Originally Posted by PowerSurge
Originally Posted by doitmyself
After Toyota's engine sludge debacle of the late 1990's............
"Toyota's new policy is a dramatic change from a so-called Special Policy Adjustment begun in February. Amid increasing criticism for refusing to deal with the problem, Toyota notified 3.3 million owners of the affected engines that sludge-related repairs would be covered for one year, as long as they proved the oil had been changed at least once in the previous year.
It insisted then - as it does with the new policy - that owner negligence is the cause of the problem." https://www.autosafety.org/toyota-broadens-sludge-repair-program/
Sounds familiar, huh? GM, Ford, FCA, Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, VW, Subaru (remember the 2011+ oil consumption issue was the owners negligence?). Yes, guys, even our sacred Toyota has skeletons in their closet. Yet, people today banish a brand claiming the same reasons that people hated on Toyota a few decades age.
I think that a person has their head in the sand if they banish a brand based on their personal perceptions and/or single experience. Nearly ALL brands have a reason to banish them from your buy list. Just my opinion.
And if you do some research, as in the case of the 2.7 liter Chrysler engines and sludge, tthe vast majority of those sludge problems were lack of proper maintenance by the vehicle owners. Toyota and Chrysler replaced a lot of engines for customers that they shouldn't have.
Complete bull! That 2.7 was a garbage motor. I bought a new '98 Intrepid that had this motor and I changed the oil and filter religiously every 3000 miles, using nothing but full synthetic motor oil, and the engine started burning a qt of oil every 500 miles. Pure junk!