2013 Scion FR-S

I TOOK IT IN FOR THE VALVE SPRING RECALL. I DROVE IT FOR 8000 MILES/9 MONTHS LATER. CAR STARTED KNOCKING AND STALLED. ENGINE HAD A OIL GALLEY THAT GOT CLOGGED, WHICH CAUSE OIL STARVATION. CAR ENDED UP NEEDING A NEW ENGINE, DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN HOME ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. *TR

IN 3/20/20 I TOOK MY 2013 SCION FR-S TO GET THE RECALL THAT TOYOTA WAS OFFERING. I HAD TO DO THE SAFETY RECALL BECAUSE WITHOUT IT I COULD NOT GET MY REGISTRATION RENEWED. AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS OR SO I TOOK A TRIP THAT REQUIRED ABOUT FOUR HOURS OF DRIVING TOO AND BACK. AFTER DRIVING ALMOST FOUR HOURS MY CAR STOPPED AND NEVER TURNED BACK ON. AFTER TOWING MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP THEY TOLD ME THAT MY ENGINE HAD KNOCKED AND BASICALLY MY ENGINE BROKE AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ONE. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR BEFORE THE RECALL BUT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH AN EMPLOYEE ACTUALLY TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT COULD BE A PROBLEM IN A COUPLE YEARS BUT THAT COULD NOT HAVE CAUSED MY ENGINE TO STALL OUT AND BREAK. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE SAFETY RECALL FOR THE VALVE SPRINGS IN A SCION FR-S WAS THE CAUSE AND IF SO I COULD GET A RECALL FOR MY ENGINE. *TR

SO I TOOK MY FR-S TO GET A RECALL BACK IN DECEMBER AND FOLLOWING THAT MY CAR HAD RATTLING NOISES AND AN OIL LEAKAGE THAT THE DEALERSHIP COVERED. AFTER A MONTH THEY GAVE ME MY CAR BACK AND IT SOUNDED FINE. HOWEVER, I CONTINUED HEARING THAT RATTLE NOISE JUST SOFTER, BUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED TO ME. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AN ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. AFTER I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY I PULLED OVER AND PLENTY MORE LIGHTS IN THE HEADGEAR TURNED ON AND I TURNED OFF MY CAR AND AFTERWARDS IT WOULD NOT TURN ON COMPLETELY AND MADE A RATTLING NOISE. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR BACK HOME.

FACTORY SAFETY RECALL J02 WAS PERFORMED ON THIS FRS MAR 19, 2018. MILEAGE WAS 90283. ENGINE VALVE SPRING REPLACEMENT. AT SIMI VALLEY TOYOTA. AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. ON APRIL 2 2020 WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY LOUD METAL KNOCKING STARTED, THEN VEHICLE STALLED ON ROAD WAY. AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SPECIALIST LISTENED TO THE ENGINE AND SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN VALVE KNOCK. CURRENTLY THE CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO A SHOP FOR REMOVAL OF ENGINE TO START REPAIR WORK. MILAGE IS 105092. LESS THAN 15,000 MILES FOR A REPAIR FLAW TO APPEAR. 24 MONTHS SINCE REPAIR WORK WAS DONE TO SATISFY FACTORY RECALL OF DEFECTIVE VALVE SPRINGS.

VALVE SPRING RECALL PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE MAY 2019. CAR RAN GOOD FOR AROUND 5000 MILES BUT FEBRUARY 2020 I STARTED HEARING A SMALL KNOCK WHILE DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH. WITHIN 10 MILES THE KNOCK WAS VERY LOUD. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED KNOCK AND A DESTROYED BEARING EITHER IN CRANK OR THE PISTON RODS. OIL PAN WAS DROPPED AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS AND CHUNKS IN THE OIL PAN AS WELL AS SILICONE PIECES. SILICONE IS USED AS GASKET MATERIAL DURING THE RECALL PROCESS. I STILL HAD USED OIL FROM LAST FIRST OIL CHANGE AFTER THE RECALL AT HOME, AND FILTERED THAT OUT WITH A FINE MESH FILTER. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SILICONE WAS FOUND IN THAT OIL. EVEN WITH ALL THE SILICONE IN THE OIL, THE DEALERSHIPS ARE CLAIMING ZERO FAULT OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THIS SILICONE IS CAUSING HUNDREDS OF ENGINES TO FAIL, AND TOYOTA WILL ONLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF THE CUSTOMER CALLS AND COMPLAINS FOR MONTHS. THE DENVER FIELD TECH SPECIALIST INSPECTED MY CAR AND SAID THE RECALL WAS DONE PROPERLY AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO FAULT OF TOYOTA. PEOPLE WITH FAILED ENGINES DUE TO THE RECALL DO NOT GIVE UP. MAKE TOYOTA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. IF EVEN ONE PIECE OF THIS SILICONE MAKES IT PAST THE OIL SCREEN AND FILTER, IT HAS POTENTIAL TO CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL YOUR ENGINE AS IT DID WITH MINE. BEFORE YOU EVEN TAKE YOUR CAR TO A DEALERSHIP, BE SURE TO CALL TOYOTA CORPORATE AND OPEN UP A CASE. CORPORATE WILL LIKELY BE THE ONLY ONES WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2013 TOYOTA SCION FR-S. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER WITH AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO JOE MYERS TOYOTA LOCATED AT (19010 NORTHWEST FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77065) WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA FOR 2013 SCION FR-S. BRING THE CAR TO TOYOTA OF BOWIE. DEALERSHIP CONDUCTED REPAIR. SUBSEQUENT COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MOTOR WITH USED CRATE MOTOR FROM JAPAN (70K MILES). DEALERSHIP CONDUCTS RECALL REPAIR ON THE CRATE MOTOR AND INSTALLED DELIVERS IT TO ME. 150 MILES LATER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN. STRONG GASOLINE SMELL IN CAR. FEAR FOR CONFLAGRATION I PULL OVER. DEALERSHIP TOWS CAR TO DO THE ADDITIONAL REPAIR. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THE DEALERSHIP GET TO FAIL TO CONDUCT THE SAME REPAIR? I AM AT MY WITTS END AND WANT MY CAR RETURNED TO ME REPAIRED OR TO BE MADE WHOLE. WHAT DO I DO?