EXCESSIVE REAR TIRE WEAR, BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE92, 225/55/17 INSTALLED ON 2005 SUBARU OUTBACK. NORMAL TIRE WEAR THROUGH 19K MILES. REAR TIRES COMPLETLY WORN OUT AFTER 2K ROAD TRIP WITH MODERATE VEHICLE LOADING. NO SIGNS OF MIS-ALIGNMENT OR OVER/UNDER INFLATION. FRONT TIRES REMAIN SERVICEABLE. *NM
2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL LEAK SOMEWHERE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT; GASOLINE ODOR WENT INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WORSE IN VERY COLD OR VERY HOT WEATHER. IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD COST $200 TO TRY TO FIND THE LEAKS -- MAYBE SOME HOSE CLAMPS NEAR THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE THE CULPRIT, BUT ARE HARD TO GET TO WITHOUT TAKING APART SOME OF THE ENGINE? I'VE SEEN MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS. I SUPPOSE NHTSA WON'T FORCE SUBARU TO ISSUE A RECALL UNTIL SOME LARGE NUMBER OF DRIVERS/PASSENGERS DIE FROM AN ENGINE FIRE THAT STARTS FROM THIS TYPE OF LEAKING. MOST RECENT INCIDENT: LATE JANUARY, 2010. *TR
