[Tcoat]

Some of the 13s have a recurring issue with oil starvation that is well documented on here. I bet it was the number 4 bearing that went but you have the cause and effect backwards. The bearing went due too oil starvation not the bearing went and caused the starvation. Many of the incidents recorded here reference excessive silicone sealant that blocks the number 4 bearing oil channels causing the failure.
You are doing the right thing by lawyering up in this case as it really should be warranty work based on past history. You are not the first that they denied warranty for this though and not everybody won.


I will add my standard caution here. Be careful what you write here. This is a public forum and accessible to the Toyota legal department. If things get nasty they can and will twist things you say in a negative light and use them against you.