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Re: Toyota Owners (online) Unite for Resolution: Engine Slu
Posted by Brad Newman on 7/27/07


    On January 14th, 2002, after much study and test-driving new SUV's, I bought what I
    had believed to be the BEST SUV for my money, Toyota Highlander. December of 2006 I
    received the notification of class action lawsuit which, not realizing the situations
    involved placed it into the glove compartment of my 2002 Highlander. January of 2007,
    took two trips, one trip was 450 miles round, and the following weekend, 400 miles
    round trip. After the first trip, the Highlander used 2 1/2 quarts of oil and the
    second trip consumed 3 quarts of oil. I took my Toyota to the dealership where I
    purchased it from and got the same BS as other people were receiving, that,
    negligence would be the only cause for oil consumption and oil sludging. Being a self-
    aclaimed "back-yard mechanic," I can and will attest to the fact that #1 my vehicle
    was/had NEVER been neglected as all oil changes performed were by myself with the
    BEST quality engine oil available, and #2 that what I had experienced was oil
    sludging. I took, as I had said, the vehicle back to the dealership where I had
    purchased it, and after repeated denials by Toyota repair center to oil sludging as
    being a possibility, took the mechanic by the hand to my vehicle, removed the oil
    fill cap and wringed the inside of cap with finger and asked him to describe the grit
    which I removed from it. His response was (quote) "engine oil sludge." At this point,
    I insisted on further inspection to determine the amount of damage, to include,
    removal of oil pan and inspection and compression checks on all cylinders. I received
    phone call from tech stating that he found no appreciable wear, and that he could not
    find the cause for engine sludging. I then asked him what his intensions were at that
    point and he said reassembly of pan. I told him BS, get to the bottom of the problem
    and repair vehicle, some time later I received call stating that he found problem and
    rectified...new valve covers. Now, being a person that has not only repaired
    vehicles, and also built engines, I also know what causes sludging...to say the
    least, I am not easily fooled. I returned to the dealership, picked up my Highlander
    and the next hour watched it metamorphasize from a Toyota Highlander to a 2007 Nissan
    Murano. I do not like being deceived, and being accused of neglect when I know
    better, and, contrary to some of the beliefs written about Charlene, I believe she
    hit the nail on the head...people need to know the truth about Toyota, and whoever
    else may be scamming the public out of their money...the last thing Toyota heard from
    me was that they would never feel the inside of my billfold again...hopefully Nissan
    doesn't make the same mistake!!!!

     
     

 
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