Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)
Manufacturer Id: 1075
Model: Impreza
Model Year: 2002
Other Restraint System Info: SRS Airbag
Plant City: Ota
Plant Company Name: FHI
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Gunma
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: S
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
POWER TRAIN
2006 MY SUBARU IMPREZA STI WITH 414 MILES AND 1.5 WEEKS OLD THE ENGINE MOTORS MOUNTS FAILED, THIS CAUSED A LOUD CLUNKING AS THE ENGINE WOULD MOVE VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. WERE TOLD THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT WOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE 2005 MY MOTOR MOUNTS WHEN AVAILABLE AND WE SHOULD TAKE THE CAR HOME AND DRIVE CAREFUL. *NM
2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
I HAVE A 2002 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX SEDAN WHICH HAS AN APPARENT FUEL LEAK IN COLD WEATHER. SUBARU HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLITAIN OUT ON THIS PROBLEM TO FIX IT (THEY DO KNOW ABOUT IT), BUT IT HAS YET TO BE MADE A RECALL. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE, AND THERE WAS A VERY STRONG FUEL ODOR IN THE CABIN. I ASKED SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO ALSO DRIVE WRX'S IF THEY HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING THE PROBLEM RECENTLY AS WELL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THE TSB WAS DISCOVERED AND THE SOURCE BECAME CLEAR. FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE, WHICH POSES NOT ONLY A FOUL ODOR, BUT ALSO AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE HAZZARD. PLEASE GET SUBARU TO MAKE THIS A RECALL SO THAT THEY CAN PREVENT ANYTHING BAD FROM HAPPENING TO ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. I DOUBT THEY WOULD WANT THEIR "SUBARU" NAME TO BECOME KNOWN AS THE "CARS THAT CATCH ON FIRE". MAKE THIS PROBLEM A RECALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO NO LIVES ARE LOST. AK