NHTSA Complaint #10681581 — 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA

I PURCHASED THE CAR USED 12/3/11 WITH 12,716 MILES. WITHIN 6 MONTHS I WOULD HEAR A GRINDING/SCREECHING NOISE WHEN STARTING THE CAR. THIS WOULD HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY ON COLD STARTS. I HAD TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A WEEK FOR THEM TO FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. ON 7/13/12 THEY REPLACED THE TIMING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND THE CAMSHAFT GEAR. TO DATE, THE CAR HAS ONLY 52,700 MILES AND THE NOISE APPEARS TO HAVE COME BACK. I HAVE CHECKED THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND STARTER AND THEY ARE FINE. I HAD ORIGINALLY PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH 6 YEAR/100,000 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT JANUARY 1, 2015 THAT EXPIRED. SO, I HAVE A DEFECTIVE CAR WITH CAMSHAFT ISSUE THAT RETURNS? I AM FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS RE-OCCURRING ISSUE EVERY 30,000 MILES (HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/TOYOTA/COROLLA/2009/ENGINE/ENGINE.SHTML). I KNOW THERE IS A TOYOTA SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE CAMSHAFT, BUT FEEL IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. NEITHER THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OR WARRANTY CARRIER ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AND THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE ONE CAN BECOME STRANDED OR BLOW A ROD DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. *TR