2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport fuel system problems

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 land rover range rover sport. The contact stated that there was a strong odor of fuel inside and outside the vehicle. The contact was unable to drive the vehicle due to the odor. The dealer diagnosed that the fuel filter and the plastic flange at the top of the fuel tank fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Smell of fuel on the passenger side of vehicle, get noticeably stronger after driving vehicle. After inspecting around the top of the fuel tank I found fuel squirting out of the fuel filter/pump which is seated in the top of the fuel tank. I had gone on line to assisted me in tracking down the issue and found this is a common reported issue. My vehicle only has 111337 miles on the odometer and I noticed a lot of these reported issue are for land rover vehicles that have around the same milage.