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Subaru Baja

Every Subaru Baja model year on file, 2003 to 2006. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11713 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42003 to 2006
Recall campaigns16Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins619Summed across model years
By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 38, 32% of the model's total

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

010203040200338200420052006
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Subaru Baja complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
28
Engine and cooling
22
Airbags
17
Brakes
16
Powertrain
12
Suspension
11
Structure
8
Steering
7
Electrical system
4
Speed control
4
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Subaru Baja 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 Baja by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2006Pickup2412.550102118
2005Pickup375.432114139
2004Pickup180.025104172
2003Pickup3821.1100102190
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru Baja

  • 20V-003 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 112k vehicles
  • 20V-002 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 128k vehicles
  • 20V-001 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 259k vehicles
  • 17V-026 Jan 11, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 70k vehicles
  • 17V-016 Jan 10, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 63k 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-361 May 25, 2016
    These vehicles may be equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
    Airbags · 63k vehicles
  • 16V-359 May 25, 2016
    In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after…
    Airbags · 146k vehicles
  • 16V-358 May 25, 2016
    In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after…
    Airbags · 302k vehicles
  • 15V-323 May 28, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped with a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause…
    Airbags · 432k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.