J02 valve spring recall, Toyota will not work on car

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by scott.melville

Don't do the recall, the mechanics are not trained to work on Suburu FRS engine, they caused me 7000 in damaged Rod

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BRZs had failure rates at the same level as Toyotas. It wasn't a training issue just a carelessness one. There were even several failures with factory sealed engines because the robots couldn't even get the sealant right.


You said it was a year between the work and the failure but how many miles was it? You have established it is a rod or is that still just a guess?

[scott.melville]

There were 11000km and it was a rod as diagnosed by the shop.

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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by scott.melville

There were 11000km and it was a rod as diagnosed by the shop.

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Not a spun bearing?

[scott.melville]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Not a spun bearing?

I have to check to confirm, what difference world it make to my case?

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[Summerwolf]

I'd register that car in another state before I did that. Lol. Montana looks nice. At least take a little bit of money away from California.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by scott.melville

I have to check to confirm, what difference world it make to my case?

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A thrown rod can be attributed to many other things such as an overrev downshift and is actually a pretty rare (not unheard of but rare) result of the botched seal job. A spun bearing is almost always the result and is much cleaner to tie into the rest of the failures. All in all it just takes one more argument away from the dealer if it is the bearing.

[TommyW]

I had my clutch go out on the freeway in the middle of traffic due to the fork pivot not secured properly during the recall. To add insult to injury the rods started knocking just before that. I'm having someone else do the work. My trust in dealers is 0% however they DO talk a good game "Oh yeah! We've done hundreds of these with no issues".....

[shiumai]

Originally Posted by TommyW

I had my clutch go out on the freeway in the middle of traffic due to the fork pivot not secured properly during the recall. To add insult to injury the rods started knocking just before that. I'm having someone else do the work. My trust in dealers is 0% however they DO talk a good game "Oh yeah! We've done hundreds of these with no issues".....

You're having an independent shop do the J02 recall? How is that documented and will the CA DMV accept documentation from a non-dealer for the work?

[TommyW]

Originally Posted by shiumai

You're having an independent shop do the J02 recall? How is that documented and will the CA DMV accept documentation from a non-dealer for the work?

No! a dealer did the recall and totally destroyed my car. Didn't tighten the pivot at the clutch fork and car broke in the MIDDLE of the freeway in LA at rush hour And that was just after the rods started knocking due to the sealant clogging the oil pump and tubes. Total Fu#k story.

[shiumai]

Originally Posted by TommyW

No! a dealer did the recall and totally destroyed my car. Didn't tighten the pivot at the clutch fork and car broke in the MIDDLE of the freeway in LA at rush hour And that was just after the rods started knocking due to the sealant clogging the oil pump and tubes. Total Fu#k story.

Oh ok - I misunderstood (or didn't read the whole story). So you're having the repairs caused by the dealer doing the recall done by someone else. Did you go back to the dealer to complain? Are they going to accept any responsibility?



That sucks, man - sorry to hear that.

[TommyW]

Originally Posted by shiumai

Oh ok - I misunderstood (or didn't read the whole story). So you're having the repairs caused by the dealer doing the recall done by someone else. Did you go back to the dealer to complain? Are they going to accept any responsibility?



That sucks, man - sorry to hear that.

i haven’t heard back yet. I emailed the service manager yesterday

[daniloneil8]

Originally Posted by Grady

That is the way things are in our “its not my fault” world we live in. There is to much liability on that shop to work on it. Not to mention it is going to add additional man hours to that job that Toyota is not going to pay. If they did work on your car it would probably put their profit down to $0 and triple their liability. Not smart business decision. If you cant not do the work there are a lot of performance shops out there now that can.

False. Tuners and modders tend to ruin whatever they touch. Toyota is correct in not dealing with the hot mess a home brew fool has created.

[daniloneil8]

Originally Posted by TommyW

No! a dealer did the recall and totally destroyed my car. Didn't tighten the pivot at the clutch fork and car broke in the MIDDLE of the freeway in LA at rush hour And that was just after the rods started knocking due to the sealant clogging the oil pump and tubes. Total Fu#k story.

Please tell us in detail how this played out. This is my nightmare, where my car dies in heavy traffic. How did you get out of it ?

[TommyW]

Originally Posted by daniloneil8

Please tell us in detail how this played out. This is my nightmare, where my car dies in heavy traffic. How did you get out of it ?

I had to wait for a tow truck. A CHP officer came and blocked traffic then helped me push the car to the side of the freeway after a 1\2 hour wait. Then the AAA dispatcher told me I couldn't ride with the tow truck driver due to covid and I asked well so he leaves me on the side of the freeway?

Well that isn't our problem you'll need to try to get an UBER.

A 100 dollar bill told the driver to let me ride in the truck.