So, not sure how to feel on this little matter..?

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Originally Posted by roxy1

wow. you are so very smart. i assume you work in the toyota warranty claims division. thanks for your wisdom. that is the point!! warranty claims can and do get denied for failure to have scheduled maintence. yes there has to be a connection proven. Toyota has the shown the ability to prove such a connection in some cases.

there is a case pending at our local toyota dealer where a camry owner's engine seized (ran dry 2500 miles past scheduled maintenance). all other maintenance was documented. toyota denied the warranty claim based on this. customer has appealed. i expect toyota will win this case. how can toyota do this. they cover their a**ses with the language they use to describe what constitutes "normal oil consumption" in their manuals. (ie had oil change been done on schedule, engine oil would not have run dry).

so, to make you happy, ill qualify what i said "just be glad there wasnt a major warranty issue with your engine. when you go over 1800 miles past a scheduled maintenance interval, toyota could easily deny warranty coverage if an engine failure was deemed by toyota to have been the result of missing an oil change."

it has happened with toyota vehicles. on the yaris specifically, i dont know what is considered "normal" oil consumption per the yaris manual.

i did/do work for scion/toyota so i think i know what im talking about

theres no way the camry ran dry on its own sorry, my 92 toyota doesnt even burn that much oil and its never seen a service nor have i ever bothered to change the tranny oil nor flush the coolant and it still runs like a champ lol.

im sure it ran dry due to not rotating the tires and changing the tranny fluid lol

thats usually all they do, trust me ive built one of my scions i had in the service bays (one of the reasons i worked at toyota was to use the garage)

schedule service is the biggest money maker that you dont need

i swapped a clutch out on one of my other MR2s which never had the tranny oil changed for 124K and the oil still looked fine.