2013 Scion FR-S

POWER STEERING RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, HAS HAPPENED WHILE STATIONARY, WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, WHILE TURNING, HAS HAPPENED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR HAS RESOLVED THE ISSUE ON 2 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS BUT TODAY THE SAME ISSUE CONTINUES TO OCCUR EVEN AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN RESTARTED. THIS IS A HAZARD WHICH SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND RECALLED. VARIOUS FORUMS PRESENT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE .

SCION FRS ENGINE VALVE COVER OIL LEAK ONTO HOT EXHAUST. WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO FILL THE CABIN WITH THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL. AFTER A FEW MORE MINUTES; SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE HOOD. THEN AFTER A SHORT DRIVE TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK; THE VEHICLE WAS PRODUCING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE WHITE SMOKE OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE PARKED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE DRIVER SIDE VALVE COVER WAS LEAKING OIL ONTO THE TOP OF THE HEADERS.

THE BOLTS AND STUDS HAVE CONTINUALLY GONE BAD ON MY CAR. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE BOLTS AND ALMOST 10 OF THE STUDS. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT NOR HAD ANY DAMAGE TO THE WHEELS BEFORE. NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING, BUT I CAN'T EVEN CHANGE MY TIRES WITHOUT A BOLT BREAKING. VERY DANGEROUS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 SCION FR-S. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH, THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG DEFLATED WITH A FOUR INCH HOLE AFTER DEPLOYING. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL AND CHEST INJURIES, A FRACTURED STERNUM, AND A LUMBAR SPINE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. *TT *TR

MY 2013 SCION FRS CURRENTLY HAVE 18K MILES AND RANDOMLY LOSING POWER TO STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES ALREADY AND TWO TO THOSE WAS ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED TWICE WHEN I WAS TURNING, ONCE WHEN I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT, AND ONCE WHEN I WAS IDLING. POWER STEERING INDICATOR LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND 1-2 SECONDS AFTER THAT, YOU WOULD LOSE POWER. SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON WILL MAKE IT TEMPORARY GO AWAY. CHECKED MANY FORUMS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM BUT HAS NO RECALL IN THE US. BUT THERE IS ONE IN AUSTRALIA IN 2016.

WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE AND EASILY TURNS LEFT, ALMOST ON ITS OWN. WHERE AS TURNING IT TO THE RIGHT IS TIGHT AND MORE DIFFICULT. THIS MAKES DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY ON WINDY DAYS. I'VE READ ABOUT IT HERE AND THERE ONLINE WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHATS HAPPENING AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. ONE PERSON STATED THAT THE STEERING SENSOR NEEDED ALIGNMENT.

TOYOTA ADVISED BASED ON A FREEZE FRAME OF DATA ON THE COMPUTER THEY WERE DENYING MY WARRANTY FOR AN "OVER REV". THE REV THEY ARE CITING IS 7300 RPM AT 35 MPH, WHICH IS UNDER THE FACTORY SET REV LIMITER AND IS ALSO THE CORRECT REV FOR THAT SPEED IN 1ST GEAR ON MY 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. FURTHER MORE I HAVE EVIDENCE BASED ON THEIR FREEZE FRAME DATA THAT THE DATA WAS NOT COLLECTED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE BUT AT ANOTHER POINT DUE TO TEMPERATURES OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE COMPARED TO THE FREEZE FRAME DATA, AS WELL AS THE RUN TIME STATED ON THE FREEZE FRAME COMPARED TO HOW LONG I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR THAT MORNING. TOYOTA HAS TOLD ME 4 TIMES THAT THE DISTRICT PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGER HAS BEEN THE LAST ONE TO DENY THE CLAIM AND HAS TOLD ME THAT TO SPEAK TO HIM, I NEED TO TALK TO DEALER. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED ME THAT THEY CANNOT GIVE HIS INFORMATION OUT AS HE IS A TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE AND NOT A DEALERSHIP ONE. TOYOTA CANNOT PROVE THAT THE INFORMATION USED IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO MY CLAIM AND IS STONE WALLING ANY ATTEMPT OF ME TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT DENIED THE CLAIM. OUTSIDE OF TOYOTA, THE DEALERSHIP CITED EXHAUST MODIFICATIONS AS A REASON MY WARRANTY WOULD NO LONGER APPLY EVEN THOUGH TOYOTA DID NOT CITE THAT IN THEIR DENIAL, NOR CAN THEY PROVE AN EXHAUST CAUSED INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. TOYOTA HAS ALSO REFUSED TO SEND ME A WRITTEN OFFICIAL DENIAL LETTER. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT A RED LIGHT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE.