SCION Complaints

I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAIL THAT THEY'RE WAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR MY 2013 ACIOM FRS WHICH WAS TO REPLACE MY ENGINE SPRING VALVE AT NO COST. I TOOK IN MY CAR JANUARY 18 TO HAVE THE WORK DONE IT TOOK AROUND 2 WEEKS TO GET A RESPOND BACK THAT MY CAR WAS READY FOR PICK UP. I TOOK IT OUT AND DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 5 MILE TO GET GAS AND WHEN I TURNED ON MY CAR IT WAS STRUGGLING TO TURN ON AND ONCE IT TURNED ON IT WAS IT WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY , 3 ENGINE CODES CAME UP P0017 P0300P219A. I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO TOYOTA AND ALL THEY DID WAS CLEAR MY ENGINE CODES DROVE MY CAR FOR ABOUT 30 MILES AND HANDED IT BACK TO ME SAYING IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAD MY CAR FOR ABOUT 2,000 MILES I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME AT NIGHT AND I HEARD A LOUD POP INSIDE MY ENGINE SO I PARKED THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I WAS GOING TO MY FRIEND HOUSE TO CHANGE MY BRAKES AND WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY I HEAD A SOFT ENGINE KNOCKING AND IT BECAME LOUDER AND LOUDER UNTIL THE ENGINE COMPLETLY DIED ON ME AND I WAS STRANDED. TOYOTA SEND A TOW TRUCK TO PICK UP MY CAR AND WHEN THEY INSPECTED THE ENGINE THEY SAID I HAD A CYLINDER THAT WAS DESTROYED AND A ROD BEARING DESTROYED AND THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO 'OIL STARTVATION'. I'VE OWNED THAT CAR FOR A YEAR AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE ISSUE WITH IT, UNTIL NOW THAT THEY WORKED ON MY ENGINE. THEY ARE TELLING ME I GOTTA PAY $8,600 OUT OF POCKET FOR A WHOLE NEW SHORT BLOCK AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGES OCCUR AFTER THEIR WORK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUSE BOX UNDERNEATH THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE WIRE WAS HOT, WHICH CREATED A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE LIGHT SWITCH, MIRROR SWITCH, TRACTION CONTROL SWITCH, AIR BAGS, AND DOOR LOCKS NOT TO WORK AFTER THE FAILURE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,000.

I GOT A RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA, AND TOOK IT IN FEBRUARY 2, 2019 FOR THE VALVE SPRING REPLACEMENT. I GOT MY CAR BACK FEBRUARY 12TH 2019 & AFTER LEAVE THE DEALER THAT DAY IT STARTED BOGGING, SO I RETURNED IT TO ELIMINATE THE SOUND THAT VERY NIGHT. AFTER RETURNING IT, I GOT MY CAR BACK FEBRUARY 13TH 2019 EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE FINE UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND, APRIL 6TH I HEARD A POP IN THE ENGINE. I BEGAN TO HEAR KNOCKING COMING FROM THE MOTOR AND LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, I TRIED TURNING IT ON BUT THE MOTOR WAS DEAD ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE ON. I WENT IN, IN ATTEMPT TO "FIX" MY CAR DUE TO THE RECALL NOTICE, WHICH HAS LEAD ME TO HAVE A COMPLETELY INOPERABLE CAR.

DURING NORMAL DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE, THERE HAS BEEN RANDOM LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON THE CAR. A LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASH AND A SHORT WARNING SIGNAL SOUNDS. MANUAL STEERING TAKES OVER ON THE CAR. LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING AT RANDOM TIMES AND HAS OCCURRED WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY, AS MUCH AS 5 TIMES AN HOUR, MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE CUT OUT APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY RANDOM AS IT HAPPENED ON BOTH SIDE STREETS MAIN ROADS, AFTER THE ENGINE WAS WARMED UP, AND BOTH IN MOTION AND STATIONARY. IT HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 12-15 TIMES OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. THE MANUAL STEERING REMAINS ENGAGED UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WHEN THE POWER STEERING CUTS OUT AGAIN AFTER RESTARTING IS RANDOM, IT HAPPENED BOTH IMMEDIATELY, SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER, 30 MINUTES AFTER, AND NOT AT ALL.

