2013 Scion FR-S

VALVE SPRING RECALL WAS DONE LESS THAN 2K MILES AGO ON THIS VEHICLE. IT CURRENTLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 49,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS NOW EXPERIENCING SEVERE POWER LOSS. WHEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED DUE TO SUDDEN TIMING CHAIN FAILURE, INCLUDING ALL THE GEARS AND COILS RELATED TO TIMING CHAINS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A BAD ECU. TOYOTA IS REFUSING TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY.

I TOOK THE FR-S IN FOR THE VALVE SPRING RECALL. WITHIN 200 MILES OF DRIVING THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT WAS IDLING ROUGH TO THE POINT OF STALLING. I WAS LUCKILY RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE DEALER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT FROM THE RECALL REPAIR. TOYOTA WOULD COVER THE PARTS BUT I WOULD HAVE TO COVER LABOR. AFTER THIS I STARTED READING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER FR-S/BRZ OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES.

ON FEBRUARY 19, I TAKE MY FR-S TO THE DEALER FOR THE J02 VALVE SPRING RECALL. THE CAR RUNS AS NORMAL UNTIL MARCH 27, AFTER I DROVE IT ACROSS TOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS I MAKE THE SAME HIGHWAY DRIVE THE NEXT MORNING, MY ENGINE STARTS TO CHATTER AND SHAKE UNTIL IT CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. I EXITED IN NEUTRAL, COASTED TO A GAS STATION, HIRED AN UBER TO GET ME TO WORK, AND LATER HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER THAT DID THE RECALL. OVER THE WEEKS IT SAT, WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER TOLD ME THEIR MECHANICS WERE LOOKING INTO THE NATURE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AND WERE WAITING ON A RULING BY A TOYOTA ENGINEER. AFTER TWO MONTHS, I WAS TOLD BY A THIRD PARTY TO CALL TOYOTA'S NATIONAL OFFICE TO HAVE A CASE NUMBER ASSIGNED. AFTER A FEW WEEKS WAITING, THE DEALER REQUESTED MY SERVICE RECORDS FOR THE CAR AS I DID NOT TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR MAINTENANCE, RATHER DID IT MYSELF: 5000 MILE OIL / FILTER CHANGES, CHANGED AIR AND CABIN FILTERS AT 30000 MI. THE ENGINE ONLY HAS ABOUT 54000 MILES. YESTERDAY THE SERVICE MANAGER FINALLY CALLS ME AND TELLS ME THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN DECLINED BECAUSE MY CAR WASN'T REGULARLY SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP. ANY REPLACEMENT ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT OF POCKET, FOR WHAT I KNOW WAS WARRANTY WORK ON A RECALL THAT FOULED MY ENGINE WITH SEALANT, SOMETHING TOTALLY UNRELATED TO THE FREQUENCY OR LOCATION OF MY OIL CHANGES. THE CAR HAS SAT FOR OVER THREE MONTHS. THE DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION IN THE MEANTIME, NEITHER WOULD MY INSURANCE AS IT WASN'T A COLLISION, BREAK-IN, OR ACT OF NATURE. I PAID $1500 FOR RENTALS AND UBER RIDES FOR TWO MONTHS, THEN FINALLY REALIZED I NEEDED TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WILL BE SEEKING LITIGATION IN THIS MATTER. IT IS NOT THE ROLE OF AN ABSENTEE ENGINEER TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO FIX THEIR COMPANY'S MISTAKES.

