2013 Scion FR-S: misfire or rough idle

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 Dec 9, 2022 · Engine · 115,000 miles · MI

The contact owns a 2013 Scion FR-S. The contact stated there was an abnormal clunking sound coming from the engine compartment. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check oil warning light was illuminated while the vehicle was decelerating. The contact drove into a nearby parking lot. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the valve spring had fractured. The vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency Campaign Number 18V772000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The contact stated that 115 miles after the repair there was a knocking noise coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle began to run rough. While driving at highway speeds the vehicle began to feel as if it was decelerating with the accelerator pedal being depressed. The contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer who diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the failure was coming from the bottom of the engine. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was towed back to the residence. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.

Filed Dec 17, 2020 · Engine · 145,000 miles · CA

J02 recall done in december of last year for registration, did an oil change and found metal shaving and then the engine gave out in april. Corporate wasn't any help, even after finding fipg in oil pick up. Paid for rebuilt, and the car has a rough idle on cold start. I have taken it back 3 times. Took it to another dealer and they diagnosed it and said fipg was found in oil pick. And tested everything. Rebuilt wasn't done right from first dealer. First dealer also damaged the hood during the rebuilt. The hood hasn't been properly fixed. Please help in any way possible or point me in the right direction.

Filed Jul 16, 2020 · Engine · 35,000 miles · MI

My vehicle had the j02 recall performed on 1-22-2019. Six months later (only 2,000 miles later on the car) the vehicle's engine began to have problems. Various check engine light codes coming on, knocking sounds from engine, rough idle, car is stalling. The toyota service techs have no real answer for the problem. Fast forward another few months and their is metal fragments in the oil!!! The dealership then states that the car needs a new engine!!! This is all happening within only 5,000 miles of having the recall done. The car was perfectly fine before the recall. My car has less than 40,000 miles at the moment. Clearly the recall has LED to numerous issues with the growing number of complaints. Us owners should not have to purchase new engines for our vehicles because of this. Please help us!!!! My vehicle no longer feels safe to own or drive!!!!!!!

Filed May 5, 2020 · Engine · 75,752 miles · FL

Took the car in to toyota dealer for a safety recall on the engine. Now it runs rough and the engine knocks all the time. The check engine light is on. The dealer says it is normal after the recall. It sounds like a diesel now and I am afraid to drive it.

Filed May 5, 2020 · Engine · 78,000 miles · FL

Took the car in to toyota dealer for a safety recall on the engine. Now it runs rough and the engine knocks all the time. The dealer says it is normal after the recall. It sounds like a diesel now and I am afraid to drive it. I own two of these and they both have the same problem.

Filed Jan 1, 2020 · Engine · 92,000 miles · CA

Took our 2013 scion fr-s to temecula valley toyota for j02 valve spring replacement recall. After about 6,000 miles of easy driving, fr-s began to run rough. This rough running was only intermittent and eventually subsided. Rough running engine returned along with what I considered a "rod knock". We immediately parked the vehicle and did not use it after first noticing the knock. Vehicle towed back to dealership who performed recall. Dealership informs us that the engine is "destroyed" (their words). Dealership claims rod bearing or bearings damaged due to "oil starvation". Dealership quotes us $17,000 to repair vehicle, including a replacement short block. We refuse dealership's offer and ask that they leave engine out of the vehicle. Dealership places engine back into our vehicle and sets the driver's side heads in the trunk with other various parts placed on the back seat (nice touch). We have vehicle towed back to our home. We located a subaru mechanic in our town, remove engine from vehicle, take engine to said mechanic who is going to inspect for damage, balance, rebuild, and install the engine back into our vehicle. Mechanic's cost = $6,400. Upon our partial teardown of engine I found, what I consider, an excessive amount of rubbery compound on the front case of the engine. I also found this same type of rubbery compound covering a substantial portion of the oil pick up tube screen. I do not know the condition of the oiling passages within the block. We found very little metallic material in the oil pan. I am suspicious that this rubbery compound made its way into the oil and clogged oiling passages. Dealership is denying all. My complaint?: dealership was over aggressive in their use of sealant, clogging oil passages and causing oil starvation to the bearings. Then, denying responsibility and quoting a high dollar amount to repair

