2005 Saab 9-2x complaints

FUEL LEAK UNDER INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 2005 SAAB 9-2X OCCURS WHENEVER THERE IS COLD WEATHER. STRONG SMELL OF RAW FUEL FILLS PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON STARTUP AND CONTINUES UNTIL ENGINE IS WARMED UP PRESENTING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS. SAAB 9-2X IS IDENTICAL VEHICLE TO SUBARU IMPREZA SPORT WAGON WHERE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN COMMON AND EXTENSIVE SINCE 2002. SUBARU RECALL WVK-21 WAS ISSUED WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER REPAIRS UNDER SUBARU SERVICE BULLETIN 09-36-03. REPLACEMENT FUEL LINES AND GASKET REQUIRED TO REPAIR PROBLEM (WVK-21 REPAIR KIT # 10130AA000). SAAB WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS RECURRING PROBLEM AS A WARRANTY REPAIR. THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE ALONG WITH HEALTH RISKS EXISTS AND MUST BE ADDRESSED. *TR

STRONG SMELL OF RAW FUEL AT COLD START UP. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE APPROXIMATELY 15F. THE SMELL GOES AWAY AFTER THE CAR IS WARMED UP AFTER A PERIOD OF DRIVING. SUBSEQUENT OCCURRENCES THROUGHOUT EACH WINTER WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 20F. CONCERNED THAT THE LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE OR TOXIC FUMES BEING PASSED INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. FUEL LEAKAGE APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE SUBARU IMPREZA PLATFORM ON WHICH THIS CAR IS BASED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SAAB 92 AERO (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE NOTICED A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 79,000.

MAJOR FUEL LEAK IN COLD TEMPERATURES ON A 2005 SAAB 9-2X AERO. THE FUEL LINE/HOSE UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS SIGNIFICANTLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THE SUBARU WRX OF THE SAME YEAR(S). SUBARU OF AMERICA ISSUED RECALL CAMPAIGN WVK-21 ON THEIR VEHICLES, AND THE SAAB 9-2X AERO IS MECHANICALLY THE EXACT SAME VEHICLE, HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE SAAB. *TR

FUEL LINES ON TOP OF THE ENGINE LEAK DURING COLD WEATHER, BELOW 10 DEGREES F. THERE IS A STRONG FUEL ODOR OUT SIDE THE VEHICLE AND INSIDE WHEN THE VENTS ARE ON. THE SMELL GOES AWAY AFTER THE CAR IS COMPLETELY WARMED UP, 10-20 MINUTES OF DRIVING. CAR IS AT THE DEALER WITH PARTS ON ORDER TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

VERY STRONG RAW FUEL SMELL IN CABIN WHEN AIR TEMPS BELOW 15 DEGREES F. MUST OPEN WINDOWS TO PPREVENT EYES FROM WATERING AND BURNING. *TR

RAW FUEL IS PRESENT AND POOLS ON THE ENGINE ONLY WHEN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPS GO BELOW FREEZING. HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. MANY PEOPLE ON THE REFERRING INTERNET SITE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROPER FIX. *TR

PURCHASED A USED TIRE FROM COLONY TIRE IN GREENVILLE, NC ON 10/29/07. LATER IN THE DAY, NOTICED SOME CUTS OR SLASHES AROUND THE SIDEWALL NEAR THE RIM. JACKED UP THE CAR AND FOUND SIMILAR SIDEWALL SEPARATION ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE HAS NOT LOST PRESSURE, BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING WITH A TIRE IN THIS CONDITION. *TR

PURCHASED CAR APPROX 2 MONTHS AGO. ODOMETER READ 24,200 MILES. WITHIN TWO MONTHS, AND 2,000 MILES, THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR A WHINING NOISE, ALARM, POWER STEERING, AND AN AIR COMPRESSOR. AFTER 3 WEEKS BACK AND FORTH, I AM NOW ON MY THIRD DIFFERENTIAL, SECOND AIR COMPRESSOR, SECOND POWER STEERING PUMP, AND SECOND ALARM SPEAKER. TOMORROW I GO BACK TO THE SHOP FOR THE SAME WHINING NOISE, THE ALARM SPEAKER (OUT AGAIN), THE AIR COMPRESSOR (EXTREMELY NOISY), AND FUEL ECONOMY ONLY REACHING 12 TO 13 MPG(RATED 19 TO 26). THE DEALERSHIPS "TECH CENTER" SAID THAT THE NOISES WERE INHERENT, BUT IF SO, WHY WOULD THEY REPLACE THE DIFFERENTIAL TWICE, AND WHY WOULD IT GET PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER IN A WEEKS TIME. I LOVED THE CAR WHEN I BOUGHT IT, BUT NOW IT FEELS AS IF I BOUGHT A LEMON. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING LOAN CARS LONGER THAN MY OWN. *TR

WENT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT TIRE COMPLAINTS OF COURSE TIRES ARE NOT COVERED. I KNOW THIS BUT THE CAR HAS ABOUT 15K MILES ON IT NOW AND THE TIRES ARE COMPLETELY BALD AND LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE 45K MILES ON IT. SAAB 800# SAID THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE AND THEY WERE SHOCKED HOW BAD THE TIRES ARE AND IMMEDIATELY RULED IT HAS A SUSPENSION DEFECT OR MAYBE A TOW PROBLEM. THERE IS MAJOR CUPPING WHICH 95% IS SUSPENSION. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2005 SAAB 9-2X AND SHORTLY AFTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN MY CAR BEING TOTALED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN THE STEERING FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY RESULTING IN THE CAR JUMPING A MEDIAN AND LANDING ON ITS SIDE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CAR IGNITED INTO A FIRE STARTING IN THE ENGINE, WHICH QUICKLY SPREAD TO THE INTERIOR. LUCKILY THE PASSENGER AND I MADE IT OUT QUICKLY AND SAFELY.