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She has around 90 k on vehicle as she drives A LOT for work so that is the concern warranty expires soon. Plus the resale value will be crap
The car started burning oil at around 6k miles that she noticed after oil light kept coming on.
thanks for help
researching lemon law. I had a 2003 Outback and that SOB used up more oil then it should have, brought it to the dealer back when I bought it and they said it was normal. Happiest day of my life when i unloaded the POS. NOt sure what state you live in but hopefully she has all documented receipts. Hopefully it was at the dealers for a while as well. I just went thru the process with Ford and it was not pretty, Add them to the list of POS companies. IF you think your Outback is a POS you should own my wife's Land Rover. Biggest POS ever sold. I can't imagine they get a lot of repeat buyers. Land Rover Freelands have a design flaw in the engine that apparently can't be repaired, so the only choice is to replace the engine with the same engine and same defective design.
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rikba,
My daughter is in the same boat. She bought a 2012 Forestor new. Ran great to 80K and suddenly started missing. Brought it to the dealer and they told her it was a blown head gasket. $6000.00 fix!. Parked it for now. will give her a heads up on the class action suit.
Lefty They had an inherent issue with the head bolt spacing which caused these head gasket failures, I thought this issue was fixed.
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I think Toyota gets by on a reputation they built in the past. Still great vehicles for the most part, but not the bullet proof machines from the 80's and 90's.
No one makes the bullet proof machines anymore, thank the EPA and idiotic federal regulations for that.
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I have had more problems with Toyota than any other vehicle.....2006 Avalon....Broken oil line = Blown Motor at 50k....2013 Tundra, Had to take it in every other week to have the computer reset for a rough idle, failure to start....Caused by sensor in gas tank... Sensor would tell the computer I was running ethanol.....Toyota's answer to the problem!!!!!! Let truck idle for 5 min every time I put fuel in the truck.... I have a 2016 F150 now 10.000 miles, problem free so far....Wife has a 2013 Grand Cherokee 60k no problems, Never been back to dealer..... WOW an avalon having issues , my 99 is now owned by my Brothers MIL and has 300K on the odo. Only issue with it in all this time , replace shocks , tires, timing chain and a leaky head gasket that started at 200k. Had a F150 2016 which was a lemon , the dealer that sold it had at least one more with same condition. You could not give me a Jeep anything , they are a dealer service dept magnet.
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I think Toyota gets by on a reputation they built in the past. Still great vehicles for the most part, but not the bullet proof machines from the 80's and 90's.
No one makes the bullet proof machines anymore, thank the EPA and idiotic federal regulations for that. I think they were just a lot better than comparable cars of the time. Until the 80's, quality control was hit and miss. GM actually studied the Honda CX500, a liquid cooled, pushrod v-twin of 500cc (33 cubic inches) that put out 50 very reliable horses. They found the manufacturing tolerances were really good, basically a blueprinted engine. They adopted the concept, increasing reliability through the 90's. Still have stupid engineering/cost saving ideas that cause problems, though.
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rikba,
My daughter is in the same boat. She bought a 2012 Forestor new. Ran great to 80K and suddenly started missing. Brought it to the dealer and they told her it was a blown head gasket. $6000.00 fix!. Parked it for now. will give her a heads up on the class action suit.
Lefty $6000.00 is more than a little unreasonable for a head gasket. tell her to take it to an independent mechanic who has a good reputation. A head gasket should run no more than $1500.00 and even that is high unless the engine needs to be pulled.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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rikba,
My daughter is in the same boat. She bought a 2012 Forestor new. Ran great to 80K and suddenly started missing. Brought it to the dealer and they told her it was a blown head gasket. $6000.00 fix!. Parked it for now. will give her a heads up on the class action suit.
Lefty If nothing else, put in a remanufactured engine. It's cheaper.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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2006 Avalon....Broken oil line = Blown Motor at 50k.
Tell me where this car has an oil line please.
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A local lady once got a rotten deal, put together a huge sign to that effect, and started parading back and forth in front of the dealership. Generated an "OK, lets talk" deal that resulted satisfaction within about an hour.
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The ruptured oil line was a known problem with the 2008 Toyota Avalon. It was a major topic on Edmunds' forum. Toyota used the same V6 in the Lexus, but the Lexus oil line was metal. I owned a 2008 Avalon Touring with the rubber oil line. I had the line replaced with the Lexus unit.
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The ruptured oil line was a known problem with the 2008 Toyota Avalon. It was a major topic on Edmunds' forum. Toyota used the same V6 in the Lexus, but the Lexus oil line was metal. I owned a 2008 Avalon Touring with the rubber oil line. I had the line replaced with the Lexus unit. FWIW Lexus V6 engines were involved in this as well
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