Subaru Baja fuel smell problems

Filed Feb 27, 2017 · Fuel system · 230,000 miles · TN

Fuel smell when starting vehicle for several months reported to dealership and service refused to do check for cause, though they were paid to.

Filed Mar 7, 2016 · Fuel system · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 subaru baja. After starting the vehicle, a strong fuel odor entered the vehicle. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09277000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Mar 4, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 130,000 miles · CA

Strong gasoline smell in passenger compartment, dealer can not locate problem,problem persists. Afraid car will catch on fire

Filed Feb 25, 2015 · Fuel system · 90,000 miles · VA

Strong fuel smell in cabin when started in very cold weather and persisting even once car has warmed up. So severe as to cause nausea and fogging of interior windows. Had to drive in very cold weather with windows down to vent fumes. Diagnosed by dealer as leaking fuel lines around intake manifold (exactly like recall for 05 and 06 model years). $1200 repair estimate.

Filed Jan 31, 2015 · Fuel system · 107,000 miles · MA

It's been cold in ma like past winters and this is the first time this happened since owning my baja for 10 years now, which I bought new. I noticed that when I first start up my car with the heat vents open to warm it inside, the car fills with strong fuel/gas fumes. I took my car to be serviced at a subaru dealer and they checked all the fuel lines; tightened them, but could not find what is causing this problem. So now I recirculate the cabin air and don't draw in fresh air to try to keep the fumes out. It still continues to emit fumes when it's cold out, but it never happened in the past...10 years of cold winters and now there's a problem with gas fumes? Something is very wrong and I do fear a fire.

Filed Nov 19, 2014 · Fuel system · 121,764 miles · CO

I noticed an extreme smell of fuel in the cabin when I started the vehicle up on an especially cold morning (<10 degrees), and I found the leak coming from one of the clamps on the fuel line right in the middle of the engine bay. The smell is very, very extreme in the early mornings when it's coldest, bad enough that my boyfriend gets nauseous from it, but it hasn't gone away at all despite it getting warmer recently.

Filed Sep 30, 2014 · Engine · 161,000 miles · HI

Timing belt and associated parts were changed by licensed subaru mechanic. In the morning when the car was being warmed up, there was a strong smell of gas. Check engine light was on and cruise light was flashing.drove car to paint shop in san diego and left for five days for painting. Drove the car up to long beach to ship to hawaii. Baja burned 3/4 tank of gas and died off and on.with strong smell of gas.filled costco gas premium in hawaii and drove home with car dying off and onn with strong smell of gas. In the morning, started cat to warm car up and gas smell was extremely strong and white smoke also appeared off and on. In two days and driving only 54 miles the gas gauge was below 1/2 tank. In the process now with another mechanic to repair. Final step will be subaru dealer. Note: been googling the web and have found that this is a common problem with the 2005 subaru engine where check engine light goes on and cruise control light flashes. I think this must be a design deficiency on the subaru engine. I am not the first owner.

Filed Jul 18, 2014 · Fuel system · 55,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 subaru baja. The contact stated that while parked in a garage, there was a fuel odor present. The contact mentioned that the failure was present during the winter when the temperature was very cold. The contact also stated that the odor of fuel was intermittently present inside the vehicle, coming from the air vents. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions but the failure could not be identified. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 55,000.

Filed Mar 16, 2014 · Fuel system · 203,000 miles · SC

This winter when the temperatures dropped below freezing I had a strong smell of gas in my car. Most noticeable when warming the vehicle up in the morning. I noticed the smell on both the outside and inside of the car. On the outside it seemed to be coming from the drivers side behind the rear door I investigated but could not find any fuel leaks or the source of the smell.

Filed Mar 3, 2014 · Fuel system · 118,000 miles · PA

During cold weather a strong smell of gasoline enters the passenger compartment.