Wiper Problems of Subaru Tribeca

I have had 3 Subarus in the last 2 years. All 3-a 2006 Subaru Tribeca b9, a 2007 Subaru Tribeca b9, and a 2014 Subaru crosstrek have had electrical and lighting problems. They all have burnt out headlights, interior lights and fog lights, have loose wiring that has affected the computer and navigation system. 2 of them lost all lighting. The Subaru crosstrek burnt out all the lights in one incident and the 2007 Subaru Tribeca b9 had an alternator problem that fried all the lights at one time as well as the navigation system. They all have more lights lit on the dash than there should be.

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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 jumped out. My car was towed to a repair shop, and I was given a ride to work.

To whom it may concern, I can't emphasize right now how disappointed I am in Subaru's customer service in both the USA and in the republic of panama. I currently reside in the republic of panama. I have yet to contact corporate in japan, and I shouldn't have to. Unfortunately, both parties on the sides of Subaru in panama (Subaru del canal s. A. ) and Subaru in the USA (1-800-782-2783) have been more worried about costs than promoting Subaru's standard of safety which is why I invested in the Subaru in the first place, being an expectant father at the time. Around July of 2010 my wife and I bought a second hand 2006 b9 Tribeca from a dealer in phoenix, az. We enjoyed the vehicle so much, that we decided to bring it with us on our move back to panama. I guess this is where Subaru's commitment to safety draws the line. Everyone I have so far spoken to has basically told me well since you didn't buy the car here we can't help you, or, since you are no longer here, we can't pay for it. I am sitting here trying to figure out how your design flaws, are my fault just because I moved the car from one Subaru market, to another. The recalls in question are: wqe41, wqy60, and tka16. My wife and 2 children were in the car about to leave my residence when it caught on fire. The driver's side front and rear puddle lights both failed. The front one was smoking heavily and the rear one was on fire. My wife immediately grabbed the hose and started spraying the rear one while I grabbed a 10mm wrench and disconnected the lead to the car battery. Unfortunately, the trim on the underside has plastic melted with a big gaping hole and there are burn marks on the paint and plastic on both puddle lights.

Our control.

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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.

We had been on the road for approximately an hour and 15 minutes, travelling 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.

While driving at approximately 45 mph, the hood of the 2010 Subaru Tribeca opened and came back far enough to break the windshield. The view of the driver was completely blocked almost causing a major accident. Police was called to file a report. This a major safety issue.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Windshield cracking for no reason. Approx 4 clean, through and through, cracks now. All roughly 8' long. No chips and/or rock dings. Woke up two mornings ago, car garaged, and there was a new crack after it sat idle in a garage all night.

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