What is the worst year for a Subaru Baja?

The 2003 Subaru Baja has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 47 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the brakes.

What is the best year for a Subaru Baja?

The 2004 Subaru Baja has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 22 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Subaru Baja?

Fuel & Propulsion accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Subaru Baja.

Worst years for a Subaru Baja

Owners have filed 146 complaints about the Subaru Baja with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2006. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

2003 Subaru Baja

47 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2004 Subaru Baja

22 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Subaru Baja year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

47 22 44 33

03 04 05 06

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2006	D	33	4	0	56,770	Engine & Cooling
2005	C	44	4	0	97,500	Fuel & Propulsion
2004	A	22	0	0	90,000	Fuel & Propulsion
2003	D	47	5	3	28,875	Brakes

What breaks on a Subaru Baja

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 29 19.9%

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 22 15.1%

Worst in 2006

Airbags 17 11.6%

Worst in 2005

Brakes 17 11.6%

Worst in 2003

Transmission & Drivetrain 13 8.9%

Worst in 2003

Suspension 11 7.5%

Worst in 2006

Body & Structure 8 5.5%

Worst in 2005

Steering 7 4.8%

Worst in 2003

Other & Unspecified 5 3.4%

Worst in 2005

Electrical System 4 2.7%

Worst in 2003

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 2.7%

Worst in 2003

Tires 3 2.1%

Worst in 2003

Wheels 3 2.1%

Worst in 2003

Seat Belts 1 0.7%

Worst in 2004

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Subaru Baja, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 2003 peak 7 Jul 2026

Compare the Subaru Baja

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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