Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| Strong gas fumes when she starts up the car. please describe. tt | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY - HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | |||
| 11/12/2006 | 198000 | 1 | 08/15/2006 |
| Leaking fuel filler neck, lines and tank on older subaru's. owned 2 subarus a 1993 impreza and a 1995 legacy both gas tank seams get rusted out due to climatic conditions and leak same as filler necks and lines. causes emission problems, triggers check engine light on obd2 cars. *jb | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY | |||
| 06/29/1999 | 04/01/1998 | ||
| Fuel gague reads 3/4 full or totally empty and varies everwhere in between. *ak | |||
| Fuel gauge failed, causing safety hazard. prior to this failure, fuel gauge would intermittently bounce . dealer replaced fuel gauge. *ak | |||
| Fuel guage does not register the correct level of fuel,cause unknown. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| 10/24/1996 | 1 | 11/01/1995 | |
| Gas tank leaks.. | |||
| 10/01/1995 | 1 | 01/07/1995 | |
| Fuel gauge failure. *ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - FILLER PIPE AND CAP | |||
| 11/12/2006 | 198000 | 1 | 08/15/2006 |
| Leaking fuel filler neck, lines and tank on older subaru's. owned 2 subarus a 1993 impreza and a 1995 legacy both gas tank seams get rusted out due to climatic conditions and leak same as filler necks and lines. causes emission problems, triggers check engine light on obd2 cars. *jb | |||
| 10/10/2005 | 1 | ||
| Fax on behalf of consumer (me) pertaining to his difficulty in obtain a part for the defective gasoline tank filler neck of his 1995 subaru legacy wagon. *ts the vehicle will continue to leak fuel until the part is replaced. *nm | |||
| 10/01/2005 | 1 | ||
| Fax pertaining to consumer's difficulty in obtain a part for the defective gasoline tank filler neck of his 1995 subaru legacy wagon. *ts the faulty filler neck caused fuel to leak from the vehicle. *nm | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 04/24/2007 | 164135 | ||
| Fuel tank filler neck leak and failure | |||
| 03/01/2003 | 135000 | 10 | 06/27/2000 |
| Driveability concern: there is a valve guide movement on the cylinders that lead to very heavy carbon deposits on valves and intake/combustion chambers. the valve guide wear occurs because the heads are made of aluminum. under load, the engine will not shift into high gear, misfires randomly, check engine light comes on and the car bucks. this is very dangerous on the highway because the car is unable to accelerate and it bucks. the gas mileage is very poor (17 mpg). my garage (works exclusively on japanese cars) they see similar problems on many subaru models and years.*ak | |||
| 08/12/1997 | 12 | ||
| When gas guage was 1/2 full, suddenly dropped to show empty tank, will read empty for many miles (100+) | |||
| Gas guage inaccurately reads the amount of gas in the vehicle. *ak | |||
| 10/16/1998 | |||
| Consumer was driving about 40 mph up a hill and engine check light came on. consumer lost all power of the vehicle. when putting fuel into the tank, the vehicle will only take about 1 or 2 gallons of gas and the fuel tank won't take anymore gas. the guage isn't working right. contacted the dealer, and the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they put more gas into the vehicle, but the problem is still there. *ak | |||
| 01/01/1996 | 1 | 11/01/1994 | |
| Fuel gauge failed. | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - STORAGE - FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | |||
| 03/19/2003 | 1 | ||
| The gas gauge provided an inaccurate fuel reading. *jb | |||
| Fuel sensors are bad. the vehicle holds a lower amount of fuel than specified, causing the gauge to misread the amount of fuel in the vehicle. manufacturer has been notified. *ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - FILLING/CHARGING | |||
| 10/10/2005 | 184000 | 1 | 04/16/2004 |
| Dt: the contact detected a strong odor of gasoline in the garage. the contact inspected the generator and his wife's vehicle in which nothing was found. when the contact placed vehicle back into the garage he noticed a gasoline stain where vehicle was parked. he took the vehicle to a subaru dealer, who noticed the leak immediately which was coming from the filler neck of the gasoline storage tank assembly on the inside of the vehicle from where gasoline gas pump nozzle goes into the gas tank itself. this was considered a common problem because it was plastic and breaking down. the part was on back order at four separate subaru dealers, the filler neck part number was 42066fa030. out of fear of an ignition source, such as an explosion and death the vehicle was parked outside of the garage. the contact added this was the same part that was used in the 1995-1997 subaru legacy vehicles. the contact owns a 1995 subaru legacy wagon. *ak | |||