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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005003587 | Incident Date: Jan, 13 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PETALUMA | Consumer's State: CA |
| 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#: JF1GG29602G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 22 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 06 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2002 subaru wrx wagon, 71000 miles. i parked my car outside as i usually do.. only i happened to be parked at marin general hospital, where my wife delivered our first born child! this night was a particularly cold evening for northern california, around 32f. as i pulled out of the parking lot post birth to round up some food, i started to smell gasoline. the smell quickly reached the point where i was forced to roll down the windows to get fresh air. needless to say i took my car home, and we brought the baby home in my wife's car! after returning to the hospital, i opened the hood, and determined that the smell was coming from around the engine. the next morning as i drove away to get breakfast, i experienced the same over powering gasoline odor. i rolled down the windows, and again opened the hood to try to locate the smell, but couldn't find the source other than around the engine. i have since learned that this problem is a known "feature" of 2002 wrx's. i have also learned that since i am far out of warranty, subaru will not fix this problem. i would like to know how this is legal, given the supposed status of my car as a ulev vehicle.. it certainly isn't as if gasoline is dripping out of the fuel lines onto the hot engine block. i am also highly concerned by the health hazard posed by gasoline fumes filling the cabin. *jb |
