Registry Thread: Failure After J02 Recall
 

Proposing we leave an entry here for reference. This is not an argument thread about whether or not you should have participated in a voluntary recall, this is to document that your failure occured using a simple template. Please refrain from calling out your specific dealership. So far, spun rod bearings seem to be the most prevalent catastrophic engine failure.

Vehicle Mileage:
Vehicle Make:
Mileage After Recall Performed:
Symptom(s):
Failure:
State:
Is Dealership Offering Repair:



A discussion thread had been opened here - https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show....php?p=3192939 Please feel free to vent and discuss your experience so far in this thread.

TheDrive has posted an article as well, you can find it here - http://www.thedrive.com/news/26848/s...-their-engines

Jalopnik has also posted an article, you can find it here - https://jalopnik.com/scion-fr-s-and-...ast-1833220101

https://tinyurl.com/y2hy5kx4 This is a spreadsheet created by @tanner - simplified view of failures that have occured

Spun #3 rod bearing

Mileage: 45000
Vehicle make: Scion
Mileage after J02 recall: 80
State: Mo
Dealership offering repair: Toyota replaced short block as part of goodwill powertrain warranty (vehicle in warranty by mileage but out by dates by 5 months) customer stuck with labor to install new short block.


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Oil starved entire crank area, main and rod bearings scored, crank seized

Vehicle Mileage: ~71000
Vehicle Make: Scion
Mileage After Recall Performed: 4xx
Symptom(s): Cruising down the highway, sudden lurch from the engine, clutched in and pulled over immediately, engine does not turn over after
Failure: all Main and Rod bearings
State: PA
Dealership Offering Repair: Under investigation

Vehicle Mileage: 53,610
Vehicle Make: Scion
Mileage After Recall Performed: 413
Symptom(s): Sudden onset of ticking that turned into heavy engine knocking within seconds.
Failure: Rod bearing
State: Vermont
Dealership Offering Repair: after 31 emails and 54 phone calls, they have agreed suddenly to repair my engine. Parts have 12mo warranty. Dealership said I'll get the invoice for all parts replaced when everything is done.


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Vehicle Mileage:
130,918 as of 19 Feb 2019

Vehicle Make:
FR-S

Mileage After Recall Performed:
130,634 as of 12 Feb 2019

Symptom(s):
Ticking, knocking, grinding, low performance.

Failure:
#4 Cylinder Rod Bearing Spun.

State:
California

Dealership Offering Repair:
Toyota of Santa Cruz says this isn't the result of the Service Recall that was performed.
Quoted $7.5k for used engine w/ 1-year warranty or $8.5k for new short block.
UPDATE: 03/04/2019
Dealership says tech found the ecu codes were recently deleted when they took the car from me. I told them I don't know what's going on. They say, based on that, they are not paying. I'm screwed.

Vehicle Mileage: 80000km
Vehicle Make: Scion
Mileage After Recall Performed: <120km
Symptom(s): Brief high pitched sound on cold starts
Failure: Knocking and power loss, engine shut off on the road
State:ON
Dealership Offering Repair: under investigation

I'm surprised and somewhat relieved to find that I'm not the only one. :(
I thought it was coincidence until I found this thread.

Vehicle Mileage: ~74000
Vehicle Make: 2013 Scion FR-S
Mileage After Recall Performed: ~500
Symptom(s): Knocking/Clacking noises and stall
Failure: Not determined
State: OR
Dealership Offering Repair: Dealer offered to source another short block

This might give some credence to the concerns that some owners voiced over having Toyota techs work on boxer engines that they are not very familiar with vs. Subaru techs who work on boxers every day. Unfortunately, it isn’t as if the Scion owners have the choice to go to a Subaru dealer for this recall.

This does not bode well for my existing mistrust
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=854

This is now, officially, my least favorite thread ever. As one who had the recall done about 250 miles ago, I am now, officially, scared out of my mind. Thanks for nothing... :)

It would be very difficult for a dealership to be crooked. If someone is ripping you (or more likely the warranty department) off it’s the tech. Make something up, pretend it’s fixed, get paid for the work and no one ever knows.

Hard to fake taking an engine out. I don’t think anyone would be dumb enough to fake a federal recall.

Techs work on cars for a living. Some (actually very few) push the limits. No one wants to get fired. If you get fired you don’t get paid at all.

Which I find kind of amusing, since it's a Subaru engine.

DM'd you

I'm convinced they won't even do the work. I'm going to ask the tech to take a photo of the head or engine removed and send it to me. I'll mark the cowl so I know the pic is from my car