Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)
Manufacturer Id: 1075
Model: Legacy
Model Year: 2000
Note: Transmission Type: Full-time AWD 5MT, Body Type: Wagon, OUTBACK
Plant City: Lafayette
Plant Company Name: SIA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim: Outback
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2002 SUBARU OUTBACK SMELLS OF GAS EVERY TIME IT GETS COLD. A SHOP THAT WORKS ON JUST SUBARUS KNOWS THE PROBLEM WELL AND TRIED A FEW THINGS TO FIX IT. AFTER $175, IT DID NOT WORK. LAST YEAR, I HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY WINDOWS DOWN ON COLD NIGHTS THE SMELL WAS SO STRONG. ONE NIGHT IT WAS -20 DEGREES! THIS YEAR THE SMELL HAS COME BACK AT JUST 39 DEGREES AND STRONGER. MY GARAGE SMELLS AND I AM AFRAID THE CALL WILL BLOW UP OR I WILL GET SICK DRIVING IT. ON-LINE AND ON THE NHTSA I SEE MANY OTHER SUBARU OWNERS HAVING TO PUT IT WITH THE SAME THING. CAN YOU FOLKS HELP? *TR
2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHEN INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND DOORS ARE LOCKED FROM INSIDE OF VEHICLE, DOORS WILL OPEN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DOORS ON DRIVER'S SIDE WILL OPEN. PASSENGER'S SIDE DOORS ARE DOING SAMETHING. DEALERSHIP FIXED DEFECT THE FIRST TIME, BUT VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK