Unofficial - CEL/SL/Idle Issue List for FR-S/BRZ Owners

[XtremeMaC]

My 540miles fr-s m/t is not experiencing this issue. Just wondering if those with idle problems have automatic transmission or is this issue reported on both transmissions??

[Mark Slide Squad]

Mark Slide Squad, FR-S, 2000 mi, 7082XX, going to shop 10/5, CA

[@Art_Mighty]

Originally Posted by TurnOne

Update: Another deadline, another excuse from Scion. I had to call and found that the ECU did not arrive and they have no ETA at this time. Clayton didn't want to give me a date this time without digging further. I'm losing count of how many times they have told me it would be ready.
Have I been in the shop the longest? This is 5.5 weeks now. I can't even remember what it feels like to drive the car.
I'm about to give up.

Read this and then start filing the paper work...

http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/lemonlaw

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by XtremeMaC

My 540miles fr-s m/t is not experiencing this issue. Just wondering if those with idle problems have automatic transmission or is this issue reported on both transmissions??

Both transmissions...

[KingRohan]

Hey all wanted to post what was done to my car, got back last Friday.

[@Art_Mighty]

Originally Posted by TurnOne

Update: Another deadline, another excuse from Scion. I had to call and found that the ECU did not arrive and they have no ETA at this time....Have I been in the shop the longest? This is 5.5 weeks now...

The more I read your post the angrier I become. You getting F#€KED over pretty bad by Toyota/Scion.

1) Toyota has no business delivering a single new FR-S to a dealer for a new customer until those of us waiting for parts are taken care of. Especally you. Your paitence with this situation is astounding. I lost it at three weeks, five weeks? Holy crap...

2) I would call Clayton on Monday, speak to him and them ask to speak to his supervisor and get them to put in writing to you (an email, letter, something) what their plan is to get you your ECU next week. Ask them about getting the part from a car being delivered, paying for the part from a Subaru dealer, start thinking out of the box. If you don't get an answer that satasfies you, mail out the Lemon Law paper work the same day. After five weeks Toyota has earned the privilege of eating the cost on your $26,000 FR-S and getting you a brand new car.

Be respectful, be courteous, be aggressive. Don't be a doormat to a multi-billion dollar company.

[TurnOne]

I think back to when this first started and getting lied to by the dealer. The sales guy made it clear that the Sales manager was trying to get me a new car. After a few days I talked to the sales manager directly, no case had been started and he said he can't just give me another car without Scion's approval. I started a case and Scion rep said they don't give dealers permission to replace cars. How am I supposed to be happy with service like that. Then every step of the process about when parts were to arrive, when the car would be ready, etc, have been wrong. Scion rep hasn't really helped much at all. Just recyling bad information. It's almost like a challenge to see if I'll ever get this car back.

[Jar]

Originally Posted by @Art_Mighty

1) Toyota has no business delivering a single new FR-S to a dealer for a new customer until those of us waiting for parts are taken care of. Especally you. Your paitence with this situation is astounding. I lost it at three weeks, five weeks? Holy crap...

Deliver new cars to the lots for sale, or use the parts the satisfy customers who have already purchased the vehicle. One of these generates revenue, one generates costs. I can see pretty quickly why they would opt to ensure new vehicle delivery stays on track.

Like I don't get why anybody in this thread still holds onto the premise that Scion / Toyota care about customer satisfaction. They don't. They've proven this multiple times.

[tbertran]

Originally Posted by XtremeMaC

My 540miles fr-s m/t is not experiencing this issue. Just wondering if those with idle problems have automatic transmission or is this issue reported on both transmissions??

Manual for me.

[XtremeMaC]

Wow just went through 16 pages so far and I'm worried. Should I wait for mine to go wrong or just go to the dealer, show this thread and request/beg replacement parts? *confused.
God knows what other parts get affected after this issue kicks in that they don't replace and waiting to break down...
I will get a fire extinguisher asap.

[eurospeed]

Some fun facts on sales volume:

Total FR-S sales from launch including September 2012 = 7465
Total BRZ sales from launch including September 2012 = 2718

FR-S September sales = 1133
BRZ September sales = 508

FR-S August sales = 1913
BRZ August sales = 623

FR-S July sales = 1649
FR-S June sales = 2684

[@Art_Mighty]

Originally Posted by XtremeMaC

Wow just went through 16 pages so far and I'm worried. Should I wait for mine to go wrong or just go to the dealer, show this thread and request/beg replacement parts? *confused.

Don't worry about begging for parts, there not enought of them going around, besides, some of this stuff costs a fortune. The cam gears are $1600 a piece. An ECU will set you back $3000.

If you happen to be a member of our super exclusive club then it sucks, a lot. But there's only a very small persantage of us affected so don't let it bother you until something goes bad.

[OmarGC]

^lol

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[eyebone]

ETA on my ECU is on the 18th this month. It was originally November 1 but I guess it got bumped. Hopefully Toyota comes through and don't disappoint me. My cars only been at the dealership for 9 days and I'm already feelin shiit. I'm gonna go to them tomorrow to see if I can see whats been happening