Help please, 2016 Legacy BN9 Starter

[lamarchelam]

Hello everyone, I'm quiet a newbie on this forum so I hope my thread is posting under the correct topic

My 2016 legacy started to have trouble starting up recently, it will took longer time to start after I press the ignition button. However, this situation happened by chance, the mechanic at the dealership and I could not reproduce the symptom 100%.


We thought the battery was the cause in the first place so we replaced it with a new battery but the symptom persisted.
Then the mechanic did his little trick testing the fuel pump but only found the it function properly every single time.
With the battery and the fuel pump ruled out, we eyed on the starter (25230AA170 manufactured by DENSO).



Unfortunately, there is no new starter at the dealership and i want to fix this soon, so I went online and found the website named Amayama have the parts but the price is ... surprising low. Have anyone bought parts from Amayama?

Any help is appreciated, Thank you.