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Originally Posted by Jonk

So I've joined the spun bearing club. Stock 2015 car (no autoX/track) 20,000miles, was burning oil.

Toyota inspected and claimed no evidence of oil burning; straight up refused any warranty claims and tried to throw me a bill for a new engine.

I hire a guy who specializes in engine analysis, he finds incorrectly torqued heads from factory (causing them to warp and leak), severe oil useage and over application of gasket material.

I'm still fighting Toyota on this, but it's pretty clear these engines were not put together from the factory. I have to take this to civil court to recover costs, but Toyota was quite prepared to leave me high and dry. Has anyone considered a class action?

Originally Posted by gtengr

If OP's account is true then they have already proven to be pretty stupid by claiming anything other than low oil caused the failure. I'm aware a blown engine can not leak oil, hence my earlier reference to a "contained" rod bearing failure.

I see nothing in this statement where the dealer tried to blame anything but low oil. This is the OP's words not theirs.