New Car!!!

[blakscorpion21]

why are the 7th gens so problematic? they just cant match good ole 5sfe reliabiltiy lol, that thing is bulletproof.

[Vip09]

Originally Posted by C-Stylez

Not sure it's a belt anymore. Seems like a bearing or somethin. All I know is its really loud now and I am so f*****g embarrassed to drive it because everyony stares @ me when I pull up to a stoplight. I just made an app. to take it in monday morning. They think it's a belt so I hope they still fix it if it's something else.

It's probably the belt tensioner. The 2000 models had a problem with it.. Toyota has a TSB for it. If you are under 3yr/36,000 miles they will cover it.. but looks like you are waaay past that lol.

[C-Stylez]

Wow, I think this the first thead I've ever started that has 2 pages,lol. I looked at some price ranges for the APEX-I FC and just wanted to know if its really worth $900. does it really give that much gain for the money? I do like the idea of changing when the lift kicks in though. I don't ever have a chance to go past 6k rpm but when i do it makes me glad I bought the car even though it has problems.

[01_Celica_GT]

yeah tell me about it. My car had a lot of problems too and i thought these japanesse cars were supposed to to reliable? I don't understand how stuff could be breakin when toyota's and hondas are supposed to be lastin 250 - 300 thousand miles?

My car had 50,000 miles on it when the engine blew....

[C-Stylez]

Is a TSB a recall? If so shouldn't I be able to take it to any Toyota dealership and have it fixed for free? I can do the belt tensioner, but according to this site I found, my lift bolts are prbably screwed too. I have a lot of TSB symptoms that were never taken in and fixed. I don't have the time or the tools necessary to dig into the engine and replace the bolts. Here is the site I found.

http://www.whiteflashgts.com/TSBs.html

Any 7th gen people should check this out if u bought one used.