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2019 Subaru Forester · symptom sheet

Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails

  • 32owner reports
  • 6,000median miles
  • 1involved a crash

Newest report Oct 3, 2025 · checked Sep 9, 2026

659 of the 833 complaints on this car are about the windshield and wipers. 32 of those describe infotainment.

Tick what matches of 32 reports

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What got replaced

Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the camera (21 reports) and the head unit or screen (9 reports).

Recalls and investigations

No recall on the windshield and wipers covers the 2019 model year as of Sep 9, 2026.

When it happens

The middle half of failures fell between 2,000 and 17,000 miles, from the 17 reports that gave a mileage.

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What owners wrote

“Car was sitting outside for the day (with camera observing it). Windshield had no issues when the car was moved to the street in the morning. Windshield was cracked from driver side bottom corner all the way past the half way point and about half way up the windshield. Review of camera video confirmed that no one or thing touched the car during the day. Suspect that the windshield is defective.”

Filed Mar 19, 2024

“The Starlink Infotainment system started to continually reboot despite any attempts to reset it. With the car shut off, the CD player began continuously spinning up then winding down. This drained the battery. I had to pull a fuse labeled BACKUP to prevent this from happening. This has rendered the backup camera unusable.”

Filed May 30, 2023

“8 days ago I replaced the battery on this car as the lights/radio would come on but it would not start. Today the car is totally dead. It will have to be towed to the dealer whenever the towing companies can get around to it. I believe this one of the vehicles like those in the class action lawsuit.”

Filed Dec 27, 2021

Should you keep driving it?

This page can't tell you that. 1 of 32 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.

File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation.

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