I BROUGHT MY 2013 SCION FR-S TO GET THE VALVE SPRING RECALL DONE BACK IN JANUARY. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY EXPECT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FOR BOTH THOSE A DAY THE VEHICLE TRAVELED ABOUT 25 MILES IN TOTAL. SINCE I WAS COMMUTING TO COLLEGE. FAST FORWARD TO JUNE WHEN MY SIM EATER WAS DONE. I DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR SOME KNOCKING NOISES IN MY ENGINE BAY. I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS JUST LOSE SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC SO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. HE WANTED TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS LOSE UNDER THE CAR SO HE LEFT ES THE CAR ON A LIFT AND STARTED TO REMOVE THE UNDERBELLY METAL PROTECTOR WHEN A PRICE OF METAL FELL. NO ONE HAS TOUCHED THE CAR SINCE THE RECALL. SO WE DECIDED TO STOP AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER SERVICE WHICH WAS THE DCH TOYOTA CITY SERVICE CENTER IN MAMARONECK NEW YORK. AFTER THEY INSPECTED THE CAR THEY SAID THEY CHECKED THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WERE THE RECALL WAS DONE. BUT THE CAR HAS A SUBARU BOXER ENGINE WE'RE THE VALVE SPRINGS ARE LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THEY LATER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAPPENING WHEN IT'S A 6 YEAR OLD ENGINE WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES. (IN MY OPINION THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE CAUSED.) I LATER CHECKED ONLINE AND OTHER CAR DEALERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES

WE HAVE A 2013 SCION AND IN FEB HAD THE VALVE SPRING RECALL REPAIR, IN JUNE THE CAR LOST POWER DRIVING DOWN THE HWY, STARTED KNOCKING. HAD IT TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERING THIS HAPPENING TO MANY 2013 SCION OWNERS AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. AT THIS TIME TOYOTA WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP ME, THE REASON THEY GAVE IS: I HAVE HIGH MILES, 100,072, SO IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR AND I DIDN'T HAVE MY MAINTENANCE THROUGH THEM SO THEY SAY THEY ARE UNAWARE OF SERVICE ON IT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE RECALL. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE TO COVER THE REPAIR ON THESE ENGINE FAILURES.

7,500 MILES AFTER COMPLETION OF SAFETY RECALL J02 THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IN THE FAST LANE ON 285W IN ATLANTA. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO SHUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP HAS INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THAT THE #4 ROD BEARING IS DESTROYED. I HAVE KEPT UP WITH ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE AND HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THE CAR HAS ROUGHLY 90,000 MILES AND WAS RUNNING WELL BEFORE THE RECALL AND HAD BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THIS RECALL HAS CAUSED ISSUES IN NUMEROUS OTHER FR-S AND BRZS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN A DESTROYED ROD BEARING DUE TO RTV SEALANT BLOCKING OIL CHANNELS. DEALERSHIP IS DENYING RESPONSIBILITY BUT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.

VALVE SPRING RECALL: AFTER TOYOTA PERFORMED THE REPAIRS OUTLINED IN THE RECALL, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING WITH THE LOSS OF ALL SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO POWER STEERING, LIGHTS, GAUGE CLUSTER, RADIO, ETC. THE ONLY SYSTEM OPERABLE WAS THE SWITCHES IN THE DOOR TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE WINDOW. VEHICLE APPEARS TO HAVE POWER HOWEVER NO SYSTEMS OPERABLE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING.

SUBARU VALVE SPRING RECALL. TOYOTA DID THE RECALL FOR VALVE SPRINGS ON MY 13 SCION FRS. TOO MUCH SEALANT WAS USED AND IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SPIN A BEARING. MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AND IT WILL BE 6000$ TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. TOYOTA HAS NOT GOTTEN BACK WITH ME ON ADMITTING THE RECALL CAUSED THE BLOWN ENGINE. HOWEVER THERE ARE ALOT OF FRS THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE DUE TO THE RECALL AND TOO MUCH SEALANT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR DIED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO TOYOTA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SCION FR-S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE VALVE SPRINGS THAT WERE FRACTURING. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE RECALL REPAIR CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WOLFCHASE TOYOTA (2201 N GERMANTOWN PKWY, CORDOVA, TN 38016, (901) 377-8000) FOR THE INITIAL RECALL REPAIR AND ENGINE STALLING. THE MANUFACTURER ADMITTED THERE WAS A FAILURE AND COULD POSSIBLY ASSIST WITH PROVIDING A RENTAL VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.