2013 Scion FR-S: sudden loss of power

Filed Oct 9, 2024 · Engine · NH

sometimes the car randomly stalls out during driving. usually off cold starts if i let it warm up for even 5 minutes it still will stall out sometimes. its not super common id say it does it once every 2 days maybe. the car is also misfiring and ive noticed a large loss of power from the car. it started back in june and i just havent really gotten it fixed yet. usually when im driving itll kind of just buffer and a check engine light is thrown on but it ends up going off after a couple drives.

Filed May 30, 2023 · Engine · NC

The engine suffered catastrophic failure 2,988 miles after the J02 Saftey recall was performed by Preston Toyota of New Castle, PA. I was travelling at highway speeds when the engine died and would not turn on. I lost all power brakes and could have wrecked and injured myself, others or worse, caused a fatality. The car was towed to a toyota dealership that confirmed the issue was due to the work performed during the recall on the car. The oil light flashed a few times then shut off and then a few seconds later the engine died.

Filed Jul 28, 2021 · Engine · TN

I was driving down the road and felt the car lose power. Shortly, after the traction control and check engine light came on. I pulled over and a I slowed the engine died on me. It took several tries and it finally started and I made it home going about 45. The next day I went to town and as I pulled into a parking lot the engine completely died again. I went to the parts store right next door and the code read can shaft sensor fault. I then slowly drove to a family members house and where we replaced those sensors. This didn't fix anything. I then took it too my mechanic who proceeded to tell me I needed a new engine. There were multiple codes showing with his code reader. I only remember low oil pressure but the oil was full. Tried to drive it back to family members (less than 2 miles)but it didn't make it and I had to have it towed home.i had the valve spring recall repaired in the summer of 2020. My car has 103,000 miles and has had every oil change and had a tune up when I took it to the dealership for the recall.

Filed Dec 20, 2019 · Engine · 134,569 miles · WA

After taking care of engine valve spring recall. Drove my car for a while everything seemed normal and at random my check engine light came on, with sudden loss of power to vehicle. Got it running, as it shook and was making a weird knocking I took my car to dealership immediately to figure out this problem and they claimed my scion frs 2013 needs a new motor at a cost of $10,630.59 because my warranty is now expired and I had nothing to show to them that it had anything to do with the recall. When this was the only thing that could cause this to happen.

Filed Jul 30, 2019 · Engine · 106,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 scion fr-s. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 18v772000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was taken to town and country toyota (9101 south blvd, charlotte, nc 28273, (704) 557-0586) where the valve springs were replaced. After the repairs, the vehicle jerked, lunged forward, and lost power. Also, there was an abnormal knocking noise coming from the engine and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case number was provided. The manufacturer informed the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 49,800 miles · OR

Valve spring recall was done less than 2k miles ago on this vehicle. It currently has a little over 49,000 miles on it. It is now experiencing severe power loss. When taken into the dealership for evaluation they said it was caused due to sudden timing chain failure, including all the gears and coils related to timing chains, all the way down to a bad ecu. Toyota is refusing to take any responsibility.

Filed Jun 27, 2019 · Engine · 100,072 miles · AR

We have a 2013 scion and in feb had the valve spring recall repair, in june the car lost power driving down the hwy, started knocking. Had it towed to toyota dealership. Looking on the internet and discovering this happening to many 2013 scion owners after the recall repair. At this time toyota will not acknowledge responsibility to help me, the reason they gave is: I have high miles, 100,072, so it is out of warranty, which has nothing to do with what is happening after the recall repair and I didn't have my maintenance through them so they say they are unaware of service on it. There needs to be a recall on the recall. This is not a coincidence. Too many people having the same issue!!! They should have to cover the repair on these engine failures.

Filed Jun 1, 2019 · Engine · 62,057 miles · CA

On february13, 2019, I took my car to the toyota dealership to address a recent recall to fix a valve spring. March 5, my car lost power and made a knocking noise. My check engine and traction control light went on. I took my car back to the dealership on march 5, they reset the code and told me nothing was wrong. On the way home, it broke again. On march 6, they changed the exhaust vvt oil control. One week later, it broke again. Today, may 31st, the engine stalled, I've lost power and the check engine and traction control light came on again. I am the original owner, service the car regularly and have never had problems until toyota performed this recall. Doing research online has shown me I am not alone in this complaint. Attached is a link with 72 other owners all reporting the same problems. Https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sel4x84cy_ynrkcws9gnoiyntwljdotgqzu1j4rlzow/edit#gid=0

Filed Apr 12, 2019 · Engine · 92,400 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 scion fr-s. After the vehicle was serviced per the federal safety agency campaign number: 18v772000 (engine), it immediately experienced loss of power and sputtering. The vehicle was taken back to hamer toyota (11041 sepulveda blvd, mission hills, ca) where it was diagnosed that the engine gasket and camshaft were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred approximately two months later. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine rod bearing was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact indicated that the failures were not present prior to the recall repair. The failure mileage was 92,400.

Filed Apr 7, 2019 · Engine · 93,000 miles · CA

I got a recall notice from toyota, and took it in february 2, 2019 for the valve spring replacement. I got my car back february 12th 2019 & after leave the dealer that day it started bogging, so I returned it to eliminate the sound that very night. After returning it, I got my car back february 13th 2019 everything appeared to be fine until this past weekend, april 6th I heard a pop in the engine. I began to hear knocking coming from the motor and lost power immediately while on the freeway, I tried turning it on but the motor was dead all lights on the dash were on. I went in, in attempt to "fix" my car due to the recall notice, which has lead me to have a completely inoperable car.

Filed Apr 5, 2019 · Steering · 64,000 miles · FL

During normal driving of the vehicle, there has been random loss of power steering on the car. A light appears on the dash and a short warning signal sounds. Manual steering takes over on the car. Loss of power steering occurred during normal driving at random times and has occurred with increasing frequency, as much as 5 times an hour, making the car unsafe to operate. The cut out appears to be completely random as it happened on both side streets main roads, after the engine was warmed up, and both in motion and stationary. It has occurred approximately 12-15 times over the past five months with increasing frequency. The manual steering remains engaged until the car is turned off and on again, although when the power steering cuts out again after restarting is random, it happened both immediately, several minutes after, 30 minutes after, and not at all.

Filed Apr 3, 2019 · Engine · 42,618 miles · MD

Experience sudden loss of power and engine failure 37 miles after the j02 recall was performed. I was driving for about 10 minutes when suddenly felt the engine had lost power, turned the engine off and coasted to get out of the way of traffic. Noticed a lot of smoke coming out of the hood and a oil leaking from under the engine. -dropped off the car for the j02 recall to be done on 11 march 2019 with 42,581 miles. -recall done, car picked up on 16 march 2019. -engine failed on 18 march 2019, millage 42,618. The dealer technician explained that a right side intake rocker had come loose and subsequently was pinched by the exhaust cam, ejecting it through the valve cover. The rocker blew a whole through the valve cover causing a large amount of oil to pour on to the hot exhaust manifold. Since then, the dealership assumed the cost of the repairs but do not accept responsibility for the failure.