Can I take legal action or what to do?

Question

I purchased a vehicle (a Toyota 2000 MR2 Spyder) last year on September 06.

I didn't buy it at a Toyota dealership, I bought it at a Chevy dealer's certified used car lot. (Community Chevrolet in Burbank, CA)

I purchased the car with only 16,000 miles on it, at a great deal to.

I also purchased the optional warranty provided by GMC.

A 24 month/24,000 mile protection plan which covers the engine and drive terrain from any defects/malfunctions.

The next month on Oct I took it to a mechanic who is covered by their warranty. The car was making a rattling noise, but still running fine.

I paid a deductible of $100 and picked up the car in a week.

The issue was fixed, yet on Nov I took it in again, the noise came back. This time I wasn't charged the Deductible.

When the car was @ 22,335 Miles I took it to get an oil change.

Anyways, needless to say, at 24,235 miles the car took a dump.

The engine locked and seized, the engine blew.

I dropped it off at the mechanic and he checked the oil and there was none. He said warranty was not going to cover it due to neglect, that I failed to put oil in it.

However I had just added oil 1800 miles ago.

He said then there should be oil.

I told him him that not exactly, there are certain conditions in which a car will burn up the oil, and it will then come out as smoke or a milky substance through the exhaust.

I researched why this could have happened, and on

spyderchat.com (Mr2 Spyder owner enthusiast)

they list that the 1ZZ engine in the MR2 had a couple defects.

http://spyderchat.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54757

basically precat issues, and faulty piston ring issues, which as you know may cause oil to burn up, rather quickly, thus when checking the level, there will be no oil.

So what can I do because warranty refuses to cover the engine.

Can i take legal action? Can i show them all this proof?

What would you do.

Im so sick and tired only after 6 months of having the car 3 issues occurred, 1 of them that ended its life.

Also check this out, can this help my case?

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/214788/toyota_engine_woes.html

Answer 1

Get proof that the oil was changed 1800 miles before the car committed hari-kari.  Present this to the warranty people to prove there was no neglect.  If no one responds, hire an attorney to write a demand letter threatening legal action.  You have a claim against the warranty company for not honoring your contract and against Toyota for selling a defective car.