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Subaru Tribeca

Every Subaru Tribeca model year on file, 2006 to 2014. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years415 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82006 to 2014
Recall campaigns17Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins635Summed across model years
By model year

The 2008 model year drew the most complaints, 14, 34% of the model's total

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

0510152006200720081420092010201120132014
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Subaru Tribeca complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
15
Structure
5
Brakes
5
Engine and cooling
4
Electrical system
4
Lighting
4
Latches and locks
3
Steering
2
Seat belts
2
Stability and traction control
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Subaru 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 Tribeca by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2014Not decoded0NoneNone40147
2013SUV30.0960171
2011SUV20.078067
2010SUV40.01110058
2009SUV520.0239048
2008SUV1414.3249052
2007SUV40.068046
2006SUV922.2228046
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru Tribeca

  • 19V-297 Apr 11, 2019
    Ball spring inside the switch may break, reducing the strength of the ignition switch
    Electrical system · 511 vehicles
  • 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-014 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 · 72k vehicles
  • 18V-013 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 · 93k 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-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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.