general problems of the 2008 Toyota Scion Tc

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Scion Tc. The contact stated the vehicle is consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The engine consumed a quart every 4. 5 miles. Additionally, the brake pedal went to the floorboard while depressed. The check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who informed the contact the oil was leaking into the piston rings. The contact stated that she a an unknown code illuminated for the catalytic converter. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000.

Uses too much oil between oil change. 1quart low at 2000 miles. Should not burn this much oil. I have researched other vehicles having this same issue and this needs to be fixed. I checked Toyota website but it doesn’t show a recall for this car and it is have an issue that needs to be corrected. I scheduled an appointment for Jan 8th and hope they can get it fixed. But after reading what others have experienced for the same reason it will be more money out of my pocket due to Toyota not following through with their manufacturing mistakes. We shall see I guess.

2008 Scion Tc engine suffers from an engineering flaw with its piston rings, it suffers from excessive oil consumption. It started at 65k miles on the engine. Total disaster.

High oil consumtion.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Scion Tc. The contact stated that the dealer inspected the vehicle and determined that the piston rings needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 85,000.

I bought a new 2008 Toyota scion. When my car broke down while driving, I had it towed to my mechanic. He suggested the engine was bad and would not touch it. Then I had it towed to the dealers. Its' engine died just short of the warranty miles. First the dealer tells me outright that in this economy there was no way the company would replace the engine. To add insult to injury, they called me to say that there's no oil in the tank ( I just had a recent oil change the month before) and then they said there was water in the oil tank and needed my permission to open it and charge me a $300. 00 fee. If that wasn't the problem, then I wouldn't be charged. Finally, after weeks without my car, they tell me it needs a new engine and I needed to pay $7,000 for it on a car I still owe $16,000 for. They say perhaps if I showed the receipts that the car was maintained, then maybe they would work out something, but not likely. I gathered all the receipts that I could find and they refused to acknowledge the handwritten ones. The engine had to have been defective to die under 36,000 miles. I have been without my car (dismantled at the dealers) since sept, 2009. I cannot afford a new engine let alone with the car payments $550. 00 each month plus insurance that I still have to pay with no car. I don't believe that any engine should die that young with maintenance. I have bought new cars over 40 years and none of them ever had a bad engine that died. And, on average I keep my cars for 5 yrs with approximately 60,000 miles on them. Toyota is being unfair. They talked down to me because I am female and older. I am not stupid. They told me to go ahead and take them to court. This is no way to treat any customer.