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Re: Toyota Owners (online) Unite for Resolution: Engine Slu
Posted by Charlene Blake on 4/16/07

    On 4/16/07, linda washington wrote:
    > I will never buy another Toyota vehicle. My car was diagnosed
    > with sludge in the engine in 2003 and again this year. Toyota
    > will not fix the car. They said i've fallen outside the
    > timeframe for the lawsuit guidelines. I'm stuck with a useless
    > piece of crap. Toyota continues to claims that they are not
    > liable. They will not stand behind their product. I have no
    > car and i've paid lots of money for repairs. If there is a
    > lawyer to contact, please inform me. The consumer always gets
    > the short end of the stick.

    Linda, thank you for your posting! Please, do give us more details
    about your case. I am certain that others would like to read about
    them. You are FAR FROM ALONE! There have been countless Toyota
    owners who have experienced MORE THAN ONE SLUDGE EPISODE. I
    corresponded with one Toyota owner who was about to have to put in
    a THIRD ENGINE in his vehicle at the time the "Customer Support
    Program for Engine Oil Gelation" was implemented (or not as the
    case may be!).

    I'd like to know more about what you mean about the lawsuit
    guidelines. What were the Toyota dealership's exact words? You
    might not be surprised that other Toyota owners have come forward
    to tell about repair denials under the CSP. Just who is overseeing
    this program anyway? Is the government involved? No, apparently
    not. Toyota said it would have this program so the government let
    it be. Is Toyota pulling the wool over the government's eyes? Who
    really knows? What we do know is that Toyota owners are
    consistently complaining about repair denials and rude behavior at
    Toyota dealerships.

    What about all those Toyotas that aren't passing the state
    emissions testing? Yes, some of the very models affected by the
    sludge problem! What is the connection between sludge and
    pollution? We do know that the sludge causing a great deal of
    smoke from the tailpipe. We do know that owners report oil
    analyses that reveal high nitration within the recommended oil
    change interval. Who is monitoring this? We know that there is a
    lot of bragging about Toyota vehicles being GREEN. Well, yes, the
    thick tailpipe smoke is blue-gray-green, I guess you could say!

    What Toyota does is Toyota's business...until it denies the
    warranty repairs due to its valued customers. Toyota owners
    shouldn't have to put up with this runaround. This company is
    making Toyota owners jump through hoops to get a repair that should
    be done via a national RECALL instead of a voluntary (often
    rejected) case-by-case claim! Something is very wrong about this
    whole scenario, isn't it?

    Thank you for coming forward if you have experienced Toyota
    sludge. I have the sense that this issue is far greater than this
    company says it is. But...who would know...Toyota won't release
    the updated complaint numbers! Have you checked out
    http://www.consumeraffairs.com? You won't believe how many sludge
    victims are speaking up right now! And...there are models and
    model years not included in Toyota's not-so-generous CSP. What
    about that? What do these owners get in terms of relief? NOTHING!

    Were I one of these vehicle owners, I'd be speaking up often and
    loudly. I'd be networking with lots and lots of other owners and
    comparing notes, too. Why aren't some other models included in the
    sludge campaign? After all, Corolla owners have cited significant
    oil consumption for years...not to mention blown engines!

    And...what about all thost 4Runner owners? Did they get relief
    from that SSC? OR, are they still bitter over the multiple head
    gasket failures? Should a recall have been called for this
    problem? Or, did the government lay low when Toyota said it would
    initiate the SSC? Hmmm...I wonder.

    Major engine problems are unacceptable! Does Toyota understand
    this? Is it true that if you squelch the complainers you can
    continue to sell the hype to the buying public? I don't really
    know. However, I do know that someone is spending a whole lot of
    time attempting to discredit my information, not to mention
    personally attack me. For what reason? Toyota owners...do you
    wonder why, too?

    Charlene Blake
    cblake@erols.com
    Toyota Owners Unite for Resolution
    http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petition.html

    Toyota Owners Unite for Resolution: Engine Oil Sludge

     
     

 
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