Filed Jul 26, 2019 · Engine · 75,445 miles · UT

I had the j02 recall performed on from february 8th-13th. 1200 miles after j02 recall car runs sluggish going up canyon. Stop car and engine is misfiring. Turn around and coast downhill in neutral until check engine light turns on then stop and park car for several hours. Called dealer and asked what I should do. Coast out of the canyon with the engine off. Turn engine on after several miles and no more problems. Drive home carefully. Next day throws several codes and running sluggish. Several days later codes are gone right before it goes to dealer. They can't diagnose if car has no active codes or symptoms. About a week later turn car on and car is making a knocking sound and has several pending codes. Carefully drive home. Codes didn't save. Finally able to take to dealer around june 25th while car is making the knocking noise but no codes and they think it's a lifter but not sure. I left the car and they say they can't replicate the issue. Literally the same day I pick the car up it is knocking and consistently does so for the next week as soon as the engine warms up. July 5 engine sounds like it's being hit by a hammer and throws p0011 cam timing advanced. Oil pressure is 5psi at idle and 40psi at 5000rpm. Have car towed to dealer because it probably wouldn't make the drive and they say it is piston slap without even opening the engine they determine it is not caused by the recall. At this point the engine is sitting in my garage with the timing cover, oil pan and one valve cover off and I don't know what to do with it. I can't afford to pay them to fix something that is happening to dozens of people after the recall. Codes thrown so far are p0011 p219a p0301 p000a p0420 knocking seems to be when oil warms up and oil pressure drops to about 30psi and below.

Filed Apr 2, 2019 · Engine · 296 miles · KY

On march 19th 2019 I had the j02 valve spring recall performed on my 2013 scion frs with 74,502 miles on the odometer. Work was done by wyatt johnson toyota of clarksville tn. I chose this dealer because the also own a subaru dealership. They assured me that this was the 12th frs that they had performed the recall on with no history of problems. I picked up my car 3 days later with 74,505 miles. I drove the 100 miles to my home via interstate 24, running at 70-80 MPH. I noticed a ticking noise after an hour of driving. By destinations end I had severe rattling noise from drivers side of engine and rough idle. Now with 294 miles total since repair after the engine is running rougher and emitting squealing and rattling, rough idle and trying to die. It was suggested by wyatt johnson toyota that I not drive the car to them for inspection rather take it to my local dealer. I delivered the car to coad toyota of paducah ky today, april 2nd 2019 with 74,801 miles. I await thier inspection. This was a great running engine. Now I suspect it is on the verge of failure. I have suggested draining and inspecting the oil for evidence of unusual wear.

Filed Dec 20, 2018 · Engine · NY

My car is roughly 85k miles right now. At 20k miles a cel light came on indicating that something was wrong with my camshaft and timing chain. Under warranty, the cost of that was $2500. At 60k my car starts misfiring, rough idling and even stalling sometimes. I get it serviced again. At 82k my car received another cel stating that the right side of my cam system needed to be replaced (according to the dealer). Only this time it cost me out of pocket - $2500. My car is now at 86k. Another cel popped up. Rough idling. Weird knock noise. Stalled on the highway while moving 3 times!!!!! Very dangerous! Spark plugs and oil changes were done before this. I've had the same problem with this car and it has not even reached 100,000 miles yet. I've researched and almost every 2013 model has the same problem. I've researched about valve springs and how it correlates to the camshaft and pistons as well how it operates. Broken valves will cause misfire and will cause engine problems- misfire, rough idle, stalling. Every symptom my car has had indicated that there's something wrong internally and my 100% correct guess is towards the valve springs. I've read that there is a recall about this problem yet my VIN doesn't indicate that there is. Even though the production of my vehicle falls in the threshold of the recall. This is dangerous and needs immediate attention. Almost had two car accidents because of the engine stalling on me. It's unfair how costly this is when this isn't the only complaint about this situation. Are you guys waiting for a horrible car accident to accur before taking action? Thank you for your time.

Filed Apr 15, 2014 · Fuel system · 550 miles · TX

I am filing a complaint before problems persist and make things worse. My brand new scion frs, what I was reassured by my dealer was reliable dependable make and model. Given the trust he had gained prior to the sale I believed every word he said down to his over market asking price pitch. I bought it all and the car. A few weeks later I notice a chirpping that I thought to be the belt. It had been raining constantly so I assumed the belt was moist and at times with condensation. In dry conditions the problem persisted and I became concerned, so I took it to the service center I purchased the vehicle. The tech said it was a miss sized fuel hose, causing the fuel pump to chirp. But what was weird and drew a red flag was all the parts that had to be replaced: fuel pump, pipe fuel delivery no2, gasket, gasket intake manifold, gasket throttled. Tsed suspicion so I researched my problem. A lot of the reports find the same issuse, along with others things I have noticed with my car. The fuel has been reported to leak, causing fires or enginge damage and acceleration issues leading to such. I have to noticed the need for accessive force on the pedal has been more and more necessary. Also stalling and rough idling is a big concern. I have only had the car for a month now and I do no wish to leave anything to chance especially if it may result in death. I don't want my girl friend and her two children and I to burn to death or stall out and crushed by a truck.

Filed Jun 4, 2013 · Transmission · 19,000 miles · TN

My direct injector collar ended up damaged/missing completely, originally resulting in a violent "firecracker" popping sound under moderate throttle acceleration, due to the ecu with faulty programming. This is the 2nd time within a month of this happening to both direct injectors. This issue is causing fuel to leak/misfire from the injector causing the vehicle to run extremely lean, which can lead to accelerated engine ware and (worst case scenario) engine detonation and has happened to another person already.