dead battery from keeping her Ascent station wagon’s trunk open for hours at a time. With a strategically placed carabiner, she shows how to outsmart the car’s sensors so it won’t keep trying to warn her that the trunk is open, even though it is.

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