SO you are arguing that since something is illegal that it never happens.
Guess we dont need law enforcement then....
There have been NUMEROUS cases of this exact thing happening in this forum.
AND on my previous car (99 toyota Solara) there was a very well known engine failure due to "engine sludge" and the dealer was refusing to replace engines due to "improper maintenance".
Toyota was blaming the owners for not performing the oil changes properly (which was complete BS).
I was even reading a thread where they tried that exact argument on a guy who had ALL of his oil changes performed byu the dealer.
WHen he made them check the service record that showed toyota was the only place that had touched his car, HE got a completely new engine.
Most of the people who did their own service got screwed.
Look it up:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...ettlement.html
"Toyota owners have repeatedly written ConsumerAffairs.com detailing Toyota's attempts to blame sludge problems on inadequate vehicle maintenance by the owner.
Charles in Arkansas said: "At 36,000 miles the engine gummed up and quit running. My wife had the oil changed at Wal-Mart and did not keep receipts for the oil changes. The North Little Rock dealer and the Toyota representative told us such problems were rare and that we had caused the problem but for $2,500 they could fix it. They inferred that my wife was a liar," he wrote.
With the new agreement, consumers need only show reasonable maintenance in terms of oil changes."
Yeah, it's illegal so this story must be a fabrication....