Subaru Baja: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Subaru Baja, model years 2003 to 2006. NHTSA has 117 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 4 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Subaru Baja | 9 | 24 | 82% | 1,147,593 |
| 2005 Subaru Baja | 10 | 37 | 126% | 1,151,768 |
| 2004 Subaru Baja | 9 | 18 | 62% | 1,445,216 |
| 2003 Subaru Baja | 10 | 38 | 130% | 1,618,309 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
146 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 116.4 | 17 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 102.7 | 15 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 95.9 | 14 |
| Power Train | 89 | 13 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 75.3 | 11 |
| Suspension | 75.3 | 11 |
| Engine | 75.3 | 11 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 61.6 | 9 |
| Structure | 54.8 | 8 |
| Steering | 47.9 | 7 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Outback71 campaigns
- Forester43 campaigns
- Legacy81 campaigns
- Impreza53 campaigns
- Crosstrek13 campaigns
- Ascent13 campaigns
- WRX23 campaigns
- SVX0 campaigns
- XV Crosstrek3 campaigns
- B9 Tribeca7 campaigns
- BRZ5 campaigns
- GL5 campaigns
- Solterra5 campaigns
- Loyale4 campaigns
- Subaru10 campaigns
- Justy4 campaigns
- Tribeca17 campaigns
- Uncharted0 campaigns
- Impreza STI0 campaigns
- Trailseeker0 campaigns
- WRX STI2 campaigns
- DL5 campaigns
- XT4 campaigns
- Crosstrek Hybrid3 campaigns
- 222 campaigns
- Forester Hybrid3 campaigns
- 232 campaigns
- 622 campaigns
- 632 campaigns
- FF-12 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Subaru Baja: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/subaru/baja/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Subaru of America, Inc.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Subaru Baja model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2005 with 10, 2003 with 10, 2006 with 9. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Subaru Baja model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 38 of the 117 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Subaru Baja name?
- Air Bags: 116.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel System, Gasoline: 102.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel/Propulsion System: 95.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Subaru Baja?
- 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.