So as stated I bought a new rebuilt 1FZ-FE from AAAEngine out of Southern California and if you want a summary of this post here it is: avoid AAA Engine at all costs. It has been an unmitigated train wreck. First I ordered the motor. Took a couple months to be shipped. Frustrating but I understand that we have a labor issue. Not anyones fault. When it finally shipped I thought it would work for my busy life. Unfortunately their shipping company never came the day they promised which cause a missed day of work. Btw no phone call or anything from R&L. (First but not the last day of work missed) I contacted AAA and they looked into it. The shipping company claimed their truck broke down (a recurring theme) and that that they would have to put me off for a week. This kind of messed up my timing that I had carved out for this project. Oh well. We make plans and god laughs. Eventually it arrives and it takes a couple months of off and on toil to get the new motor fired up. I already had the motor pulled and parts ordered. Water pump, starter, injectors and much, much more. This was a full restoration with all new OEM (or upgraded) parts. No expense spared. Put everything on the long block and ordered for my core pickup.Shipping company took almost 3 weeks after they were supposed to arrive for pickup to arrive. They did so after arranging the owner of AAA to drive 7 hours each way to pick it up which he didn’t have to do. I missed 2 work days waiting for the shipping company. No call. The gal from the shipping company claimed each day that I was able to get a hold of them that their truck broke down. The driver that eventually showed up said that it doesn’t matter who answers the phone at their company, and words you hear them say is a lie. AAA then took a couple hundred dollars off my core refund for a “difficult delivery” location. I’m a mile off the interstate on paved roads. The trucks get to and from my property with no issues. Anyway I work on finishing it at the pace that I can. Fire it up and loud motor noise. Yikes. 0 miles, a ton of work and now I have to pull the motor for warranty right? Wrong. I did everything that they required to validate the warranty. Everything. Now they refuse to stand behind the warranty. They want me to pull the timing cover and see what’s going on. That’s a 16 hour job as I recollect (shop time). They will not reimburse me of course and have refused to warranty the motor. They had the gall to get pissed off at me for suggesting it. I know they don’t do that but when they refused every part of their warranty? I wish you all could read all of the emails, texts to the owner, and hear every phone call. It takes a lot for me to complain about a company but AAA Engine needs to go under. They are well below subpar. Just my opinion.
I certainly didn’t think it was going to be as difficult as it’s been. A lot of disappointments from poor quality control.
