10th Feb 2024, 16:31
Read the comment again, never said they have an engine sludge problem now. Currently they have a consumption problem. Two completely different things.
11th Feb 2024, 18:29
Which one of you is right and which one of you is wrong? You're saying 2005 and 13:25 is saying 15 years ago which would be 2011. That's a 6 year difference for when it was corrected.
14th Feb 2024, 15:49
The specific years that Toyota had the aforementioned sludge issue was from 1997-2005 and affected the 3.0L engines used in 7 models. And here's the thing: Toyota did not really need to make it a recall. Why? Because in almost all cases the reason was because the owner didn't change the oil when they were supposed to. In ANY vehicle you should change the oil every 5,000 miles for synthetic, 3,000 for conventional oil. That versus the 15-20,000 miles that the owners of these affected cars were putting on them before changing.
This is not a new thing and it will still happen to any car that has that level of abuse. To me it shows that Toyota cares about their reputation and instead of telling owners that maybe they should have taken better care of their cars, they did the recall anyway.
14th Feb 2024, 18:31
The vehicle we had with the 1.8 litre was maintained by myself on time every time at 3,000 miles; seen this happen other times on the same motor along with the V6. No need for a recall when technically it's not a safety issue.
Now explain the consumption problem. Well known and there is a technical service bulletin issued by Toyota.
15th Feb 2024, 18:30
If this was about the known sludge problem on the Chrysler 2.7 V6, the reason would be poor engineering on the manufacturer's part, but seeing how this is regarding Toyota it is automatically the owners fault for not changing the oil on time.
15th Feb 2024, 20:12
A car is obviously a machine. And machines can and will fail at any given time regardless of who made them. But just because someone happens to have an issue with their car, doesn't mean every single one of the other cars made by the same manufacturer is the same as theirs. A better statistic is if the rates of failures are spread across an entire brand and its models, then what is that total average rate of failure? That's what reliability and quality reports are for: They let you see what your chances of having issues with a particular brand and its models are. And given that for years Toyota has had such a golden reputation, and when it comes to used Toyotas there is such a thing as a "Toyota Tax" because of that reputation.
Does that mean their cars never fail? Does it mean someone could have a lemon? No and yes. But your chances of having a failure will be less. Pretty simple.
8th Feb 2024, 19:18
False. Toyota has not had oil sludge problems since 2005.