Tl* the contact owns a 2002 subaru wrx. The contact received the federal safety agency campaign id number: 09v468000 (fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump) and took the vehicle to a local dealer. The dealer stated to the contact part that the part was not available and would be available within three days. The contact stated that was a year ago. The contact called the manufacturer and they stated that the dealer should have the part. The contact continued to search for parts for the vehicle but the dealer still did not have the part. The contact performed some repairs to the vehicle because the check engine light was illuminated and the vehicle smelled like gasoline. After the repairs, the dealer stated they could not repair the vehicle because the contact took the vehicle to another location for repairs. The contact stated the vehicle was becoming unsafe safe to drive due to the smell of gasoline inside the vehicle. The contact stated the vehicle could cause a fire. The failure mileage was 96,599.
2002 Subaru WRX fuel system complaints
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Fuel odor interior of vehicle. File complaint under odi number 10380798 need to correct mileage to 107,310 don't know what I was thinking when I filed complaint.
Several times in the winters of 2008 & 2009 (so far) when first starting my car in very cold weather (although the last time in dec. 2009 the temp was cool but above freezing) I would get a strong smell of gas inside the car and had to open the windows until the engine warmed up. Checking your website I found a recall dated dec. 1, 2009 (the federal safety agency action number ea09011) that seems to describe what happens. I called subaru and was told my car was not part of the recall and that I must take it to an authorized dealer and have them inspect and repair it at my expense. They would send the results to subaru which would determine if they would reimburse any part of my expenses. I do not believe this is a satisfactory resolution to what I deem a safety and health issue.
During cold weather, the fuel line leaks gasoline inside the engine compartment. The gasoline pools on top of the engine block, and the gasoline vapor is also pulled into the passenger compartment by the car's ventilation system. There is an obvious risk of fire.
Fuel smell for my subaru wrx 2002 model.
2002 impreza wrx wagon, leaking fuel lines located under the intake manifold in cold weather. I have noticed gas fumes from leaking fuel lines in this vehicle which I purchased new in 2002. Nevada is not a state listed in the wvk-21 subaru recall of dec, 2009, but this vehicle is leaking fuel from the same problem on cold mornings in northern nevada.
Recently the outside air temperatures have hovered near or below zero degrees f. On those mornings when it is that cold and I start my car, I smell a strong raw fuel odor for several minutes or until I have driven several miles. I investigated and found the main fuel line to be leaking raw fuel onto the engine when it is started in weather this cold. There is a vol recall by subaru of america covering this (subaru recall campaign wvk-21) on this model but it does not cover the state of missouri where I reside and have my car registered. This same issue could easily cause an engine fire should the leaking raw fuel come into contact with an ignition source or with the nearby hot turbocharger or exhaust. There is no reason what so ever that this recall should be limited to the few states that it is since it is just as dangerous in my state as in any of the states listed on the recall. Btw, my car was originally purchased and registered in one of the covered states...minnesota. Thank you.
I have the fuel leak problem covered in recall number 09v468000 in my 2002 subaru imprezza wrx but my car is registered in california and appears not to be covered. I can smell gas and see it pool on the engine, above the exhaust manifold near turbo components, when starting my car at about 30 degrees fahrenheit which is not uncommon in the mountains and valleys of california. The smell is very strong inside the vehicle and potentially hazardous if the fuel ignites in the engine bay. Why aren't all of these cars being recalled? The state selection criteria seems arbitrary, since all states experience cold enough weather for this problem to persist. Do I have to wait until my car catches fire to have the problem taken seriously?
I have the fuel leak/ smell issue covered in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 09v468000, the federal safety agency action number: ea09011. I have had the problem for several years but it appears to be worse this winter in that it happens at temperatures just below freezing now. In previous winters it would have to be below 20 degrees before I would notice the smell of raw gasoline. I notice the problem when stopped and idling in the cold weather. In particular when stopped at traffic lights. My car was purchased in and registered in massachusetts. I would like to know why it was not covered in the recall. Massachusetts is further north than co and parts of ne, ia and ny which are included in the recall.
