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    Toyota Camry 2009: Blown head gasket

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    My 2009 Toyota Camry Altise 2.4 has just blown a head gasket after 130,000 km. Just prior to its 30,000 km service it had a complete cooling system failure at highway speed and had to be towed to the nearest dealer. The motor has never been the same since. I advised the dealer that this was the case in documented service notes, and that the motor had developed a ping, but we were assured everything was ok. It was raised again at 60,000 km and they suggested a fuel-injection service without success. The only thing that helped was the expensive option of running the car on high-octane petrol. In a nutshell both the dealer and Toyota have backed away from the prospect of any assistance and we have a quote for $3500 to fix the car. We believe that Toyota should be making some kind of goodwill gesture towards the cost of getting this car back on the road and any suggestions or advice you may have would be greatly appreciated.

    Answered by CarsGuide
    17 May 2013
    Carsguide.com.au

    You are assuming the blown head gasket is related to the previous cooling system failure, but you don't know that to be the case. Until you know the cause of the problem you can't mount a case against Toyota. Once you have established the cause of the head gasket failure you can then decide on whether it's best to approach Toyota.

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