2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA Structure Problems

MY SISTER, MOTHER AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOOD SLAMMED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB EXPLODED IN THE CAR. SHARDS OF GLASS RAINED DOWN ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN WE GOT OUT TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED, WE NOTICED THE ENTIRE SAFETY LATCH MECHANISM WAS ATTACHED TO THE HOOD AND WAS DANGLING THERE. IT WAS NOT RUSTED. IT SIMPLY DETACHED. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A SEMI BEHIND US. IT WAS EXTREMELY TRAUMATIZING AND I AM MENTALLY WORN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. *TR

WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF PURCHASING MY 06 TRIBECA I STARTED HEARING RATTLES UNDER THE DASH AND A THUMPING SOUND FROM THE FRONTEND AND ALSO A LOUD HUMMING NOISE AT 28 MPH. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THIS LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO THEM THEY GAVE ME A COPY OF A SERVICE BULLETIN # 12-95-06R THAT THEY SAID I COULD FOLLOW TO DO THE REPAIR OF A PITCHING STOPPER BRACKET THAT WILL REQUIRE DRILLING OUT EXISTING RIVETS AND WELDING THE STOPPER BACK INTO PLACE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF PURCHASE AND IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER TRIBECA'S AND I BELIEVE SUBARU SHOULD PAY FOR THESE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. *TR

NOISE HEARD, THUMPING, IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE BEGINNING ON OR ABOUT 7/2006. REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER REPLACED STRUTS IN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE PROBLEM (10/2006) NO CHANGE IN PROBLEM. PER SUBARU TSB - DEALER ATTEMPTED REPAIR TO CRACKS IN FIREWALL BY WELDING (11/10/206). PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. AWAITING RESOLUTION BY SUBARU. *NM

2006 B9 TRIBECA SUBARU PURCHASED 9/2/05. APPROX 3 MONTHS LATER BEGAN TO HEAR RATTLING SOUND IN AREA OF FRONT DASHBOARD. ON FEB 2, 2006 VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND ALSO ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY AND REPAIR THE CAUSE OF THE RATTLE. INFORMED ON FEB 3, 2006, PROBLEM WAS "MAJOR" , FIRE WALL WAS CRACKED, AND PICTURES WERE BEING SENT TO SUBARU NORTH AMERICA FOR REVIEW. ON FEB 7TH ADVISED THAT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE OCCURRED IN PRODUCTION, CAUSING ISSUE WITH THE PITCHING STOPPER, AND SUPPORTING BOLTS AND RIVETS, WHICH ALLOWED ENGINE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN CRACKS IN FIRE WALL. ON FEB 9TH ADVISED THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM REVEALED THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR IN PRODUCTION BUT RATHER IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE INDIANA PLANT TO THE DEALERSHIP . WAS TOLD THAT DURING TRANSPORTATION OF THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS TETHERED WHEN...