Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 01/17/2013 | 108750 | 1 | |
| I was driving my 2003 subaru forester and noticed a strong odor of gasoline coming from my vents, increasing when i tuned on my heat. at first i thought i was behind a car using diesel fuel. the temperature outside was 11 degrees f. i brought my car into the subaru dealer when on the second day it increased and i had to open the windows to for ventilation as this was making me feel light headed an ill. i was told by the person in repair that an employee of subaru had come in also that day with the same complaint. my car was found to have leaks in the gas lines. i was told his happens in cold weather. since subaru advertises their vehicles as the cold weather vehicles i find this totally unacceptable. this is a safety hazard and feel their should be a recall, since they have recalled some of their other vehicles for this very same reason. this is very frightening to say the least. i was told it will cost 750.00 to repair. i feel his is a defect and major safety hazard and shoued be a recall before someone gets seriously injured if they have not already. *tr | |||
| 01/17/2013 | 108750 | ||
| I was driving my 2003 subaru forester and noticed a strong odor of gasoline coming from my vents, increasing when i tuned on my heat. at first i thought i was behind a car using deisel fuel. the temperature outside was 11 degrees f. i brought my car into the subaru dealer when on the second day it increased and i had to open the windows to for ventilation as this was making me feel light headed an ill. i was told by the person in repair that an employee of subaru had come in also that day with the same complaint. my car was found to have leaks in the gas lines. i was told his happens in cold weather. since subaru advertises their vehicles as the cold weather vehicles i find this totally unacceptable. this is a safety hazzard and feel their should be a recall, since they have recalled some of their other vehicles for this very same reason. this is very frightening to say the least. i was told it will cost 750.00 to repair. i feel his is a defect and major safety hazzard and sould be a recall before someone gets seriously injured if they have not already. | |||
| 01/21/2013 | 190000 | 1 | |
| When weather is cold, there is a strong smell of fuel inside the car. happens on any morning when temperature is below freezing. *tr | |||
| 01/17/2013 | 108750 | ||
| I was driving my 2003 subaru forester and noticed a strong odor of gasoline coming from my vents, increasing when i tuned on my heat. at first i thought i was behind a car using deisel fuel. the temperature outside was 11 degrees f. i brought my car into the subaru dealer when on the second day it increased and i had to open the windows to for ventilation as this was making me feel light headed an ill. i was told by the person in repair that an employee of subaru had come in also that day with the same complaint. my car was found to have leaks in the gas lines. i was told his happens in cold weather. since subaru advertises their vehicles as the cold weather vehicles i find this totally unacceptable. this is a safety hazzard and feel their should be a recall, since they have recalled some of their other vehicles for this very same reason. this is very frightening to say the least. i was told it will cost 750.00 to repair. i feel his is a defect and major safety hazzard and sould be a recall before someone gets seriously injured if they have not already. | |||
| 01/21/2013 | 190000 | ||
| When weather is cold, there is a strong smell of fuel inside the car. happens on any morning when temperature is below freezing. | |||
| 01/24/2013 | 75000 | ||
| Started and drove vehicle approx. 1 mile in 20 degree weather when i began to smell an extremely strong raw gasoline odor. the passenger compartment was inundated with the odor. i checked for leaks but did not see any(it was at night). i slowly drove home with my passenger-side windows open. haven't driven the vehicle since.... | |||
| 01/17/2013 | 108750 | ||
| I was driving my 2003 subaru forester and noticed a strong odor of gasoline coming from my vents, increasing when i tuned on my heat. at first i thought i was behind a car using deisel fuel. the temperature outside was 11 degrees f. i brought my car into the subaru dealer when on the second day it increased and i had to open the windows to for ventilation as this was making me feel light headed an ill. i was told by the person in repair that an employee of subaru had come in also that day with the same complaint. my car was found to have leaks in the gas lines. i was told his happens in cold weather. since subaru advertises their vehicles as the cold weather vehicles i find this totally unacceptable. this is a safety hazzard and feel their should be a recall, since they have recalled some of their other vehicles for this very same reason. this is very frightening to say the least. i was told it will cost 750.00 to repair. i feel his is a defect and major safety hazzard and sould be a recall before someone gets seriously injured if they have not already. | |||
| 01/21/2013 | 190000 | ||
| When weather is cold, there is a strong smell of fuel inside the car. happens on any morning when temperature is below freezing. | |||
| 01/24/2013 | 75000 | ||
| Started and drove vehicle approx. 1 mile in 20 degree weather when i began to smell an extremely strong raw gasoline odor. the passenger compartment was inundated with the odor. i checked for leaks but did not see any(it was at night). i slowly drove home with my passenger-side windows open. haven't driven the vehicle since.... | |||
| 01/21/2013 | 190000 | ||
| When weather is cold, there is a strong smell of fuel inside the car. happens on any morning when temperature is below freezing. | |||
| 01/24/2013 | 75000 | ||
| Started and drove vehicle approx. 1 mile in 20 degree weather when i began to smell an extremely strong raw gasoline odor. the passenger compartment was inundated with the odor. i checked for leaks but did not see any(it was at night). i slowly drove home with my passenger-side windows open. haven't driven the vehicle since.... | |||
| 11/08/2010 | 90000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2003 subaru forester. the contact stated that when the fuel tank was full, the vehicle would emit an overpowering gasoline odor into the interior cabin. the vap valve was replaced by the dealer but did not correct the problem. the contact verified that there was not a fuel leak present. the vehicle was not further repaired. the failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 113,000. kmj | |||
| 11/08/2010 | 90000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2003 subaru forester. the contact stated that if the vehicle is filled with gasoline there will be a smell of gasoline in the vehicle. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer and had the vap valve replaced, but that did not correct the failure. the contact stated the fuel is not leaking from the vehicle and the vehicle runs fine, but there is a strong smell of gasoline whenever the fuel tank is filled. the failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 113,000.rl | |||