I have the fuel leak problem covered in recall number 09v468000 in my 2002 subaru imprezza wrx but my car is registered in pennsylvania and appears not to be covered. I can smell gas and see it pool on the engine when starting my car below about 30 degrees fahrenheit which is not uncommon in pennsylvania. The smell is very strong inside the vehicle. Why aren't all of these cars being recalled? Even a car registered in florida may spend a few days in a northern state and leak gasoline when started. Do I have to wait until my car catches fire?
1. When ambient temperature is roughly below 45 degrees f, and the car is "cold". 2. Gasoline leaks from fuel line under intake manifold. It occurs when the rubber hose and the metal fuel pipe contract in cold conditions and break the seal causing gasoline to leak. The leak drips fuel onto the engine and causes a strong odor to permeate the cabin through the ventilation system. 3. Nothing has been done yet to correct the problem. The subaru dealer has quoted $150 in parts plus labor to fix the problem under subaru technical service bulletin # 09-36-03. Parts required are new hose and pipe plus gaskets for intake manifold and coolant. Parts would have to be ordered by dealer.
2002 wrx fuel smell in cabin at cold temperatures. How many people have to complain before a recall is issued or someone gets hurt? Where is the federal safety agency when you need them? There are recalls for relatively minor issues. So, where is the recall for leaking fuel? Dealer denies any problem. See also the federal safety agency item number:10014461, service bulletin #: 11012004, service bulletin 09-36-03 raw fuel smell in cold weather.
2002 wrx fuel smell in cabin at cold temperatures. How many people have to complain before a recall is issued or someone gets hurt? Where is the federal safety agency when you need them? There are recalls for relatively minor issues. So, where is the recall for leaking fuel? Dealer denies any problem. See also the federal safety agency item number:10014461, service bulletin #: 11012004, service bulletin 09-36-03 raw fuel smell in cold weather.
I have a subaru 2002 wrx wagon, fuel odor in compartment when car is cold, when it warms up the odor goes away. This is very annoying and there are several subaru forums with people complaining about this. Please help in getting this issue resolved. Subaru keeps says that there is no issue.
Smell of raw gas from vents while not moving. Checked under the engine and found underneath the turbo inlet hose fuel dripping from a hose. Also found 2 other hoses that may be leaking fuel as well around the area. Car is parked under storage status until parts can be replaced, not sure if there is a dealer in germany. Heard of many other complaints on a 2002 wrx with the fuel lines leaking.
Gasoline odor fills the cabin on my 2002 subaru impreza wrx when the heater is turned on. This has happened repeatedly. The odor is overwhelming and intoxicating! I popped the hood of my car and smelled gas coming from the fuel lines next to the intake manifold.
Fuel leak at startup when car is cold, usually below freezing temperatures.
I noticed a raw fuel smell when starting the car in the morning. This was originally just an issue in cold weather, but the smell has persisted and now occurs even after normal overnight low temperatures here in seattle (40-50 degrees). I believe this is a safety issue for three reasons: first, the fuel is leaking onto the engine block of the car posing a fire hazard. Second, the fuel smell is a health hazard to occupants of the vehicle. Third, due to the fuel smell, I have been using my heating system on the recirc setting, which is not as effective at clearing condensation from the inside of the windshield and lessens the effectiveness of the defroster, reducing my ability to see out of the vehicle. I have not had the problem repaired yet as I wanted to file this complaint first.
2002 subaru impreza wrx fuel leaks at temperatures under about 20 degrees f from rubber hose clamps to steel pipes under intake manifold. Problem matches description of technical service bulletin 09-36-03 and shown in existing report ea09011. Tried to tighten clamps by removing power steering pump, but problem persists. Planning to conduct repair work per subaru tech bulletin 09-36-03 before winter. Car has about 75k miles.
