Sloane Automotive - Champion Toyota ripoff dishonest repair diagnosis my engine seized!! Philadelphia Pennsylvania

I did some home work for you Toyota owners.

consumeraffairs.com/news02/toyota_sludge.html

http://www.corolland.com/sludge.html

www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=150&did=566

www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff21644.htm

www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petition-sign.html

www.crash-worthiness.com/html/oil-sludge.html

Below is informative reading for you Toyota owners.

Toyota to repay customers with oil-sludge problem
By David Kiley, USA TODAY

DETROIT Toyota acknowledged Wednesday that millions of its cars and trucks could develop a ruinous oil-sludge problem and said it would repay owners who have had to make repairs.

Toyota says the problem is caused by going too long between oil changes, but nevertheless says it is changing the engine design to prevent a repeat.

Affected: 3.0-liter V-6 and 2.2-liter four-cylinder engines in more than 3.5 million 1997-2002 Toyota Camrys, Avalons, Highlanders and Siennas and Lexus ES and RX 300s.

Toyota says it will repay owners for repairs and other related expenses, such as car rentals.

Toyota had been resisting repayment, prompting angry owners to demand arbitration, hire lawyers and vent on the Internet.

Toyota's acknowledgment of a potential problem is significant because of the reputation Toyota and Lexus enjoy for high quality.

"I was a loyal Toyota owner, on my third, but this is my last because of the way they have treated this," says Robin Burpee, a Sienna minivan owner in Mendon, Mich. She spent $5,000 on repairs, car rentals and other expenses.

Lawyers in Georgia and Florida have been gathering steam to seek class-action status for a planned lawsuit against Toyota.

Marketing experts say Toyota's decision is an example of how persuasive the Internet can be. "Where do people go to research their car purchase? The Net," says marketing consultant Paul Franklin.

"I'm sure Toyota hates to see so many complaint sites come up on a Google search of its brand," he says, referring to the Internet search engine.

Toyota spokesman John Hanson acknowledges that the anti-Toyota Internet comments contributed to the decision. But, he says, "It is not an engine defect. We are sure the problem comes from people not changing their oil often enough."

Hanson says the problems have been concentrated where winters are extremely cold and summers are especially humid and among owners who make a lot of short trips. Hanson says the company is making an immediate change to its V-6 engine that will give a wider margin of error if people wait too long to change their oil. A redesign of the four-cylinder already incorporated a similar change.

I am willing to bet that some people in the auto industry would love to have all of this deleted off of the internet.

Naomi, don't look now, but you may have the dreaded sludge monster!! Do you know anything about it? Do an internet search as there is lots out there about Toyota engine sludge!

The Corolla has been showing symptoms of sludge, but it is not part of Toyota's CSP "Customer Support Program" for engine oil sludge. There are other Toyota models in this same situation....not covered but having the same sludge symptoms.

Corolla owners are reporting high oil consumption and many are reporting engine seizing.

If something does go permanently wrong with your engine, please post your story here. There are many similarly-affected Toyota owners who might still be in the dark! You see, Toyota said it was going to mail out 3.3 million letters to the affected owners, but it did not! Yes, it LIED as a corporation!!

What's worse?!? Toyota is not honoring its own sludge program! Many owners are reporting that the dealerships pretend to know nothing or that they blame them for all the problems in the engine!!

Toyota is up to its old tricks again!! It was pulling the wool over the owners eyes for several years before the whole sludge matter came to the forefront. Now that many of the sites where Toyota owners went to complain are mysteriously down, I guess Toyota feels that there isn't anything to worry about!! NOT SO!! Thousands are still speaking out and looking for others with the same situation.

UPDATE:

Champion has been gracious in providing me with the service I should have gotten in the first place...

I wrote a letter to the dealer detailing my complaint. I was then told that the damage to my car would be covered under warranty, and Champion paid for a rental car for my use during the repairs.

They did have my car for OVER a month, which doesn't really make much sense to me, but, as long as the car was being fixed, I didn't complain.

The check engine light came BACK on 15 minutes after I left the dealership, so, I'm taking it back this week.

All in all, I finally feel like I'm being treated professionally and that my car is running the way it should. I'll update when ALL damage is finally repaired.