2004 Subaru WRX fuel system problems
35 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2004 Subaru WRX, which is 76% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 76% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 32 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 19% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 injury.
What owners wrote
When in freezing temperatures, my car is leaking gasoline in the engine compartment. Gasoline fumes are entering the passenger compartment causing nausea,dizziness and coughing (hence I am claiming/considering this as personal injury). I cannot always close the external vent because of fogging. This happens almost every time the temperature drops below freezing. Worse, I am afraid of the engine catching fire. I will take my car to the dealer for repairs. I just want to report this.
It has been much colder than usual here in tennessee and I have been having a very strong fuel smell inside the cabin of my 2004 subaru impreza wrx. It has happened every time I have driven over the past three days and does seem to go away when I accelerate but I have come to believe that is because the fuel vapor is being blown away by the moving of the air around the engine compartment while driving. As soon as I slow of come to a stop there is a strong raw fuel smell again.