In feb of 2006 I began smelling a slight fuel odor in my 2002 subaru wrx. A few days after I noticed this I came home and was going to try and find the source of the smell, it had slightly worsened over those days. I pulled in my driveway, opened the hood and looked around the engine for a minute, I then went into my garage to get some tools and a light. While in the garage I heard a "whoosh" and went outside to see what made the noise. When I went outside my car was on fire in the engine compartment. I then called 911. When they fire dept arrived I informed them that I had ammunition in the car, and they said they would have to wait to put it out until the ammo burned off. After a few minutes the fire had reached the rear of the car and the ammo exploded, the fire dept then put the fire out.
I drive a 2002 subaru wrx impreza, and it has a gas leak that I can smell inside the cabin when its cold outside. After doing research I found that a lot of the same model cars have the same problem. When it gets cold outside the hardlines on the engine shrink allowing the softlines to squirt gas onto the engine block. Subaru acknowledges the problem but claims its not a safety issue and won't fix it. I feel its a major safety issue due to the fact I'm breathing in gas, and cause any type of spark under the hood of my car could lead to an explosion when im driving.
Since owning my 2002 subaru impreza wrx, on occasions when the weather is cold and vehicle heating is activated, overpowering fuel odors are consistently present in the cabin area. The odor is pronounced and persistent and does not "burn off" eventually. Under these conditions, it is not tolerable to drive the vehicle without opening the car's windows to help diffuse them. Not doing so will give occupants symptoms common to exposure to heavy doses of fuels vaports in an enclosed area: namely headaches and nausea. The issue appears to be well known within the wrx community, particularly with the 2002 model owners and the federal safety agency is aware of subaru of america's (soa) tsb concerning the problem. As I live in an area where extremely cold weather, which seems to be associated with the issue, does not usually occur for extensive periods of time, I had not pursued the issue for resolution by till last year when the problem was noticed to be predictably chronic in the winter season. I contacted soa via email at that time asking them for advice to resolve the problem and was advised to have a dealership investigate it. As they did not indicate this would be paid for by them and I did not have financial resources to pursue this independently, I did not take the issue further. However, the issue is recurring daily now in this particularly cold winter so I have contacted them again to further pursue this with them. My internet research, the tsb and the many complaints on agencys site concerning the issue seem to support the wrx owner community's perspective that this is a design flaw and should be remediated by soa, free of owner charges, as a recall. Would you please advise if the federal safety agency will be pursuing this with soa as a recall issue? Also, I was interested in reading the detailed tsbs available on this site but cannot retrieve them. Soa charges a fee to download them. Is this standard industry practice and is there a way I can get them from the federal safety agency without fees?
Raw, unburned fuel smell inside vehicle and inside engine compartment of vehicle during warm-up in cold weather. Smell dissipates after driving, but returns when vehicle is stopped for a few seconds. It happens everytime it's very cold outside.
This is in reference to subaru issued tsb 09-36-03 titled: "fuel smell in cold weather.". This problem is going to kill somebody unless you mandate a recall. I reported the issue a few years ago and your investigation concluded it was not a serious problem. Since then I've dealt with the fuel odor on cold days. The odor now occurs when the temperature is below 35 f. A couple of days ago, the temps were in the teens f and the odor got really bad. After driving for about 10 minutes, white fumes started pouring out of the right side of the hood and from the scoop. There is so much fuel leaking now that it's being vaporized into a white smoke and spews out of the engine for about 1 or 2 minutes. I opened the hood to confirm there is no fire, which there was not. But there was an impressive amount of white fumes which resembled smoke but again, no fire. A friend who was driving in another car, 3 cars behind me, reported that the gas smell from my car was so bad they had to pull back. After doing some research, vaporized fuel will ignite at 536 degrees f. It is very possible for the turbo charger on this car to get that hot after some driving. With the engine compartment full of white gas fumes and the cabin fill of a powerful raw gas smell, it only stands to reason that this could catch file in the engine compartment and the passenger cabin. After doing a simple search on this (odi) website for both subaru wrx, and subaru impreza, looking at several different categories (fuel system, fuel delivery, fuel rails, ect) I found 286 complaints of the same problem. On the nasioc site, there are 97 pages of people listing the same problem which is ~1800 posts (http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131755&page=97). The tsb mentioned above minimizes the issue by stating fuel leaks with temps under 14 f. In my car it happens under 35 f for the length of my drive. This issues is going to kill somebody and there needs to be a recall.
