NHTSA Complaint #10725742 — 2008 SCION TC

IN ABOUT JANUARY OF 2015 I RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTICE FOR MY 2008 SCION TC STATING THIS AND OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE MAYBE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS FINE AFTER KEEPING IT THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. A YEAR AND A HALF PRIOR I HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THEY CHANGED MY OIL THE OIL LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF AS IF THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE CAR ON OR AROUND MAY 14, 2015 A ABOUT 10:15 PM MY 2008 SCION TC WITH AROUND 119000 MILES CUT OFF WHILE I WAS MERGING ONTO 95/495. I COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLY BEEN INJURED OR DIED DUE TO THIS ENGINE. I HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY MY MECHANIC WHO THEN TOLD ME MY VEHICLES ENGINE HAD SEIZED BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS TAKING IN TOO MUCH OIL. I THEN HAD IT TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FIND OUT TOYOTA HAD A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FOR THIS EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. TOYOTA KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN 2008 AND KNEW THE EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION COULD AND WOULD CAUSE ENGINE SEIZURE. IN AN ARTICLE ISSUED ON APRIL 12, 2014 IT STATES THAT TOYOTA/SCION SENT OUT A TSA TO IT'S DEALERSHIP TELLING THEM NOT TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FR THIS ISSUE.