2006 Subaru Tribeca
Complaints about this year name hood far more often than the model's other years — 33% of them, about 83× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 93 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 8 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 8 |
| Recalls | 8 |
Also unusual this year
- failed — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
- windshield — 24% of complaints, 7× usual
- one — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE HOOD [VIN] OPENED AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V060000 (LATCHES/ LOCKS/ LINKAGES), BUT THE REMEDY FOR PHASE ONE FAILED OF THE TWO PART PHASE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE…
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON A MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY, THE HOOD FLEW OPEN, SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD AND LODGED OPEN, COMPLETELY BLOCKING MY VISION. I WAS ABLE THE SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO THE LEFT BREAKDOWN LANE. HAD THIS HAPPENED TWO MINUTES EARLIER OR LATER I WOU…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V297000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 16V060000 STRUCTURE
- 17V016000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V026000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V014000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V358000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V359000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V602000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Subaru Tribeca was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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