Full screen ads inhibiting, stopping, and blockingfunctionality unless interacted with from a third party service that was forcibly installed by dealership/manufacturer

SUBARU LEGACY 2023 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

All electronic instrument panels failed to power on upon ignition. Vehicle was drive-able, but all key information provided by instrument panel was not available: such as actual speed, gear selection, engine RPMs, backup cameras. Additionally, infotainment system was not available either, so none of vehicle controls that reside on the displays were available. This condition persisted thru the length of drive.

SUBARU LEGACY 2023 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

While driving home after work on the interstate, I was quite startled to see a large popup on the vehicle's main screen; initially I thought it might be some sort of vehicle-problem, but it was a large advertisement for free access to SiriusXM for a limited time.  The ad covered the screen and was quite jarring while driving in traffic.  In order to close it, I pressed a red X in the upper corner.  Such in-vehicle advertisements should NOT be presented while driving (actually, at any time).

Voice command in my 2023 legacy is not working.  I can not speak into system to say call a person already entered without taking hands off steering wheel.  Already reported to dealer & to corporate Subaru & it is a known issue.  Reference # with corporate is 250620-1900992.  This was  reported to dealer in June 2025 when in for service & no fix has been noted other than Subaru is working on it?  Feature built into car at purchase is thus useless & seems like a safety issue if I canât use hands free when driving.

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