NHTSA Complaint #11320047 — 2013 SCION FR-S

VALVE SPRING RECALL PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE MAY 2019. CAR RAN GOOD FOR AROUND 5000 MILES BUT FEBRUARY 2020 I STARTED HEARING A SMALL KNOCK WHILE DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH. WITHIN 10 MILES THE KNOCK WAS VERY LOUD. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED KNOCK AND A DESTROYED BEARING EITHER IN CRANK OR THE PISTON RODS. OIL PAN WAS DROPPED AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS AND CHUNKS IN THE OIL PAN AS WELL AS SILICONE PIECES. SILICONE IS USED AS GASKET MATERIAL DURING THE RECALL PROCESS. I STILL HAD USED OIL FROM LAST FIRST OIL CHANGE AFTER THE RECALL AT HOME, AND FILTERED THAT OUT WITH A FINE MESH FILTER. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SILICONE WAS FOUND IN THAT OIL. EVEN WITH ALL THE SILICONE IN THE OIL, THE DEALERSHIPS ARE CLAIMING ZERO FAULT OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THIS SILICONE IS CAUSING HUNDREDS OF ENGINES TO FAIL, AND TOYOTA WILL ONLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF THE CUSTOMER CALLS AND COMPLAINS FOR MONTHS. THE DENVER FIELD TECH SPECIALIST INSPECTED MY CAR AND SAID THE RECALL WAS DONE PROPERLY AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO FAULT OF TOYOTA. PEOPLE WITH FAILED ENGINES DUE TO THE RECALL DO NOT GIVE UP. MAKE TOYOTA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. IF EVEN ONE PIECE OF THIS SILICONE MAKES IT PAST THE OIL SCREEN AND FILTER, IT HAS POTENTIAL TO CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL YOUR ENGINE AS IT DID WITH MINE. BEFORE YOU EVEN TAKE YOUR CAR TO A DEALERSHIP, BE SURE TO CALL TOYOTA CORPORATE AND OPEN UP A CASE. CORPORATE WILL LIKELY BE THE ONLY ONES WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT.