My 2011 top of the line 5 was
My 2011 top of the line 5 was given perfect care with the right 0-20 oil. Never needed any adjustments or repairs except one computer flash upgrade at no cost. Basically a perfect car, no oil use age at 7,000 mile changes with excellent road mileage and comfort with the 17” rims etc. Then suddenly at 125,000 miles the engine developed a scraping noise with a small loss of radiator fluid. Turned out a scope found one cylinder wall badly scored from a suspected blown head gasket. Toyota dealership quoted $8,000 engine rebuild. That was completely rejected. I found a JDM engine (Japanese engine with about 40,000 mile installed for $2,000. That engine runs perfectly, but darn, I thought the Toyota head gasket Problems were solved years ago. Also hear the piston drain back holes get plugged at about the same mileage And resulting high oil consumption. That also is totally unacceptable for engines that don’t run all the time. Most likely 20% less for city driven cars compared to non hybrid.