KNOWN FAULTS · Toyota
Known faults for the Toyota GT86 / GR86.
2012–2024 · Petrol
Sources are not verified in real time and no entry confirms that your car is affected.
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1 known fault with sources
Engines: 2.0 / 2.4 Boxer (Petrol)
Applies if: Only the 2.0 (FA20) built in 2012–2013.
Valve springs on the 2.0 boxer (FA20) that can breakEngine
- Engine / equipment
- 2.0 boxer (FA20) in the Toyota GT86 (also Subaru BRZ)
- Period mentioned
- 2012–2013
- Symptoms
- Abnormal engine noise, rough running and, in the worst case, the engine stalls and will not restart.
- Possible cause described
- Valve springs with a manufacturing defect that could break from fatigue. In 2018 Toyota and Subaru recalled more than 400,000 cars worldwide; about 80,000 were Toyotas.
- Check for the garage
- Check with Toyota by VIN whether the springs were replaced; the repair is free and long (over 12 hours).
- Cost cited in the source
- Free under the recall.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.
Sources from the original database
The Drive: Subaru and Toyota recall over 400,000 vehicles for faulty valve springsCarlist.my: Motor Image and UMW Toyota announce recalls on Subaru and Toyota models
View full entryEngines for this model
- 2.0 / 2.4 BoxerPetrol