NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Subaru Tribeca Recalls
The 2008 Subaru Tribeca has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 11, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Subaru Tribeca. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 14
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Subaru Tribeca, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2008 Subaru Tribeca
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 19V297000
- Reported
- April 11, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 511
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tribeca, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V026000
- Reported
- January 11, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,529
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009 Tribeca, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V014000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 53,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2012 Tribeca, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V016000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,764
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tribeca, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V358000
- Reported
- May 25, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 302,127
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Tribeca, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V359000
- Reported
- May 25, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 146,010
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tribeca, 5 other models
Structure: body: hood
- Campaign
- 16V060000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 77,017
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2013 Tribeca
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 12V602000
- Reported
- December 26, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 633,842
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2012 Tribeca, 3 other models
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 08V645000
- Reported
- December 9, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,130
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Tribeca
2008 Subaru Tribeca complaints by year
NHTSA has received 14 owner complaints about the 2008 Subaru Tribeca, the newest on June 11, 2018. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2008 Subaru Tribeca, the component group named most often is the air bags (43%), followed by the exterior lighting (14%) and the steering (14%).
5 of the 2008 Subaru Tribeca's 9 recalls also concern the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags6
- Exterior Lighting2
- Steering2
- Structure2
- Electrical System1
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)1
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Subaru Tribeca peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 4. 14% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 14 complaints about the 2008 Subaru Tribeca are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Tribeca by model year
Other 2008 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: April 11, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted