Many thanks for all your replies. It is a dead battery issue. The battery was only a few days over 3 years, and the inspection from recent oil change shows it is in good condition (i guess green on inspection report is good), and car headlights were still very bright, so I did not think it was the battery. any known issues about Subaru battery? because the previous battery was dead / weak only a couple of weeks after the new car was purchased, and the dealer replaced it for me. and, now the replacement battery went dead after 3 years. Got it replaced with a non-subaru battery this time.