LESS THAN 1000 MILES AFTER BRINGING MY CAR TO TOYOTA TO HAVE MANDATORY RECALL WORK PERFOMED INVOKVING VALVE SPRINGS, MY ENGINE DIED. THE ENGINE HAS A SPUN BEARING, LIKELY DUE TO OIL STARVATION. I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY, AND WHEN I STOPPED FOR FUEL, I NOTICED A TICK THAT SOON BECAME A KNOCK. THE CAR WAS BOGGING DOWN ON IDLE AND ALMOST STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES. I DROVE IT TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER THAT HAPPENED TO BE LESS THAN 2 MILES AWAY.

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AM WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUMPY COUNTY ROAD. NO ERROR CODE. UNABLE TO RESET. VEHICLE MILEAGE RIGHT AT 150K.

EXPERIENCE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE FAILURE 37 MILES AFTER THE J02 RECALL WAS PERFORMED. I WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHEN SUDDENLY FELT THE ENGINE HAD LOST POWER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND COASTED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. NOTICED A LOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD AND A OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. -DROPPED OFF THE CAR FOR THE J02 RECALL TO BE DONE ON 11 MARCH 2019 WITH 42,581 MILES. -RECALL DONE, CAR PICKED UP ON 16 MARCH 2019. -ENGINE FAILED ON 18 MARCH 2019, MILLAGE 42,618. THE DEALER TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THAT A RIGHT SIDE INTAKE ROCKER HAD COME LOOSE AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS PINCHED BY THE EXHAUST CAM, EJECTING IT THROUGH THE VALVE COVER. THE ROCKER BLEW A WHOLE THROUGH THE VALVE COVER CAUSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL TO POUR ON TO THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. SINCE THEN, THE DEALERSHIP ASSUMED THE COST OF THE REPAIRS BUT DO NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE.

ON MARCH 19TH 2019 I HAD THE J02 VALVE SPRING RECALL PERFORMED ON MY 2013 SCION FRS WITH 74,502 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WORK WAS DONE BY WYATT JOHNSON TOYOTA OF CLARKSVILLE TN. I CHOSE THIS DEALER BECAUSE THE ALSO OWN A SUBARU DEALERSHIP. THEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS WAS THE 12TH FRS THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED THE RECALL ON WITH NO HISTORY OF PROBLEMS. I PICKED UP MY CAR 3 DAYS LATER WITH 74,505 MILES. I DROVE THE 100 MILES TO MY HOME VIA INTERSTATE 24, RUNNING AT 70-80 MPH. I NOTICED A TICKING NOISE AFTER AN HOUR OF DRIVING. BY DESTINATIONS END I HAD SEVERE RATTLING NOISE FROM DRIVERS SIDE OF ENGINE AND ROUGH IDLE. NOW WITH 294 MILES TOTAL SINCE REPAIR AFTER THE ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGHER AND EMITTING SQUEALING AND RATTLING, ROUGH IDLE AND TRYING TO DIE. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY WYATT JOHNSON TOYOTA THAT I NOT DRIVE THE CAR TO THEM FOR INSPECTION RATHER TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER. I DELIVERED THE CAR TO COAD TOYOTA OF PADUCAH KY TODAY, APRIL 2ND 2019 WITH 74,801 MILES. I AWAIT THIER INSPECTION. THIS WAS A GREAT RUNNING ENGINE. NOW I SUSPECT IT IS ON THE VERGE OF FAILURE. I HAVE SUGGESTED DRAINING AND INSPECTING THE OIL FOR EVIDENCE OF UNUSUAL WEAR.

I HAD THE J02 VALVE SPRING RECALL DONE AND 2 WEEKS AND ROUGHLY 80 MILES LATER MY ENGUNE DEVELOPED A KNOCKING NOISE AND STARTED LOSING POWER THE DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE RECALL DENIED RESPONSIBILITY EVEN AFTER FINDING FIPG SEALENT IN MY OIL PICKUP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SCION FR-S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BY AUTONATION TOYOTA LAS VEGAS (6300 W SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV 89146, (702) 605-5801); HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,449.