SCION Complaints

AFTER RECEIVING MY CAR AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, 15 MILES INTO DRIVING IT HOME MY ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK AND SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. THIS SAFETY RECALL PUT ME AT RISK. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT COMPENSATE FOR THE PRICE OF A NEW ENGINE AND TRIED TO BLAME IT ON ME, COMPLETELY DISREGARDING ALL OF THE OTHER VEHICLES JUST LIKE ME AFTER THIS RECALL. I PURCHASED AN ENGINE ON MY OWN EXPENSE AFTER THAT OCCURRED, AND THAT ENGINE IS BAD. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ISN'T COMPENSATING LIKE OTHERS DID.

VALVE SPRINGS RECALL: WAS GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY, AND WENT TO TURN AND REALIZED MY CAR SHUT OFF (ALL LIGHTS ON), AND WOULDN'T TURN BACK ON (LIGHTS DISAPPEARED) , BUT GOT IT TO START AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND DIED AGAIN, AND HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES AND IT WAS SPUTTERING / SHAKING AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS BUT MY GAGE WAS A LITTLE ABOVE A QUARTER AND PULLED INTO A GAS STATION 50 FT IN FRONT OF ME FILLED UP AND TURNED THE CAR ON, AND ABOVE 2000 RPM'S STARTS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. I HAD THE RECALL DONE ON IT LAST MONTH (VALVE SPRINGS) , WHILE MY CAR WAS THERE MY VACUUM PUMP WENT OUT AND THE TECHNICIAN ONLY REALIZED AFTER PUTTING THE ENGINE BACK IN, AND ENDED UP TAKING THE WHOLE ENGINE APART AGAIN AND PUT BACK TOGETHER AND REALIZED IT WAS THE VACUUM PUMP, TRIED TO SEND ME ON MY WAY BUT ENDED UP TALKING TO A MANAGER WHO ATE THE COST AND OFF I WENT 3 OR 4 DAYS LATER DUE TO GETTING THE PART, NO ISSUES SINCE THEN UNTIL NOW. WENT AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND COME TO FIND OUT OVER 40 OTHER HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS I HAVE AFTER THE RECALL AND IT TURNED OUT THAT TOYOTA HAD USED THE WRONG SEALANT OF SOME SORT AND NOW MY ENGINE HAS THROWN A ROD, AND THEY'RE MAKING ME PAY FOR IT! $5000-$7500 FOR THEIR MISTAKE!!! THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SHORT BLOCK, OR REBUILD MY ENTIRE ENGINE. THEY SENT OUT ONE OF THEIR GM'S AND HE SAID THEY DID EVERYTHING RIGHT OBVIOUSLY NOT! I HAVE A SPREADSHEET OF 40 OTHERS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AS WELL AS 4 DIFFERENT NEWS ARTICLES REGARDING THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE SPENT OVER 8 HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH EITHER TOYOTA OR THE DEALERSHIP ITSELF. NO HELP. HTTPS://WWW.FT86CLUB.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=133521 HTTPS://WWW.THEDRIVE.COM/NEWS/26848/SCION-FR-S-SUBARU-BRZ-OWNERS-SAY-VALVE-SPRING-RECALL-FIX-IS-DESTROYING-THEIR-ENGINES HTTPS://DOCS.GOOGLE.COM/SPREADSHEETS/D/1SEL4X84CY_YNRKCWS9GNOIYNTWLJDOTGQZU1J4RLZOW/EDIT#GID=0

ON JAN 26, 2019, I SEND MY 2013 FRS TO DO THE VALVE SPRING RECALL BY TOYOTA, WHICH LASTS ABOUT TWO WEEKS. AFTER ABOUT 200 MILES ADDED, I HEARD A COUPLE OF TIMES OF ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, IT WAS LIKE RHYTHMIC KNOCKING. THEY HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER I STARTED THE ENGINE AND CAN BE CLEARLY NOTICED. THE NOISE BECAME WEAK IN ABOUT 1 MINUTE. IN ADDITION, I DROVE IT FOR ANOTHER 200 MILES AND THE AVERAGE MPG DECREASED FROM 34 TO 30.

