2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA Structurebody Problems

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 65-70 MPH AND MY HOOD FLEW OPEN STRIKING THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING ME TO DRIVE INTO A GUARD RAIL. CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING NECK AND BACK ISSUES. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL.

ON FEBRUARY 23, 2018, THE HOOD LATCH WAS REPAIRED DUE TO A HOOD LATCH RECALL. THIS WAS WITH THE NEW HOOD LATCH. IT WAS FRIDAY JUNE 6, 2018, A LITTLE PAST 0600, I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE COUNTY HIGHWAY, DOING BETWEEN 60-65, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 4 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW OPEN,AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. THANKFULLY NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE VICINITY. AFTER I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE I CLOSED THE HOOD, IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT. I NOTICED MY VEHICLE WAS NEAR THE END OF A GUARDRAIL AND THERE WAS A GRAVEL AREA, SO I MOVED MY CAR OFF THE ROAD. WHILE I THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT IT WAS RAINING GLASS. I GRABBED MY WORK GEAR AND...

TAKATA RECALL INFLETER ON ,MY SUBARU TRIBECA ITS A PROBLEM I HAVE TO GO GROSERY CHOPPING WITH MY FAMILY I PUT MY FAMILY BACK IN THE AND MY CHOPPING BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIT TO BE SAFE IN CASE OF A ACCIDENT YOU KNOW!!!!

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 35MPH, HOOD OPENED AND CAME BACK FAR ENOUGH TO BREAK WINDSHIELD, COMPLETELY BLOCKING DRIVERS VIEW OF ROAD AND TRAFFIC NEAR A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, IT APPEARS PRIMARY HOOD LATCH FAILED AND SECONDARY SAFETY LATCH ALSO FAILED ALLOWING CONDITION TO EXIST. SECONDARY HOOD LATCH HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM HOOD BUT STILL SECURELY LATCHED TO BODY OF VEHICLE. SECONDARY LATCH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO HOOD WITH LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC TRIM RETAINERS WHICH BECAME BRITTLE WHEN COLD. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT WAS APPROX 10 DEGREES F. HOOD HAD BEEN OPENED EARLIER IN THE DAY THEN THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED APPROX 10-15 MILES AT INTERSTATE AND CITY SPEEDS THEN PARKED FOR ~8 HOURS BEFORE INCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A COUNTY ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE HOOD LATCH DISENGAGED CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLIP OVER BACKWARD AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD. THE HOOD WAS OPENED THE DAY PRIOR, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT INCIDENT PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL LATCH RELEASING. THE SAFETY LATCH DID NOT CATCH WHEN THE MAIN LATCH RELEASED, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD AND HOOD, AS WELL AS DAMAGING THE ROOF AND VEHICLE INTERIOR. *TR

AFTER ADDING WASHER FLUID, THE HOOD LATCH WOULD NOT LOCK AND SECURE THE HOOD CLOSED. ONLY THE SECONDARY SAFETY LATCH SECURES THE HOOD. THIS PRESENTS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FLYING OPEN WHILE DRIVING OBSCURING VISIBILITY AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THERE ARE ALREADY MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS FAILURE MECHANISM. I REQUEST NHTSA INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. *TR

JUST FINISHED WASHING THE CAR OUTSIDE THE MY GARAGE, I THEN MOVED IT INSIDE THE GARAGE TO CLEAN AND VACUUM INSIDE. 30 MINS LATER, A STRONG BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER PUDDLE LIGHT AREA. I HAVE TO QUICKLY CALL 911, AND BEFORE 911 ARRIVAL I MANAGED TO OPEN THE HOOD AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. THERE WAS STILL A STRONG SMILE IN THE AIR WHEN 911 CAME. 911 RECOMMENDED TOWING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP CONNECTED THE BATTERY AND DROVE IT OUTSIDE WHERE IT COULD BE EASILY TOW. JUST LUCKY TO BE IN THE GARAGE WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED OTHERWISE IT COULD HAVE BURN THE HOUSE. THIS VEHICLE (SUBARU TRIBECA B6 IS NOTHING BUT A DISASTER), THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER RENDERED NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER. *TR

