# Toyota 3.5L V6 oil line failure-recall-affects 05-08 Avalon 07-09 Camry, 06&07 Rav4, 08 Highlander **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** sienna, avalon, rav4, camry, oil, highlander, toyota\ **Created:** [November 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476 "2009-11-14T16:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul3637](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Paul3637](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Paul3637)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/1 "2009-11-14T16:24:06Z")
Late model Toyota Avalon, Camry, & Rav4 owners have been suffering leaking or ruptured oil lines on the 2GR-FE engine that often lead to severe engine damage. The problem has become an epidemic and finally Toyota did a partial recall. Click this link regarding the Toyota V6 Oil Line Scandal let let’s hear what others have experienced. [http://sit…nescandal/](http://sites.google.com/site/toyotav6oillinescandal/) There is one 06 Rav4 and one 07 Camry that had this problem on threads in cartalk. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/2 "2009-11-14T16:59:07Z")
Post a link here to the official recall statement from Toyota. Otherwise some unfortunate luck for some 3.5L owners and a vocal person posting a site. ---
**Author:** ![Paul3637](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Paul3637](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Paul3637)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/3 "2009-11-15T02:48:19Z")
Toyota USA is trying to keep it “under the radar” by calling it a limited service campain so there was no press release and it is not on their website, however, the 26 page document they released to USA dealers can be downloaded at: [http://www.sendspace.com/file/0p4z5a](http://www.sendspace.com/file/0p4z5a). They only sent recall letters to owners of about 10% of affected vehicles. On the other hand, Toyota Canada recalled 100% of affected vehicles and a copy of the recall letter sent to Canadian vehicle owners can be viewed at: [http://rav4world.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20014&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=405&sid=cddcab9df7b3dff5f107868b6a187506](http://rav4world.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20014&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=405&sid=cddcab9df7b3dff5f107868b6a187506) -post # 415 ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/4 "2009-11-15T15:52:32Z")
Good luck with your quest. Just only proves again Toyota and Honda are not the infalliable cars that people blindly recommend solely on “reliability”. I feel bad for people who buy these cars based on that premise of supposed reliability primarily. They make decent cars at least. ---
**Author:** ![Paul3637](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Paul3637](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Paul3637)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/5 "2009-11-15T21:40:54Z")
That’s for sure. Honda Accoord 2008 & 2009 are the number 1 and 3 car on [carcomplaints.com](http://carcomplaints.com) with its brake problems. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/6 "2009-11-16T13:23:32Z")
You’ll find throughout history…the car with the MOST complaints is usually one of the TOP selling cars…MORE CARS SOLD = MORE COMPLAINTS. You have to break it down by # of complaints vs # of NON-Complaints. This ratio tells a better picture. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/7 "2009-11-16T13:51:11Z")
The internet should be taken with a grain of salt. People only complain and rarely complement on the majority of cars despite brand that make it 100k-150k without a lick of major or minor trouble. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-3-5l-v6-oil-line-failure-recall-affects-05-08-avalon-07-09-camry-06-07-rav4-08-highlander/39476/8 "2009-11-16T14:44:03Z")
> Just only proves again Toyota and Honda are not the infalliable cars that people blindly recommend solely on “reliability”. I agree with this.HOWEVER…There isn’t a car on the planet that doesn’t have a problem…What I’ve found with Honda and Toyota (and most people who own them)…is they have far far far fewer problems then MOST of the other manufacturers.