When I bought this car, there was a couple recalls within 5 years of owning. One was fixed. The second was an oil consumption issue that my car passed by 100 miles and I was told it would not be covered. For the last few years the oil consumption has gotten worse. I have to put oil in the car when the light comes on, which is anywhere between 1k and 2k miles. As I'm driving, it can smell of burning, or start shaking, etc.
Scion TC oil consumption problems
65 of the 693 owner complaints about the Scion TC describe excessive oil consumption, most of them for the 2007 model year.
- owner complaints
- 65
- worst model year
- 2007
- typical repair cost reported
- $3,300
- typical mileage
- 110,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Burning oil bad
Engine burning oil
My car is burning oil, like a quart per week I always maintain the oil level, not leaks I just want to know if Toyota can help me, I am a third owner of this car has 94000 miles
Warranty Enhancement Program – ZE7 OIL Leak Certain 2007-2010 Scion tC Extension of Warranty Coverage for 2AZ Engine Oil Consumption Toyota is now announcing the part replacement phase of Warranty Enhancement Program ZE7 for vehicles exhibiting excessive engine oil consumption. Eligibility for part replacement under this Warranty Enhancement Program is dependent on a Toyota dealer performed engine oil consumption test in accordance with T-SB-0158-14(Toyota) and S-SB-0031-14 (Scion). My daughter was never notified of this issue and they will not honor this and they told me it would have to be reopened in order for them to fix it at no cost to my daughter. Toyota needs to reopen this and fix my daughters car. The two letters that went out went to the original owner and I was told they used the DMV database which clearly had they it would have shown the date of purchase and the letter would have made it to my daughter. How many others did not get their car fixed are there more on the road with this issue?
Warranty Enhancement Program –Part Replacement for Excessive Oil Consumption (NEVER INFORMED OF THIS ISSUE) I just found out that this expired on 3/27/2020 but Toyota mentioned this was created by your department. and within this letter we never received they are not willing to fix my car since it just started happening to my car. I took it to the Toyota dealership because I kept getting my oil changed at VA tire and Auto and after 2000 miles 4 quarts of oil is gone. They told me to take it to Toyota so I did and the service manger gave me a copy of the letter that was never sent to me in November 2015. I spoke to Carlos at the Toyota HQ in Texas and he said that they used the DMV website to find the second owner which is me and on my Vehicle Registration Card from DMV the Purchase date is 8/6/2015 and the car fax shows DMV reported me on 8/26/2015 new owner living in Winchester VA. Carlos explained to me that the letter was sent in May and November 2015 to Manassas VA which means it was sent twice to the 1st buyer of the car. I am thinking if this is happening to me there maybe others who were never informed of this situation. I was told by Carlos your department is the only one who can reopen this claim because I was never listed as the owner of the car that I bought 8/6/2015 and still own. I am hoping that you can help me get this claim reopen and because from the ways things look Toyota did not follow the rules of informing the correct owners of the vehicles on this Support Program they called it. Toyota said that your department did not feel it to be a recall. I would appreciate some assistance in this matter. I have all the documents proving I was the second owner. I contacted Susan Hogan for assistance because Toyota HQ said they are not responsible. My files are too big to upload I would need to email the PDF files to show you proof.
Excessive oil consumption between oil changes, I need to check the level every month and add oil if needed. When I turn on the vehicle, the radio turns on alone or turns itself off, without pressing the button. These 2 complaints have been going on for more than two years.
2008 - scion - toyota - burning oil, burning a quart of oil in less than every 800 miles. Car is up to date with all maintenance. Mechanic referred us to dealership. Toyota issued a tsb - 'some 2006 ' 2011 model year vehicles equipped with the 2az-fe engine may exhibit engine oil consumption. The piston assembly has been changed to minimize oil consumption.' and that 'p030# (cylinder # misfire detected) dtc may also be set as a result of oil consumption.' however dealership refuses to even test or repair the vehicle. Saying we only had until aug 2017. We were never notified of such issues, no letters or anything were sent to us. Car has always been registered and our owner info has always been available to toyota. So now we are stuck with defective vehicle.
Oil consumption
Hello, back in 2016 I got a letter in the mail that said that toyota was having this oil problem with its vehicles burning to much oil. That they would have to run a certain test on your vehicle and make you drive it 1200 miles and if your vehicle failed they would cover fixing the piston issues that were a manufactured problem on there part. I went and at the time my vehicle was 131,049 miles on it. They took it in but came out shortly after saying my engine was not the engine of my vehicle meaning it had been replaced. I bought my vehicle with a clean title checked the car fax and there was nothing on this vehicle stating that the engine had any work aside of small work like oil changes. My vehicle ran fine and did not burn oil at that time, now it's at about 160,000 and it's burning a full quart at 300 miles. I went to investigate and looked online to check my services performed and when I looked at my services it said that toyota just changed the floor mats it didn't say that I went in there with the original issue of the burning oil and to get it tested and fixed. Im really concerned about this seeing as there service statement is not only untrue but I'm not sure if they lied to get out of fixing the engine in the first place. Toyota bennett scion 1951 lehigh st , allentown , pa , 18103
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Scion TC oil consumption
Which Scion TC years have excessive oil consumption problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2007 (25 complaints), 2008 (18 complaints) and 2009 (9 complaints).
How much does it cost to fix excessive oil consumption on the Scion TC?
Owners who mentioned a price put the repair at about $3,300 (median of 6 complaints that include a dollar amount). Costs vary with mileage, warranty and where the work is done.
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