Subaru B9 Tribeca Complaints (2006)

84 consumer complaints on file.

#10965845March 14, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
TWICE NOW IN THE COLD MY BREAKS HAVE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP TO WHERE I CAN NOT EVEN PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN. THEY SEEM TO RELEASE AFTER SO MANY TRIES, BUT ONE TIME I COULD NOT STOP AT AN INTERSECTION DUE TO THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955133February 16, 2017
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V359000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V060000 (STRUCTURE, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945794January 17, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V358000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10935371December 14, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL- THE SUBARU WEB SITE STATES THERE IS NO REMEDY AVAILABLE. MY DEALER OFFER TO GIVE ME A LOANER CAR, BUT MY CHILDREN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THIS LOANER CAR. I CALL NATIONAL SUBARU AND MY DEALER AND I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT INSTALLED BUT TAKATA HAS NOT DELIVERED THE PART TO MY DEALER TO BE INSTALLED. CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THE DISTRUBTER WILL BE RELEASING THE AIR BAGS TO LYNNES SUBARU IN BLOOMFIELD NJ.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10934616December 12, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL- I AM LOOKING AT THIS SITE AND SEE SOME COMPLAINANTS THAT OWN THE 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA STATING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF A RECALL ON THEIR AIRBAGS, BUT NO PARTS AVAILABLE. NEWS ARTICLE DATED 12/12/16 STATES 29 MILLION CARS UNDER RECALL AND EXPECTED TO GROW TO 42 MILLION RECALLS. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION ON MY SUBARU?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10919750October 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL MY CAR WAS EXPORTED TO RUSSIA. SUBARU MOTOR RUSSIA DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS RECALL FOR TRIBECA MODEL (IMPREZA IS HEARD TO BE RECALLED). THEIR REPLY IS THAT THERE IS NO AIRBAG RECALL FOR MY VIN [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10919835October 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V358000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10919331October 27, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL. WHEN CAN I EXPECT PARTS. THIS RECALL IS IMPACTING MY ABILITY TO USE MY PASSENGER SEAT. IT IS NOW ALMOST 5 MONTHS SINCE WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907636September 19, 2016
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY 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 MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 112,300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10899016August 26, 2016
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. MY VEHICLE IS OUR FAMILY CAR. I CAN'T AVOID HAVING PEOPLE RIDE IN THE FRONT! IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS TO NOT HAVE PARTS READY TO REPLACE THIS PROBLEM! ALSO, MY HOOD LATCH HAS BEEN RECALLED & THERE ARE NO PARTS READY TO FIX THAT PROBLEM EITHER! NOT HAVING PARTS READY IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893918August 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY PUT ON A LIST AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY AIRBAGS IN STOCK AND DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD GET THEM IN THEY PUT ME ON A WAITING LIST AND SAID NOT TO LET A FRONT PASSENGER RIDE AND SAID IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND DECEMBER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892617August 2, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA AIRBAG ISSUE -- SUBARU HAS HAD YEARS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM BUT NOW TELLS ME THAT WE CAN'T USE THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT UNTIL THEY FIX THE AIRBAG AND THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX IT WITH. THIS IS RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE HAD TO PLAN REPAIRS AND HOW MUCH DANGER THEY PUT US IN. NOR HAVE THEY OFFERED TO COMPENSATE US FOR LACK OF USE AND CONVENIENCE OF NOT HAVING USE OF PART OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822264January 26, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
WE WERE IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING THE HOOD OF OUR 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA UNLATCHED ITSELF AND THE FORCE OF THE AIRSTREAM FOLDED IT BACK PAST THE LIMITS OF ITS HINGES SHATTERING THE WINDSCREEN, SEPARATING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM THE WINDSCREEN AND DISLODGING MANY PIECES OF TRIM INSIDE THE CABIN. OUR VIEW OUT TO THE FRONT ON THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN WAS COMPLETELY OBSCURED BY THE HOOD AND BY THE SHATTERED SAFETY GLASS. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY REFERENCING THE DIVIDER WALL AND BEGAN A SLOW DECELERATION AND MOVED TOWARD THE LEFT SHOULDER. AS THE LEFT SHOULDER PROVED TO BE TOO NARROW TO SAFELY ACCOMMODATE THE VEHICLE, SHE THEN MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE TOWARD THE RIGHT SHOULDER, REFERENCING TRAFFIC BEHIND US BY LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER. SHE ALSO ACTIVATED THE FOUR WAY FLASHERS TO INDICATE TO OTHER TRAFFIC THAT WE WERE IN DISTRESS. I LOWERED MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND ASSISTED HER WITH CROSSING THE INTERSTATE BY GIVING HER RAPID INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE LOCATIONS OF OTHER VEHICLES AND SIGNALING TO OTHER VEHICLES THAT WE WERE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. WHEN WE REACHED THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER, WE STOPPED AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. AFTER CONFIRMING NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO ANY PASSENGERS, I LOWERED THE HOOD AND SECURED IT. I