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Toyota Motor’s Prius Top Pick in 2010.

February 24th, 2010

Toyota Prius Energy Monitor

[/caption] Toyota’s 2010 Prius retained its title as Consumer Reports magazine’s top pick for eco-friendly vehicle two weeks after Toyota Motor Company recalled 437,000 hybrids to fix a brake software flaw. The automaker’s $76,572 Lexus LS460L was named best overall vehicle among more than 280 autos tested for the list [...]
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History of Auto Recalls on Engines and More.

February 13th, 2010

Toyota 5SFE Engines

[/caption] Toyota’s ongoing recalls of more than 8 million motor vehicles rank as some of the most significant in U.S. automotive history. It is not the largest recall in history. Here are some other sizable, infamous recalls from the past. Recalls include all types of problems, from safety issues to [...]
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Toyota Has Pattern of Slow Response on Safety Issues

February 7th, 2010
Serra Toyota worker repairs gas pedal Toyota’s recalls and disclosures in recent months are part of a lengthy pattern in which the automaker has often reacted slowly to concerns such as safety concerns and problems with their engines, in some instances making design changes without telling customers about problems with vehicles already on the road, an [...]
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Toyota Prius Owners Report Braking issues.

February 4th, 2010
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday opened up a formal investigation into brake issues reported in the popular 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid. Federal regulators said they have received 124 complaints from drivers claiming the Prius suffers “momentary reduction in braking performance” when traveling on rough roads. There have been four crashes relating to [...]
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What to do if your Car-Toyota Acellerates out of control.

February 3rd, 2010
We think the problem with Toyota Engines accelerating all of a sudden is a real safety threat, as a courtesy to our customers and readers, we wanted to add this post. Loss of control of your car in any respect is unnerving and can make your legs feel like jelly if it happens to you [...]
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Are Older Toyotas Better than New Ones?

February 2nd, 2010

Older Toyota Engines for Sale

[/caption] With the massive recalls of Toyota cars it looks like the mighty may not be so mighty right now. It seems like it took a while for Toyota to get off it’s duff to admit this is a problem and take action. Dealers are supposed to start [...]
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Toyota Engines: RAV4 2.0L Engine Failures.

December 21st, 2009
Toyota engines have sludge buildup problems, which have lead to many engine failures. The video below takes about 15 seconds to get going, however it is well worth watching. Very revealing in terms of what is happening to the engines and how Toyota is currently handling the issue. Complaint: This just happened 2 days ago. The [...]
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22RE Toyota truck engine problem…

October 20th, 2009
QUESTION for GotEngines.com: I have a 1991 Toyota truck 4×4, manual shift with a 22Re engine. I recently replaced the air flow meter and now the rpm’s surge up and down when the clutch is pressed in or in neutral with the brake on. when I let of off the brake, the idle smoothes out. [...]
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2005 Toyota Camry Engine Problems…

October 9th, 2009
Question: I own a 2005 Toyota Camry and never had a problem until 2 days ago. On my way to work the oil light came on. I immediately pulled over and put 2 quarts of oil in the car. 10 minutes later the check engine light came on. I called a local Toyota dealership and [...]
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My Toyota Scion engine seized,

September 22nd, 2009
$3k left on the financing loan, car worth ~$7k, any advice? Trash it, save it, other? Not quite sure which way to go. I’ve never heard of anyone saving a seized engine, is that possible? Or just accept it and move on? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Note: The car is an ‘05 Toyota Scion engine- [...]
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