| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004098283 | Incident Date: Jan, 09 2004 |
| Consumer's City: HOBOKEN | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | 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#: JF1GD29652H | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 11 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 04 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Beginning in the winter of 2003- 2004 (i bought the car in june of 2003), i would clearly smell gasoline whenever i turned my car on in cold weather (below 40 degrees or so). the smell would remain for a little while. i never really thought of this as a major problem, but i allowed my pregnant sister to borrow my car and on a particularly cold day, it made her so nauseous she vomited and couldn't remain in the car. i had to borrow a friends car to go pick her up, then have her drive with me to my friends house 30 minutes away so i could give him his car back. after this embarrassing situation, i decided to investigate this and came across a website that 2002 subaru wrx owners trade information on. i found out that subaru of america has known about this problem since january of 2003, but neglected to let the buyers know about it. i actually bought the car after they released their tsb about this, but never heard about it. i am really aggravated that this has been a problem for so many people, for so many years and neither subaru of america, the nhtsa, nor anyone else has done anything about it. shame on all parties involved. *jb |
