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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JF1ZNAA16D1••••••2013 Scion FR-S
That is about average for the 2013 Scion FR-S — 6 complaints per build across 26 builds.
5on this build
160on the model
26builds in total
Most reportedEngine 3Fuel System 1Gasoline 1
What owners of this build wrote
Unknown Or OtherOct 2021
My issue is that I was never notified and I just so happened to look up out of curiosity and I’m upset that something bad could have possibly happened
EngineJul 2019
The contact owns a 2013 scion fr-s. While driving 50 mph, the contact heard the vehicle's rod bearings spinning, which ultimately LED to engine failure. In addition, the check engine and oil pressure indicators illuminated along with other unknown warning indicators. The vehicle…
Fuel SystemMay 2013
This is a complaint on a 2013 frs that was bought in november of 2013 which now has 8500 miles on it now. Check engine light came on in the morning when I started the engine up to go to work. I use my check engine scanner and it gave me a p2404 code. Drove it for two days to see…
EngineJun 2019
Toyota scion fr-s j02 valve string recall: after I got recall service on feb, 2019, I drove only 2600 miles, and engine got damaged from inside. (might be rod bearing damage) I was driving around 70 m/h and started to make knocking noise, and I immediately stopped the car, and…
EngineMar 2019
Experience sudden loss of power and engine failure 37 miles after the j02 recall was performed. I was driving for about 10 minutes when suddenly felt the engine had lost power, turned the engine off and coasted to get out of the way of traffic. Noticed a lot of smoke coming out…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JF1ZNAA16D1714615 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.