Model years to avoid

Subaru Tribeca

What it says about you

Opinion

Subaru's attempt at a big SUV, remembered chiefly for its grille. You bought it because it was a Subaru and stayed for the same reason.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

9 model years on record, 186 complaints filed. That is too few to measure against. Every finding on this site compares a year with the same model's other years, and that needs about 40 complaints in a year and 4 years to compare it with. This nameplate has 1. So nothing is claimed either way — the recalls and ratings below are the record, and they are the whole record.

The years to look at closely: 2006 (hood). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2014 4 recalls 0 complaints
  2. 2013 6 recalls 3 complaints
  3. 2012 7 recalls 4 complaints
  4. 2011 8 recalls 4 complaints
  5. 2010 10 recalls 8 complaints
  6. 2009 9 recalls 14 complaints
  7. 2008 9 recalls 30 complaints
  8. 2007 8 recalls 30 complaints
  9. 2006 hood 93 complaints

What does a Subaru Tribeca say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.