- VIN: 4S4WX83C66442****
- MPG: /
- Year: 2006
Ownership Cost for 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca (5-Passenger)
Estimated: $41790 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
| Depreciation |
$2324 |
$1115 |
$976 |
$883 |
$790 |
$6088 |
| Insurance |
$1615 |
$1671 |
$1730 |
$1790 |
$1853 |
$8659 |
| Fuel |
$1902 |
$1960 |
$2028 |
$2109 |
$2204 |
$10203 |
| Maintenance |
$2763 |
$2056 |
$1136 |
$1084 |
$2291 |
$9330 |
| Repairs |
$977 |
$1138 |
$1298 |
$1417 |
$1627 |
$6457 |
| Taxes & Fees |
$711 |
$711 |
$711 |
$711 |
$711 |
$1053 |
| Total Ownership Costs |
$10292 |
$8021 |
$7270 |
$7350 |
$8857 |
$41790 |
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Body Class: Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) Displacement CC: 3000 Displacement CI: 183.071232284 Displacement L: 3.000000 Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg) Make: SUBARU Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA) Manufacturer Id: 1075 Model: B9 Tribeca Model Year: 2006 Plant City: Lafayette Plant Company Name: SIA Plant Country: United States (USA) Plant State: Indiana Seat Belts All: Manual Transmission Speeds: 5 Transmission Style: Automatic Trim: 5ST-E Vehicle Type: MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
| Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
| 2006 |
VISIBILITY |
MY SISTER, MOTHER AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOOD SLAMMED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB EXPLODED IN THE CAR. SHARDS OF GLASS RAINED DOWN ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN WE GOT OUT TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED, WE NOTICED THE ENTIRE SAFETY LATCH MECHANISM WAS ATTACHED TO THE HOOD AND WAS DANGLING THERE. IT WAS NOT RUSTED. IT SIMPLY DETACHED. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A SEMI BEHIND US. IT WAS EXTREMELY TRAUMATIZING AND I AM MENTALLY WORN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. *TR |
| 2006 |
ENGINE |
FAULTY AND OR DEFICIENT PART: 'PIPE OIL COOLER' PART # 21328AA121 (PART IS A 11" X 3/4" (THIN) METAL TUBE THAT CONNECTS FROM LOWER DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE, TRAVERSES THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE AND CONNECTS TO THE BASE OF THE OIL FILTER MOUNT THROUGH THE USE OF RUBBER HOSES THAT TRANSPORTS ENGINE COOLANT.) VEHICLE WAS OBSERVED TO BE OVERHEATING. UPON PERSONAL INSPECTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND ONLY UPON REMOVING THE LARGE PLASTIC SPLASH GUARD FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE ABOVE LISTED PART HAD DEVELOPED EXTENSIVE CORROSION, PRINCIPALLY WHERE TWO BRACKETS ARE WELDED TO THE SUBJECT COOLANT TUBE. THE TUBE ADJACENT ONE OF THESE WELDS HAD CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT ENGINE COOLANT WAS ALLOWED TO LEAK OUT AND CAUSE THE OVERHEATING SITUATION. HAD THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY (AND NOT IN MY DRIVEWAY) THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND STOP IN TRAFFIC CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE COULD ALSO OCCUR. NOTE, THE PIPE IS MADE OF THIN AND APPARENTLY EASILY CORROSIVE MATERIAL. THE LOCATION OF THE COOLANT PIPE IS UNDERNEATH THE SPLASH SHIELD WHERE IT CAN NOT BE VIEWED UNLESS THE SHIELD IS REMOVED, ALLOWING FOR THE DETERIORATION TO CONTINUE UNNOTICED. WRITER BELIEVES THE SUBJECT PART WAS INADEQUATELY MADE TO STAND UP TO CORROSIVE CONDITIONS FOUND ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A MORE RESISTANT MATERIAL TO CORROSION. P.S. TO NHTSA; I HAVE AND WILL PROVIDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FAULTY PART, INVOICE FOR THE OEM REPLACEMENT PART PURCHASED FROM SUBARU, AND THE FAILED PART ITSELF SHOULD YOU DECIDE YOU WANT THEM. *TR |
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