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8.3
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,300
- Average Mileage:
- 100,950 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 21 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (12 reports)
- change piston rings/replace engine (3 reports)
- class action lawsuit! (3 reports)
- Chevy needs to redesign engine (2 reports)
- replace engine (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
At about 120,000 this Toyota engine used oil at a rate of about a quart every 1,500 miles. Currently, at 130,000 miles it is using about a quart every 100 miles. Since I bought the car used at 120,000, I cannot verify the quality of maintenance prior. It appears from the number of complaints and reputation for this issue in these particular engines that it may have stemmed from an original design issue. In the Toyota engineering decision making process, it appears that this cylinder/piston/piston ring combination may have been a calculated risk to facilitate manufacturing concerns over engine longevity and quality, but that is just a guess on my part. The thing is, to a person of even modest means, it may not be a significant problem to fix or replace the car, but to the working stiff poor, it presents another major obstacle to just getting by in life. Getting to work is a critical tool in our society. The importance of the Toyota reputation for quality and corporate responsibility should be impetus enough to take this issue seriously, and if nothing else, offer a cost share/reduction for the repair. Or, like the VW emission issue, maybe offer a minimum buyback program. Something more than what you'd get from a salvage yard at least.
- alittleguy, Muskegon, US