2013 Scion FR-S

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.

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.

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.

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.

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR J02 ENGINE VALVE SPRING SAFETY RECALL ON JAN 29TH, 2019 AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. TOOK THEM A COUPLE DAYS, BUT WHEN THEY FINISHED, THEY SAID THE CAR WAS GOOD AS NEW AND I COULD DRIVE IT NORMALLY. 2 WEEKS OF DAILY COMMUTE TO WORK WITH NO ISSUES, THEN ON FEB 17, 2019, I WAS DRIVING UP HIGHWAY 1 FOR A COUPLE HOURS, AS I CAME AROUND A TURN, I WAS GOING ABOUT 25MPH, I TAPPED THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AS THE ROAD WAS SLOPING DOWNHILL WITH TWO HAIR PIN TURNS UP AHEAD. AS SOON AS I HIT THE BRAKE, I FELT THE REAR WHEELS GIVE WAY A LITTLE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BLINK (I WAS GOING 25MPH, NO REASON FOR TRACTION CONTROL TO ENGAGE). THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD, SO I LET OFF THE BRAKE, COASTED DOWNHILL A LITTLE AND THEN TRIED TAPPING THE BRAKES AGAIN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THINKING MY BRAKES ARE HAVING ISSUES, I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN BY SHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR (MANUAL TRANSMISSION). WHEN I ENGAGED 2ND GEAR, I HEARD A POP AND SAW THE HOOD OF MY CAR JUMP UP AS IF SOMETHING INSIDE HIT IT AND SAW A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE. SINCE I JUST PASSED THE FIRST HAIRPIN TURN, I WAS LOOKING AHEAD TO SAFELY PARK MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE, BUT I FELT MY FEET AND LEGS WERE BURNING HOT. WHEN I LOOKED DOWN, I SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE TIREWELL THROUGH THE WINDOW, IT WAS AT THIS POINT, I REMEMBERED I JUST FILLED UP A FULL TANK 20 MILES BACK, SO I USED THE BRAKES TO COMPLETELY STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY - DISREGARDING ANY WARNING LIGHTS AND EXITED THE CAR. THE FIRE EVENTUALLY SPREAD AND BURNED THE ENTIRE CAR DOWN. I HAD NO CELL RECEPTION WHERE I WAS AT, SO I WAITED BY THE CAR UNTILL THE POLICE AND FIRE SHOWED UP.