OBSERVED THAT THE ROOF WAS DENTED IN AND THAT THE SECONDARY LATCH THAT SECURES THAT HOOD DOWN WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE HOOD. THE TWO FASTENERS HAD SHEARED YET THERE WAS NO DEFORMATION OF THE SHEET METAL AT THE ATTACH POINT OF THE HOOD AND THE LATCH. YOU COULD CONCLUDE FROM THIS THAT WHATEVER THE FASTENERS WERE WAS MADE OF SUCH AN INFERIOR MATERIAL THAT IT DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO EVEN MILDLY DEFORM THE SHEET METAL BEFORE THEY THEMSELVES FAILED. WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE NOT KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786880October 28, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR ON A CITY STREET, THE HOOD OF MY TRIBECA POPPED OPEN AND COMPLETELY OBSCURED MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE HOOD, BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. ONE OF THE PLASTIC ANCHORS HOLDING THE SAFETY LATCH IN PLACE HAD BROKEN WHICH ALLOWED THE SAFETY LATCH TO ROTATE IN PLACE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783605October 20, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY/WIPER
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 WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE LEFT LANE OPTION. TWO MINUTES EARLIER THERE WAS A LEFT LANE MERGE AND TWO MINUTES LATER WAS A RAMP WITH NO BREAKDOWN LANE. I UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHERS WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. APPARENTLY THE PLASTIC CLIPS HOLDING THE HOODS ARE FAILING. THESE CARS NEED TO BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD ASAP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724441June 9, 2015
AIR BAGS
I AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPEN. I PASSED OUT AND WHEN I CAME TO I WAS SITTING IN SOMEONES YARD. THERE WAS A LADY THAT SEEN IT ALL. I WENT OFF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD THROUGH SOME HIGH GRASS AND TELEPHONE POLES. THEN SOME HOW I END ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CAR WAS TOTAL. I HAVE 6 OR 8 AIR BAGS AND NONE OF THEM DEPLOYED. MY SELT BELTS WAS GOOD. IF I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON, I AM NOT SURE HOW IT WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT. THE DOCTOR SAID I HAD A CONCUTSION WHERE MY HEAD WAS MOVING AROUND SO MUCH. MY BACK, CHEST AND LEG TO HIP AND NECK WAS HURTING.. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY DIDN'T MY AIR BAGS GO OFF.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10714975May 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF AND WHEN WE GOT NEAR IT WE COULD SMELL AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PUDDLE LIGHT. WE IMMEDIATELY OPENED THE HOOD AND STARTED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. BY THE TIME THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED THERE WERE VISIBLE FLAMES COMING FROM THE PUDDLE LIGHT, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DOOR THRESHOLD INSIDE THE VEHICLE AS WELL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRE WAS OUT BY THE POINT THAT THEY ARRIVED. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 5 MONTHS AGO, AND WHILE RESEARCHING IT BEFORE PURCHASE WE READ ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE PUDDLE LIGHTS. BEFORE WE EVEN TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE WE CALLED THE LOCAL SUBARU DEALER AND GIVE THEM THE VIN AND ASKED IF THE RECALL NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED, AND THEY STATED THAT IT DID NOT. AFTER THE FIRE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO THEN INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. AFTER INSPECTING THE CAR THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD ORDER NEW BULBS FOR THE PUDDLE LIGHTS, BUT MADE NO MENTION OF A RECALL. WE ARE WORRIED THAT SINCE THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE THE CAR THAT OTHER THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AS WELL, BUT THEY INSIST THAT ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS TO REPLACE THE BULBS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714679May 5, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE HOOD LATCH ON MY 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA FAILED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY UP AND SHATTER THE WINDSHIELD. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NOBODY NEAR ME AT THE TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO VEER OFF ONTO THE MEDIAN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHEN I HAD IT REPAIRED, THE BODY SHOP INSTALLED AN ENTIRELY NEW DESIGN FOR THE HOOD LATCH SYSTEM. IF SUBARU ALTERED THE DESIGN OF THE HOOD LATCH FOR REPAIRS, THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR EXISTING CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10684073February 18, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY/WIPER
WE HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES, TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, WHEN SUDDENLY THE HOOD POPPED OPEN AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD, LEAVING ME TO BLINDLY NAVIGATE, UNDER STRESS AND PRESSURE, TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. MIRACULOUSLY, WE WERE NOT INJURED PHYSICALLY, BUT SUFFERED FROM SHOCK AND WERE QUITE DUMBFOUNDED OVER THE INCIDENT. WE HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS SAME THING HAPPENING, AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THE 2 HOOD LATCHES THAT FAILED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682882February 12, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE HOOD FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD. I HAD TO MOVE OVER 3 LANES IN HEAVY SPEEDING TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. I HAD MY STANDARD POODLE IN THE BACK SEAT. TRYING TO STAY CALM TO GET OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. ANOTHER DRIVER STOPPED TO SEE IF WAS ALRIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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