Constant gasoline leakage during cold weather (below twenty degrees fahrenheit). After driving with the windows open for forty five minutes, the car still reeked of gasoline. I pulled into the subaru dealerships service area causing the car next to me to move because of the smell - but the service advisor said there is no recall but they were aware of the problem and that it would cost about $800 to fix, but they were busy right now. . . This does not seem right, this could cause a fire, and gasoline is not healthy to breath especially for long periods of time!
Our 2002 subaru wrx 2.0l turbo has developed a fuel line leak (high pressure side) below the intake. A simple google search revealed a subaru service bulletin 09-36-03 "fuel smell in cold weather" warning of this issue with the 2002 2.0l engine. The problem is clearly much more than a fuel smell. It is very dangerous leak that will eventually cause someone to be killed in a fuel fire. This is a fundamental design flaw and a very dangerous one at that. A recall should have been issued. I'd be surprised there isn't pending litigation.
Problem my 2002 subaru impreza wrx wagon with VIN currently has 89,000 miles. I started getting a strong smell of fuel through the vents in november when the temperature started coming down. Looking under the hood, I found no apparent leaks but the smell was strong. Looking online for solutions, I came across numerous forums addressing this issue. Most notably this one: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138069&highlight=fuel+smell. I also found subaru service bulletin 09-36-03 dated 04/01/03. Subaru service bulletin 09-36-03 this bulletin states: some 2002 model impreza wrx (2.0l turbo) may experience a fuel smell in cold weather (temperature <14 degrees f) from the rubber hose connector, located under the intake manifold, between two direct fuel-feed metal lines to the injectors. The changing of the pipe and hose size was adopted, starting with engine number 673467 to better align the two fuel lines. This was accomplished by shortening the fuel pipe and lengthening the hose both by 30mm. To complete this service procedure, you must replace the fuel pipe assembly and hose as a set. Reading this it is evident of the following conclusions: there is a design flaw in some 2002 model impreza wrxs this design flaw is evident in the fact that it was apparently changed for future models after the problem was realized. Using the subaru service bulletin and the online forums, I was able to locate a fuel leak in the engine compartment at the location determined. This fuel leak was further confirmed by a subaru dealer after asked by subaru of america to get it looked at by one of their dealers for them to take action on this issue while I was still working with them to get this issue resolved. This fuel leak poses at least 2 threats: 1 for a fire, and 2 for exposing passengers to hazardous fumes.
The passenger compartment of my 2002 subaru wrx smells like raw gasoline when I start the car in cold temperatures. I have read stories of other wrx owners who have the same problem, and it is a leaky fuel line in the engine compartment. I am concerned that one of these times, the fuel is going to catch fire and cause serious injury to myself and my passengers.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 subaru wrx. In cold weather conditions, the contact smells raw fuel within the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The odor occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the metal fuel lines that run under the intake manifold were leaking gasoline. The intake manifold would have to be removed for the repair. The cost to repair the vehicle would be $460. The vehicle has not yet been repaired. The contact is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 105,000 and current mileage was 116,000.
Fuel leak in engine compartment at very low ambient air temperatures I located the leak and took the vehicle to the dealership service dept. The day I took the car there air temps were 20 degrees warmer and I did not experience a leak. The dealership service dept. Stated that they could not find a leak I told them the leak occurs at very low temperatures only and told them the location of the leak also I gave them a copy of a technical service bulletin pertaining to this very problem. They sent me on my way saying it seems to be fine even with my explanation. That night temperatures dropped and the fuel leak returned it seems that the dealership will not fix this problem until they actually experience it themselves. I have not been able to use the car for fear of a fire it leaks large amounts of fuel down onto the engine and exhaust. I do not understand why the dealership will not take my word for this since it is already a documented problem by the manufacturer and such a dangerous one at that.
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