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Subaru B9 Tribeca

Every Subaru B9 Tribeca model year on file, 2006 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years14522 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72006 to 2012
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins791Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 84, 58% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0255075100200684200720082009201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Subaru B9 Tribeca complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
37
Airbags
30
Electrical system
26
Lighting
16
Engine and cooling
16
Visibility and wipers
13
Brakes
12
Powertrain
11
Latches and locks
9
Fuel system
8
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Subaru B9 Tribeca model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Subaru B9 Tribeca by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012SUV40.01470161
2011Not decoded250.020000106
2010SUV425.01100101
2009SUV911.14100101
2008SUV1612.52800103
2007SUV2611.53900105
2006SUV8416.720200114
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru B9 Tribeca

  • 19V-009 Jan 9, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 453k vehicles
  • 19V-008 Jan 9, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 330k vehicles
  • 19V-007 Jan 9, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 43k vehicles
  • 18V-012 Jan 9, 2018
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 64k vehicles
  • 17V-014 Jan 10, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
    Airbags · 53k vehicles
  • 16V-060 Feb 3, 2016
    Due to a possible malfunction of the hood safety system and hood lock system, the hood may open unexpectedly while driving
    Latches and locks · 77k vehicles
  • 12V-602 Dec 26, 2012
    Up to 78,650 of these vehicles may have been equipped with accessory puddle lights that, when illuminated, brighten the area under the doors of…
    Lighting · 634k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.