ON 3/15/2014, TRAVELING AT POSTED HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70MPH ON I-71 SOUTHBOUND MILE MARKER 50 AT APPROX. 10 AM. THE PRIMARY VEHICLE HOOD LATCH FAILED AS DID THE HOOD SAFETY LATCH. THE HOOD FLEW COMPLETELY UP, INSTANTANEOUSLY SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD AND COMPLETELY RESTRICTING VISIBILITY WHILE TRAVELING AT FULL HIGHWAY SPEED. THE INTERIOR HOOD SAFETY LATCH MOUNTING SCREWS WERE COMPLETELY RIPPED FROM THE HOOD LEAVING THE SAFETY LATCH MECHANISM DANGLING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE HOOD WAS DAMAGED, THE ROOF DENTED, THE MAP LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED AND SHARDS OF GLASS LITTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS SAFELY MOVED TO HIGHWAY BREAKDOWN LANE. A PASSING KY STATE TROOPER WHO STOPPED TO ASSIST US LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE AND INDICATED THIS WAS LIKELY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE HOOD HAD NOT BEEN OPENED SINCE THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED NEARLY 4 WEEKS AGO. A SUBSEQUENT INTERNET SEARCH ON SIMILAR ISSUES REVEALS THAT THE 2006...

HOOD FLEW UP WHILE DRIVING ON RT9 SOUTH IN OLDBRIDGE, NJ @ 45 MPH. REPAIRS BILL WAS AROUND $5000. IT HAPPENED TO ME BACK IN 2009, AND JUST TODAY IN 2013 I WAS ABOUT TO ADD SOME WINDSHIELD WASHER, SO I OPENED MY HOOD, AND IT POPPED UP COMPLETELY, AND THAT SECONDARY LOCK DID NOT HOLD IT AGAIN! IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER ACCIDENT IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON THE RUNNING CAR. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY WITH REPAIRS - I HAD EVERYTHING REPLACED EVEN LOCK MECHANISM AND CABLE TO THE HANDLE UNDER YOUR DASH. AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. I LEARNED TODAY THAT SECONDARY LATCH GETS DIRTY, STICKY, AND STOPS MOVING AT ALL OVER TIME AND ENTIRE MECHANISM REMAINS UNLOCKED AFTER YOU CLOSE THE HOOD. THERE IS A SPRING THERE WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO RETURN THE LATCH INTO LOCKED POSITION AFTER YOU CLOSE THE HOOD -...

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH, THE HOOD FEW OPEN AND SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD AND DENTED THE HOOD. WE PUT WASHER FLUID IN IT THE DAY BEFORE AND DROVE IT FOR HOURS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS IN THE PAST AND HAVE REPLACED IT ONCE ALREADY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE NJ TURNPIKE SOUTHBOUND BY EXIT 2, THE HOOD ON OUR 2006 B9 TRIBECA FLEW OPEN, SHATTERED MY WINDSHIELD, DENTED MY ROOF AND BLOCKED MY VISION. IT WAS AMAZING THAT I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT AND MOVE FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT CRASHING. MY WIFE HELPED NAVIGATE US OFF THE ROAD. WE WERE OVER 2 HRS INTO OUR TRIP. THIS IS CLEARLY A FAILURE OF THE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM. I CLOSED THE HOOD THE BEST I COULD AND DROVE 11 MILES TO NEAREST SUBARU DEALER. BECAUSE WE WERE ON A FAMILY VACATION MY KIDS WERE SHAKEN UP. WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO CONTINUE TRIP. WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM SUBARU AND FROM INSURANCE COMPANY. LATCH WAS RIPPED FROM CHASSIS, HINGES WERE RIPPED FROM CHASSIS, WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED, ROOF DENTED, HOOD DENTED, INTERIOR DAMAGE - MIRROR, LIGHTS. *TR