NHTSA Complaint #10267116 — 2006 TOYOTA AVALON

ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS LEAKING OIL SO I WENT TO THE SERVICE STATION AND FILLED IT WITH TWO QUARTS OF OIL. I REALIZED THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM SO I PUT ANOTHER TWO QUARTS IN MY CAR AND CONTACTED A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN. THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY OIL COOLING LINE ALSO KNOWN AS THE VVTI LINE HAD RUPTURED AND TOYOTA HAS A NEW REPLACEMENT PART THAT IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. LANCASTER TOYOTA DIDN'T HAVE THE NEW REPLACEMENT PART HOWEVER THEY COULD PUT THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART THAT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BACK ON MY CAR AT A COST OF $307.09 WHICH WOULD ALLOW ME TO GET HOME. AFTER GETTING MY CAR FROM PA I DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO TOYOTA OF BOWIE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK MY ENGINE FOR DAMAGE. THEY SAID HE DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE TO MY ENGINE. I PICKED MY CAR UP AND DROVE IT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES AWAY FROM TOYOTA OF BOWIE PUT THE CAR IN PARK & SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND HEARD THE ENGINE KNOCKING. I LIFTED THE HOOD AND SAW OIL SPURTING OUT AND DRIPPING EVERYWHERE'..THE OIL COOLING LINE (VVTI LINE PART NO. 1570731012) HAD RUPTURED AGAIN! I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO TOYOTA OF BOWIE AND AS OF TODAY 4/28 IT IS STILL THERE. NO ONE WILL CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. NOT TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS, OR LANCASTER TOYOTA. *TR