Fuel Injection Rail problems of the 2003 Subaru Forester

One problem related to fuel injection rail has been reported for the 2003 Subaru Forester. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Subaru Forester based on all problems reported for the 2003 Forester.

1 Fuel Injection Rail problem

Failure Date: 01/24/2013

Strong smell of gasoline under hood when starting car cold. Auto repair center found leaking fuel line. Tightened clamps. Then the following winter, 1. 24. 14 again smelled raw fuel smell when started engine cold. Auto repair did a pressure test of fuel system and traced leaks to fuel rail on top of engine/ left cylinder head injector rail. Auto center owner said he had 7 Subaru owners with the same issue in the last few days with the extreme cold temperatures.


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