I HAD THE J02 RECALL WORK COMPLETED AT WALSER TOYOTA IN BLOOMINGTON, MN IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2019. 800 MILES LATER, I NOTE A TICKING NOISE WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY. THE CAR STALLED REPEATEDLY AS I LIMPED THE CAR TO SAFETY AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. SIMILAR TO DOZENS OF OTHER OWNERS REPORTING ISSUE WITH ENGINE FAILURE AFTER THE J02 RECALL ON THE FT86CLUB.COM MESSAGE BOARDS, MY ENGINE SPUN A BEARING DUE TO OIL STARVATION. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE ENGINE FAILURE IS POOR WORKMANSHIP OR A FAILURE WITH THE RECALL PROCEDURE/PARTS.

2008 - SCION - TOYOTA - BURNING OIL, BURNING A QUART OF OIL IN LESS THAN EVERY 800 MILES. CAR IS UP TO DATE WITH ALL MAINTENANCE. MECHANIC REFERRED US TO DEALERSHIP. TOYOTA ISSUED A TSB - 'SOME 2006 ' 2011 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2AZ-FE ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE PISTON ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MINIMIZE OIL CONSUMPTION.' AND THAT 'P030# (CYLINDER # MISFIRE DETECTED) DTC MAY ALSO BE SET AS A RESULT OF OIL CONSUMPTION.' HOWEVER DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO EVEN TEST OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. SAYING WE ONLY HAD UNTIL AUG 2017. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF SUCH ISSUES, NO LETTERS OR ANYTHING WERE SENT TO US. CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN REGISTERED AND OUR OWNER INFO HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE TO TOYOTA. SO NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH DEFECTIVE VEHICLE.

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT I WAS THE PASSENGER .WE WERE ON CAR ACCIDENT WE ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE AIRBAGS NEVER COME OFF. I'M A QUADRIPLEGIC I BROKED C6. I FLEW OUT OFF THE SUN ROOF.THE CAR WAS ON MOTION ON A STREE. I WAS FOUND 62 FEET FROM THE CAR

WHITE PAINT. THE PAINT STARTING FLAKING OFF IN LARGE SHEETS ON IT'S OWN, NO CONNECTION TO VEHICLE DAMAGE, WEATHER, ETC. PAINT IS NOW GONE FROM MY ENTIRE ROOF, HALF THE HOOD, MULTIPLE OTHER PLACES. CONTINUES CHIPPING AND FLAKING, CAR IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT. BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR, ABOUT 1/3 OF THE PAINT ON MY CAR IS NOW GONE. CAN PROVIDE LOTS OF PICTURES.

CAR BURNING OIL, 128000 MILES. OIL LIGHT CAN ON BEFORE OIL CHANGE WAS NEEDED. CHECKED OIL LEVEL IT WAS REALLY LOW. NO VISIBLE LEAKS. I HAD TO ADD 1 QUART OF OIL 1 MONTH GETTING OIL CHANGED. I HAVE READ THAT SCION XB HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH OIL CONSUMPTION BECAUSE OF THE PISTON RINGS IN PREVIOUS MODELS.WONDERING IF MY CAR IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM

WHEN AT A STOP THE ENGINE STARTS TO SHAKE LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO TURN OFF WE BOUGHT IT WITH 29000 MILES NOTICED IT A WEEK AFTER WE BOUGHT IT AND IT HAS DONE IT A FEW TIMES THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIND ANY CODES TO REMEDY IT. THE CHECK ENGINE DOES NOT COME ON BUT IT DOES SHAKE VIOLENTLY.IT HAS 35000 MILES NOW.I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED AND IT STILL PUTTERS AT THE LIGHT. MOSTLY WITH THE A/C OFF

ENGINE IS BURNING AT LEAST 1 QUART OF OIL PER WEEK AND ESTIMATED DRIVING MILES PER WEEK IS BETWEEN 200 MILES TO 300 MILES. THERE IS NO MAJOR OIL LEAKS ANYWHERE THAT I CAN SEE AND THERE IS NO OIL ON THE FLOOR WHERE THE CAR IS PARKED.