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Sarah of Poughkeepsie, NY July 23, 2007

Sarah of Poughkeepsie NY (07/23/07)
My 2000 six cyl. Toyota camry motor burned out a year ago after engine light had come on. I had car towed to toyota service where I have history of regular service. They never mentioned there was oil gel problem. They wanted 4500 just to take motor apart. I found a small repair shop and had motor replaced for 3500. Then Dec.31, 2006 I get notice of class action suit too late to object to being member of class. I submitted paper work etc. to Toyota who determined I am entitled to be reimbursed, however because I was working with a small independent repair service and making small payments of from 100 to 500. until I paid off the cost of engine replacement, Toyota now claims that this doesn't constitute proof of payment. The small repair dealer wrote and signed under penalty of purg. a letter stating he had been paid,Toyota won't accept anything less than an AMex. or Master charge or cancelled check.

Stephanie of Keyser, WV July 22, 2007

Stephanie of Keyser WV (07/22/07)
engine has locked up and broken down again for the third time in 3 years. i have been told it has a broken crankshaft and other internal problems. i have had to spend over 2000. to repair this engine for the past 3 years in a row. i cant afford to spend anymore money on this vehicle and i am stranded at home alone with my 4 year old grandson. please help.

Jim of Marietta, GA June 29, 2007

Jim of Marietta GA (06/29/07)
2000 Toyota Avalon XL with 69,500 miles on it partially stalled while driving. Check engine light came on and so did oil light. Car was parked on side of road and engine restarted. Oil light went off. Local Goodyear service manger said the check engine light was for transmission and he coud find nothing wrong with engine oil presssure. He recommended towing it to dealer for transmission work. Dealer went after oil light problem which was now back on. Wanted to pull oil pan, about 200. Called us and said that In 13 years I've never seen any thing like this claimed metal in engine. We were aware of oil sludge/gumming class action lawsuit. Dealer claims that there is no recall and no warranty, engine replacement 5000. Has not looked at transmission yet but said road test showed transmission slippage, requires 4K work to replace. Obviously they drove it with oil light on. However, we checked oil and transmission levels before Goodyear got it and both of us verified levels were ok. I think real problem is oil sludge/gelling in engine and maybe adjustment to transmission or defective sensor there.

Kimberly of Westerville, OH June 24, 2007

Kimberly of Westerville OH (06/24/07)
At approximately 100,000 miles on my Toyota Camry my oil light came on abruptly and then my engine locked up.I found out later that Toyota had a recall out for sludge problems with this cars engines. I would like to be part of this class action law suite.It cost us 3,400.00 to replace this engine and I feel Toyota should help us recoup this money.

It took us several months to get enough money to get an engine. We are just blue-collar people and that is alot of money to us and many more I am sure.We fell behind in other bills trying to save money. This hurts your credit standing. We were also a car short which creates problems when my husband and I go opposite directions. At times we would have to borrow a car from family or ask for favors.

Brittany of Angleton, TX June 16, 2007

Brittany of Angleton TX (06/16/07)
I bought a 2006 Toyota Corolla S last year. I made the decision to buy a Toyota product because of the Toyota reputation of SAFE. I work in the flooring business and spend about 6 hours a day in my car going to customers houses to give estimates. Yesterday on my way to yet another appointment I happened to glance down at my mapquest to look at my next turn as the vehicle in front of me decided to come to a dead stop for no apparent reason. We were traveling about 45-50 mph. Since I was looking down I had no warning to hit my brakes. So I plowed into the back of the Honda Pilot doing 45 or 50. It was like hitting a brick wall. Not only did my airbag not deploy my seatbelt delayed before locking up causing me to slam into my steering wheel before being slung back by my seat belt. Looking at my car it does not take a genious to know that there should have been air bag deployment. The entire front of my car was completely smashed in all the way up to my doors. A witness had to actually pry my door open to get me out. I have bruising all over my body and a severe case of whiplash. I use to sell Toyota products and have stood by their safeness to all of my previous customers. Now I can only think of the people I put into these what I now see as very unfit cars. The Corolla is a very popular car for people who travel way too much, and teenagers. I can only think after reading all of these statements...Who's next? What if next time the person isnt as lucky as some of us. What is it going to take for Toyota to fix these issues? I dont care if i hit a pole at 5mph I feel my airbag should deploy. I want to be safe. And isnt this the purpose of airbags?

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