| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002003910 | Incident Date: Dec, 31 2001 |
| Consumer's City: INDIANAPOLIS | Consumer's State: IN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: WRX | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 26 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Fuel odor in cabin during cold weather. i have searched the defects/recall pages for this issues and foudn that it has been closed due to the occurance only lasting for a few moments. this is not true! the fuell leakage continues during any cold weather use, not just at startup. i find this a huge safety issue as i had become extremely dizzy on a normal daily commute (15-20 minutes). the odor is continuous as long as the vehicle in not in motion (i.e. stop and go traffic). i consider this fuel leak a major issue with driver safety, and for those on the road at the same time as anyone else with a 2002 wrx in cold weather. i am a mechanical engineer and a member of sae (society of automotive engineers), and consider any overlook of this problem by soa (subaru of america) to be an enormous reliability issue. i hope that the proper authorities can straighten this out and fix those vehicle manufactured with this very dangerous defect.*ak |
