NHTSA Complaint #11209098 — 2013 SCION FR-S

+1000 MILES POST ENGINE-SPRING RECALL. RETURNING HOME ON A 134 MILE TRIP. PRIMARILY HIGHWAY/EXPRESSWAY. VEHICLE IN MOTION: AFTER REFUELING, A QUIET, RHYTHMIC KNOCKING SOUND APPEARED DURING ACCELERATION. WITHIN 5 MILES, THE SOUND BECAME INCREASINGLY LOUDER. DEFINITELY A 'METAL-ON-METAL' TYPE OF NOISE. MINUTES LATER, OIL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER, FOLLOWED BY CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT AND LOSS OF TRACTION INDICATOR. NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE OR FUEL QUANTITY. NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE, HANDLING OR DRIVING CONDITION. DECREASED SPEED (DOWNSHIFTING), TO PULL OF TO SIDE OF ROAD AND THE ENGINE STALLED. PARKED AND CHECKED UNDER HOOD; NO SMOKE, SMELL OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND PULL TO A SAFER LOCATION TO CALL TOYOTA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WAS PICKED UP ON A FLATBED AND DELIVERED TO TOYOTA OF NAPERVILLE WHERE THE RECALL WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED MONTHS EARLIER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS METAL IN THE OIL/OIL-PAN, EXTREMELY MUDDY OIL AND THAT A SENIOR TECH WILL BE VISITING TO FURTHER ASSESS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ENGINE-REPLACEMENT. AWAITING FURTHER INFORMATION. NOTE: ALL RECOMMENDED, SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE HAVE BEEN PERFORMED DURING OWNERSHIP.