2007 SCION TC Complaints

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN CARTER ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2007 TOYOTA SCION RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD AN ENGINE/OIL PROBLEM. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED IN JULY 2014, DUE TO A ROD BEING THROWN THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION REGARDING AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. HE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT. HOWEVER, TOYOTA NEVER RESPONDED. *JB

WE PURCHASED A 2007 SCION TC FOR OUR SON. WE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND WE WERE UNAWARE OF THE TOYOTA REPORTS ON IT. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED AND HAVE RECORDS. HE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND WITHOUT WARNING HIS ENGINE BLEW. I LEARNED ABOUT THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM ON THE CAR SO WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND CHECKED. THEY FELT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PART OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM AND SENT THE INFORMATION UP THE STREAM FOR IT TO BE DENIED BY THE WARRANTY PERSON WHO MADE HIS DECISION BASED ON A COUPLE OF PICTURES AND THE FACT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT BONE DRY FROM OIL. IT SHOWED ALL THE DAMAGE OF A VECHILE WITH OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NOW DENIED MY CLAIM AGAIN AND STILL THE PERSON THAT IS MAKING THE DECISION DID NOT SEND THE FIELD REP TO LOOK AT THE CAR. WE ARE LOYAL TOYOTA OWNER AND CURRENTLY OWN 5. WE HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY A SITUATION WAS HANDLED. MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS INJURED IF HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE BUSY HIGHWAY IN TIME. HE HAD NO WARNING. I HAVE BE DOING MY RESEARCH AND HAVE LEARNED THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND TOYOTA, KNOW THE SCOPE IS TRYING TO SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG. I STILL OWE 2 YEARS OF PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR AND THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO PAY $6200 TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND THEY ARE MAKING MORE MONEY ON A PROBLEM THAT THEY CAUSED. I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE 2 CLASS ACTION SUITS AGAINST THEM FOR THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL SO THAT ALL OF US INVOLVED CAN DRIVE SAFELY IN THE CARS THAT WE WORK HARD TO PAY FOR.

MY SCION TC BURNS EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL. TOYOTA RECOMMEND OIL CHANGE EVERY 5K MILES AND AT ABOUT 3-4K MILES AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, THE OIL IS BURNT SO MUCH TO THE POINT THAT WHEN I CHECK ENGINE OIL LEVEL IT'S WELL BELOW THE LENGTH OF THE DIPSTICK AND RED OIL LOW WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, IF A CAR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO OIL, LIVES CAN BE LOST DUE TO THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT. THERE IS ALREADY A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE AGAINST TOYOTA ON THIS. INSTEAD OF A MANDATORY RECALL, TOYOTA SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO A TEST FIRST BEFORE THEY'RE WILLING TO REPAIR FOR FREE. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP FOR THE TEST AND MY CAR BURNS 0.6QT/1000MILES. FOR THE 5000MILE OIL CHANGE INTERVAL, MY CAR WOULD HAVE BURNT 3QTS AND KEEP IN MIND THIS ENGINE IS DESIGNED TO HOLD ONLY 4.5QTS. THE OIL LEVEL WOULD BE TOO LOW TO BE SHOWN ON DIPSTICK. YET TOYOTA REFUSE TO DO THE REPAIR CLAIMING THAT WITHIN 1QT/1000MILE IS NORMAL. SERIOUSLY? THAT WOULD MEAN BY 5K OIL CHANGE IS DUE THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE BURNT ALL OIL AND BONE DRY. NHTSA, PLEASE MAKE TOYOTA PAY FOR THIS. THEY ARE RISKING PEOPLE'S LIFE JUST TO SAVE MONEY ON REPAIR COST. NEED HELP FROM GOVERNMENT IN THIS MATTER.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AFTER 1000. MILES OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AT CALDWELL TOYOTA DEALER. 2 1/2/ QUARTS DOWN. THEN WE WERE GIVEN A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION FORM TO TAKE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID COME BACK AND WE WILL DO ANOTHER OIL CONSUMPTION TEST IN 1000 MILES. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE SUMMER OF 2014. I HOPE THE CAR DOESN'T BURN UP. PLEASE ISSUE RECALL. THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. THE NOTICE SAID ONCE THERE ARE ENOUGH PARTS THEN THEY WILL SEND OUT NOTICES TO FIX THE CARS. OK NOW!!! *TR

THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 50 DEGREES AND SUNNY I HAD JUST LEFT CHURCH SERVICES SO THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. I WAS IN THE CAR DOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND I HEARD A POP-LIKE THAT OF A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE- AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SAND ON THE FLOOR. I LOOKED AROUND TO MAKE SURE A BUG OR REPTILE HADN'T GOTTEN INTO MY CAR. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS MORNING 12/3/2014 TEMPERATURE AROUND 43 DEGREES AND NOTICED THAT MY GLASS WIND DEFLECTOR WHAT SHATTERED AROUND THE EDGES. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE CAR AND I LIVE IN A GATE COMMUNITY SO I DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF VANDALISM. I SPENT 3 YEARS IN ALASKA AND I KNOW WHAT FROZEN GLASS COULD DO IF EXPOSED TO DIRECT EXTREME HEAT. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. I AM LOOKING INTO GETTING IT REPLACED BUT JUDGING FROM THE FORUMS AND THIS SITE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TOYOTA WILL COVER MY 2007 SCION TC WHICH I THINK IS A VERY DISHONORABLE THING TO DO. MANY TC OWNERS ARE HAVING A TIME WITH VEHICLES THAT HAVE INCURRED THIS ISSUE THAT THEY DIDN'T CAUSE AND COULDN'T PREVENT. *JS

