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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 03:12 AM
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So just got off the high way and my coils died! I guess there is a bulletin out on coils?

I got an 08 xb with 10,600 miles on it
If this keeps up this car has to go bye bye!~
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 11:50 AM
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The chance of that being the real issue is VERY SLIM at best. toyota coils are good for well over 100k miles. As a matter of fact, in almost 9 years at my shop, I don't remember replaceing a Toyota coil. My guess is that you have a cam or crank sensor fail on you. PLEASE let us know what actually happened when it is all done. At least it will be a warranty repair.
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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How do you know it was the coils?
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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ah i left out alot i guess!
So got it home on one leg!
hooked up my OBD2 reader got 3 codes coil coil and o2 freak out

towed over to toyota 2 hours later
2 of the over plug coils failed one was on death door steps the other was dieing!
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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Thats very strange, coil packs usually dont fail that early. Hopefully you dont have any more problems
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ae86gts
ah i left out alot i guess!
So got it home on one leg!
hooked up my OBD2 reader got 3 codes coil coil and o2 freak out

towed over to toyota 2 hours later
2 of the over plug coils failed one was on death door steps the other was dieing!
That just leaves more questions than anything else for me. I know you went to the dealer for warranty, and I can almost bet that they told you next to NOTHING as they always do. So my question is WHAT CAUSED THEM TO FAIL?

Did you recently change something? Add some new electronics? Add a ground wire set? What changed about your car if anything, just before this happened? (could have been up to a couple of months ago too) Cause I am telling you that Toyota coils don't just take a dump!!! Did you change your spark plugs to some sort of aftermarket plug to try to improve performance? Drive through a butt load of water that would have flooded the engine compartment? Something had to have changed.

I found nothing in my research on-line through several auto service sources about this kind of event. So did they give you any information as to what they "think" may have caused this to happen?

As for your code reader.... the coils died, then caused the O2 code, so that's not a big deal. But again, what caused the coils to fail?
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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did it get likeee realllyyy wet ?
Old Sep 30, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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Seems to have stopped talking. Hmmmmmm........
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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toyota say is kinda a common problem they go bad they just fail over time
but mine popped!
my car is all stock! its a daily driver and modding FWD cars is ___!
stick to RWD or AWD
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ae86gts..... They are blowing smok up your tail pipe. That means that they don't know and since it was warranty and you didn't have to pay, that is the simple answer that makes you go away. BUT IT'S NOT THE TRUTH!

A Ford coil? You bet they are junk and we replace them almost every day at our shop. In over a decade, we have replaced "1" Toyota coil. Just one. And we work on Toyota & Lexus. As a matter of fact they make up almost 33% of our business.

I think you got a bad coil, or you had a poor connection to that coil, or the coil boot was split and they installed it anyway at the factory. The last 2 are the most likely causes. Sorry, but they don't "Just Fail". Hay, at least they replaced it and it's all good now.
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Oh man thats no good
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