2004 Subaru WRX defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Subaru WRX. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FUEL LINE LEAK
  Preliminary Evaluation PE09017 · opened Mar 10, 2009 · closed Jul 2, 2009

  Complainants report fuel leakage most frequently in winter during initial cold engine startup.owners will either notice a fuel odor inside the occupant compartment or fuel odor/leakage at the fuel lines on the right side atop the engine. Once the engine has warmed, the odor/leakage may cease.subaru revised the fuel pip…