Three problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 2006 Subaru Tribeca. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Engine stabilizer bracket (dogbone) welding defective and falls off. Could start a fire in passenger area. Firewall wears down. Noise is a chirping sound during any movement. Transmission and engine become unstable. Transmission mounts break as a result.
Spontaneous crack in windshield we have purchased this vehicle used in 2088 and have replace the windshield each year of ownership from a spontaneous crack in the windshield. We windshield will be whole when parked and the next morning it will have a crack which originates in the bottom center of the windshield. I have changed glass companies multiple times thinking that it was installation issues but the spontaneous crack in windshield continues to happen. We are on windshield #6 of our ownership of this vehicle. Poor windshield wiper design. We live in the northeast where we experience a long snowy winter and the wipers ice up and causes us to stop every 5-10 miles to clean them off. As you can imagine this is a very dangerous practice with traffic snowplows and semis traveling the roads and a person standing beside their vehicle exposed.
As I passed under a railroad overpass I hit a large pothole probably caused by a recent 2-4" rainfall. The impact caused my hood to release and slam back into my windshield, obliterating my forward view. I slowed immediately without swerving and activated my warning flashers. Luckily, there was only one car behind me and none approaching when this occurred. Upon stopping I found that my windshield had been badly cracked and the hood struts had broken, allowing the hood to fold back fully. The safety catch on the release mechanism apparently failed to keep the hood from flying up. The hood latched when brought back down, but I no longer trust it. This could have been a far worse situation in traffic.
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