I WENT TO WALMART TO GET A OIL CHANGE, BUT THEY REFUSED TO CHANGE THE OIL BECAUSE THE OIL STICK WASN'T REGISTERING ANY OIL. I WAS TOLD TO ADD 2 QTS. OF OIL AND THEN THEY WOULD CHANGE THE OIL. I NOTICED RECENTLY THAT AGAIN MY OIL STICK ISN'T REGISTERING ANY OIL. I HAVE NO OIL LEAKS OR SPILLS AROUND MY VEHICLE WHEN I PARK. *TR

THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 50 DEGREES AND SUNNY I HAD JUST LEFT CHURCH SERVICES SO THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. I WAS IN THE CAR DOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND I HEARD A POP-LIKE THAT OF A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE- AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SAND ON THE FLOOR. I LOOKED AROUND TO MAKE SURE A BUG OR REPTILE HADN'T GOTTEN INTO MY CAR. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS MORNING 12/3/2014 TEMPERATURE AROUND 43 DEGREES AND NOTICED THAT MY GLASS WIND DEFLECTOR WHAT SHATTERED AROUND THE EDGES. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE CAR AND I LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY SO I DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF VANDALISM. I SPENT 3 YEARS IN ALASKA AND I KNOW WHAT FROZEN GLASS COULD DO IF EXPOSED TO DIRECT EXTREME HEAT. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. I AM LOOKING INTO GETTING IT REPLACED BUT JUDGING FROM THE FORUMS AND THIS SITE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TOYOTA WILL COVER MY 2007 SCION TC WHICH I THINK IS A VERY DISHONORABLE THING TO DO. MANY TC OWNERS ARE HAVING A TIME WITH VEHICLES THAT HAVE INCURRED THIS ISSUE THAT THEY DIDN'T CAUSE AND COULDN'T PREVENT. *JS

FOR OVER A YEAR I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY CAR HAS BEEN CONSUMING LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL. I NOTICED IT WHEN I STILL HAD 1,000 MILES UNTIL MY NEXT OIL CHANGE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO ADVANCE AUTO PARTS TO CHECK THE OIL. I NEEDED TO PUT 3 AND A HALF LITERS IN BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT. SCION TC'S ONLY HOLD 4 LITERS OF OIL. SO MY CAR BURNED UP ALMOST ALL OF THE OIL AND I HAD ONLY DRIVEN 2,000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE!! THIS IS ABSURD, I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE KEPT IT SERVICED REGULARLY AND JUST PAID IT OFF! I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, BUT I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN ERROR ON MY PART FOR NOT TAKING PROPER CARE OF MY CAR, IT IS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO SERVICES CARS AT TOYOTA AND HE SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS BUILT BACKWARD AND THAT'S WHY THE OIL CONSUMPTION IS VERY LARGE. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. I REALLY AM UPSET BY THIS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID EARLIER I BOUGHT THIS BRAND NEW AND HAVE IT PAID OFF. I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS ISSUE, AND SINCE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS BUILT I WOULD HOPE THAT TOYOTA WOULD RECALL THIS BECAUSE IT IS NOT UP TO QUALITY STANDARD PLUS THEY NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR MISTAKE, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO INTO FINANCIAL DEBT OVER. *TR

THE ENGINE WAS CONSUMING OIL AT AN ALARMINGLY FAST RATE. DEALERSHIP INSISTED OIL LEVELS WERE OK WHEN CAR WAS BROUGHT IN TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR ALL OIL CHANGES REGULARLY. NOW LESS THAN 115K MILES AND THE ENGINE IS DONE AND CAR IS WORTHLESS. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE ENGINE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH WITH MY SUNROOF IN THE SLIGHTLY LIFTED POSITION ONLY AND ALL OTHER WINDOWS CLOSED. OUT OF NOWHERE THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT AND WE SAW SHATTERED GLASS FROM MY SUNROOF FLYING OUT FIRST AND THEN SHATTERING DOWN ONTO MYSELF, MY ADULT PASSENGER, HER 1 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THAT WAS IN HER CAR SEAT IN THE BACK AS WELL AS ON OUR TWO SMALL DOGS. WHEN WE PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR, WE HAD TO SHAKE GLASS FROM OUR CLOTHING AND HAIR AS WELL AS CAREFULLY REMOVE IT FROM OUR SEATS AND ALL OVER EVERYWHERE ELSE AND THEN VERY CAREFULLY REMOVE GLASS FROM COVERING THE BABY AND THE OUR DOGS IN THE BACK SEAT. WE ARE ALL LUCKY WE WERE NOT INJURED FROM THE FLYING GLASS. WE THEN HAD TO CAREFULLY REMOVE THE REMAINING LOOSE CHUNKS OF GLASS FROM THE ROOF SO THEY WOULDN'T FALL DOWN ON US AND WHAT REMAINED WAS JUST THE OUTER PORTION OF THE GLASS AND A GIANT HOLE. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY INCIDENT AND COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS HARM IF THE SUDDEN NOISE CAUSED ME TO SWERVE INTO SOMETHING OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON READING NUMEROUS REPORTS, I HAVE YET TO SEE TOYOTA STEP UP AND MAKE IT RIGHT, BUT I INTEND TO FIGHT AND GET THEM TO RECALL AND FIX THE SCION SUNROOFS! *TR