Our Turdbota Scumlander was hands down the worst car we've ever owned. Now yes, I never wanted it so hated it on principle from the moment we got it, but it was total E36 M3. List of problems in 3 1/5 years 100K miles from new.
HEadlamps melted. Yup really. They accused us of putting in higher wattage bulbs, no we didn't. Wife bitched out the service manager on that one
Floor mats wore holes through them in less than a year. Cheap E36 M3
Soft touch material on IP wore through in 18 months leaving sticky ugly mess
Paint was so thin I think it had a negative thickness, would scratch and stain if you looked at it, heaven forbid a fly splat staying on more than 30 seconds or it was there for life.
OK you say, I'm being picky, that's all cosmetic. But wait there's more.
Brake booster failed
Brake master cyl spring a leak
Steering I shaft wore out and needed replacement in less than 30K miles
Rear wheel bearings went at less than 100K miles
HVAC head unit went on the fritz around 90K miles meaning random freezing cold or piping hot air alternating at while and totally ignoring the position of the controls. That would have been a dash out and $1,000 part so we lived with it until we traded it.
OK you say, so we had a Friday afternoon build with by some bazillion to one chance a series of parts that were also built on Fridays just before hitting the bar. Well these more that indicates systemic issues.
The center bearing went out on the drive shaft (ours was AWD) the part from the dealer was stupid money, a full driveshaft assy for something well over $1K. So I called around every junk yard in SE Mi. Many had them, nut when I asked them to check the center bearing they all came back on the phone to tell me it was shot after all. I eventually found a place that claimed to have four good ones in stocks so I went up there. Guess what all failing. In the end I took the one with the least play and fitted that. It was way quieter than ours such that the average person wouldn't notice, I then traded it the next week.
I know Toyota do make reasonable cars. I just think the reputation they have as being superior to everything else is completely unjustified. They also make such lowest common denominator junk it's laughable. They are making what the domestics were derided for building 20 years ago but getting a free pass from it.
I'd rock a gen I MR@, an 80's Supra or Celica, but anything is the last 20 years is an admission someone has given up on life.
I was excited when they launched Scion and went to drive the Tc with high hopes. What I found was a heavy dull driving POS that was designed to appeal to kids who thought they wanted a sports car but subconsciously lusted after mommy’s minivan