2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY OPENED AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V060000 (LATCHES/ LOCKS/ LINKAGES), BUT THE REMEDY FOR PHASE ONE FAILED OF THE TWO PART PHASE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 112,300.

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

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENTIRE SAFETY MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THE HOOD DOWN DETACHED AND SENT THE HOOD SLAMMING AND SMASHING INTO MY WINDSHIELD. I WAS BLINDED INSTANTLY AND THERE WERE SEMI TRUCKS ALL AROUND ME. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY. GLASS WAS EVERYWHERE AND MY REAR VIEW MIRROR WAS SMASHED OUT AND WENT FLYING AT ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING AS WELL. I FOUND THREE OTHER REPORTS ONLINE FROM THREE DIFFERENT DRIVERS WITH THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING TO THEM. ALL I DID WAS GOOGLE SUBARU 2006 TRIBECA. SUBARU BASICALLY TOLD ME IT IS NONE OF THEIR CONCERN AND TOO BAD. THEY REFUSED TO SEND OUT ONE OF THEIR REPS TO CONFIRM WHAT I WAS SAYING. MY INSURANCE APPRAISER AS WELL AS A BODY SHOP CONFIRMED THIS WAS MORE THAN LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. THE SAFETY LATCH WAS PLASTIC AND OBVIOUSLY NOT MEANT FOR SAFETY. MY MOTHER AND SISTER WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME AND IT IS A MIRACLE NO ONE WAS HURT OR KILLED. I AM BESIDE MYSELF AT THE WAY SUBARU HAS TREATED ME. I HAVE ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THIS IS A DISGRACE. *TR