Subaru Tribeca

Owners filed 41 complaints across 8 model years of the Subaru Tribeca. The 2008 drew the most (14).

Model years8
Complaints41
Recalls62
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Subaru Tribeca years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Subaru Tribeca model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Subaru Tribeca model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20140
4———Routine
20133
6——Air BagsRoutine
20112
8——Air BagsRoutine
20104
10——Electrical SystemRoutine
20095
9—1Service BrakesRoutine
200814
92—Air BagsRoutine
20074
8——Air BagsRoutine
20069
8—2Air BagsRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.