2006 SCION TC Complaints

VEHICLE WENT OVER EMBANKMENT, FRONT END OF CAR RIPPED OFF, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2006 SCION TC ( MADE BY TOYOTA ) AND THE THROTTLE BODY STARTED LOCKING, MAKING THE CAR CUT OUT ( THIS STARTED AROUND APRIL 1ST )AND THIS CONTINUED FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL AROUND APRIL 5TH AND THEN THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD LOCK COMPLETELY AND SHUT THE CAR OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE REAL DISTURBING PART IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK, AND THIS HAPPENED NOT ONCE NOT TWICE BUT THREE SEPARATE TIMES. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN DENISON TEXAS AND MCKINNEY TEXAS AND THEY SAID THAT THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT NOT ONLY CAN IT HAPPEN BUT IT DID HAPPEN 3 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME SHE WAS DOING 70 MPH AND LUCKILY SHE RAN OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CURVING TO THE RIGHT INSTEAD OF INTO THE ONCOMING DIESEL TRUCK. I ASKED MY DAUGHTER REPEATEDLY IF THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JUST HARD TO STEER BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND SHE SAID NO THAT SHE TRIED WITH ALL OF HER MIGHT AND THE WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND SHE COULDN'T TURN IT, AND SHE IS A STRONG YOUNG LADY THAT COULD TURN THE WHEEL WITHOUT POWER STEERING. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON ONLINE FORUMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SCIONS ( THE THROTTLE BODY GOING OUT ON THEM ) AND I HAVE DRIVEN FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF A THROTTLE BODY GOING OUT ON A CAR AND IF THEY DID THEY SURE WOULDN'T ALLOW THE STEERING WHEEL DO LOCK DUE TO THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. THIS IS / WILL BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF IT IS NOT ADDRESS AND I CERTAINLY HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO READ ABOUT SOMEONE LOOSING THEIR LIFE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

APR 4, 2007 4:06 AM US/PACIFIC 3 KILLED IN SINGLE-CAR CRASH IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A CAR LOST CONTROL IN WHITTIER AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE. POLICE SAID WEDNESDAY THAT THE VICTIMS OF A SOLO-VEHICLE CRASH IN WHITTIER THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS HOSPITALIZED RANGED IN AGE FROM 18 TO THEIR EARLY 20S. THE CRASH OCCURRED ABOUT 7 P.M. TUESDAY ON COLIMA ROAD NORTH OF MAR VISTA STREET, WHITTIER POLICE OFFICER DIANA SALAZAR SAID. JENNIFER UNZUETA, ALBERT VELASQUEZ AND JOSH GUTIERREZ WERE KILLED, SALAZAR SAID. UNZUETA WAS AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHITTIER RESIDENT; VELASQUEZ, 19, WAS FROM WHITTIER; AND GUTIERREZ WAS A 19-YEAR-OLD PICO RIVERA RESIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE. THE DRIVER, AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS XENIA GUERRA, REMAINED HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION AT UCI MEDICAL CENTER, SALAZAR SAID. HECTOR SAENZ, IN HIS EARLY 20S, WAS AIRLIFTED TO COUNTY-USC MEDICAL CENTER, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION, SALAZAR SAID. GUERRA, WHO HAD FOUR PASSENGERS IN THE TOYOTA SCION, TOLD POLICE SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE COMPACT CAR. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, BUT SALAZAR SAID THE TOYOTA WAS COMING DOWN A HILL FROM A WILDERNESS AREA WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH, BUT DRIVERS OFTEN COME DOWN THE HILL AT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SPEEDS, SALAZAR SAID. THE SCENE WAS CLEARED AROUND 3:10 A.M. WEDNESDAY, WHITTIER POLICE SGT. A. RUIZ SAID.

VINCENT BUTTO (20) OF MAGNOLIA, DELAWARE WAS KILLED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF TOYOTA SCION ON JANUARY 15TH, 2009. PRELIMINARY INVESTATION BY THE DELAWARE STATE POLICE STATE VINCENT FAILED TO STOP GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND THAT EXCESSIVE SPEED WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION TC. WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH USING THE CRUISE CONTROL THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY ACCELERATED,CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY DIRT EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED DURING THE CRASH AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED BUT NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 26000.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH, THE SUNROOF SHATTERED WITHOUT ANYTHING HITTING IT. SUNROOF COVER WAS CLOSED PREVENTING GLASS FROM COMING INTO THE CABIN AND PREVENTING POSSIBLE INJURY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SCION THEY ARE UNWILLING TO COVER REPAIR COSTS SIGHTING THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEBRIS FROM THE ROAD. CLEARLY, I HAVE NO PROOF EXCEPT FOR THE NUMEROUS OTHER CLAIMS THROUGH NHTSA. REGARDLESS, THEY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN HELPFUL IN RECTIFYING THE SITUATIONS AND SOLVING THE ISSUE. *TR

IN MAY 2007 I HAD A REAR END ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER CAR WHERE MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKE. THE OTHER CAR MOVED FORWARD AND MY CAR STILL WOULD NOT STOP AND HIT IT AGAIN. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK. IT SEEMED TO ME THE ACCELERATOR WAS OVERPOWERING THE BRAKE. IT HAPPENED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR IT TO INVESTIGATED, ONCE AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND AGAIN LAST YEAR. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT AND TOLD ME THE CAR USES DRIVE BY WIRE TECHNOLOGY AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING TO BE OCCURRING. NOW THE SERVICE MANAGER WILL NOT EVEN RETURN MY CALLS. CALLS TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER RELATIONS WERE MET WITH YOU NEED TO CALL SCION CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND WHEN THEY TRANSFER ME THE CALL DISCONNECTS. I OWN A 2006 SCION TC. I TOOK THE DRS. SIDE FLOOR MAT OUT LAST SUMMER AND NOW WITH ALL THE PRESS AND TOYOTA SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I OWE MORE THAN IT IS WORTH, SO I AM FINDING DIFFICULTY IN EVEN REPLACING IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC ON INTERSTATE I-95N GOING ABOUT 70MPH WHEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED AND SHATTERED. GLASS CAME RAINING DOWN ON MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER AND ALSO HIT THE CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION TC AND HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE RECALLS FOR OTHER TOYOTA MODELS. I HAVE HEARD A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIUS BRAKING ISSUE AND IT SOUNDS SIMILAR TO ISSUES WITH MY SCION. WHEN I HIT A BUMP WHILE BREAKING THERE IS A SKIPPING MOTION AND A SERIOUS LAG IN BREAKING. I HAVE BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE DEALER IN THE PAST AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. WHAT CAN I DO TO FORCE THE DEALER OR TOYOTA TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER? *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION TC. THIS CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THE PRIUS. WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS, RAILWAY TRACKS, PUDDLES OR WHEN IT IS RAINING THE BRAKES STOP FOR A SECOND. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME LIKE 4 TIMES .. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALER, I HAVE TALKED TO MY MECHANIC THEY ALL SAY THAT MY BRAKE IS FINE AND IT IS MORE THAN 90%. BUT I COULD SWEAR I HAVE NOTICED THIS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE FREEWAY. I TOLD MY MECHANIC MANY TIMES THAT THIS CAR HAS THAT PROBLEM AND HE ALWAYS SAYS TOYOTA IS A GOOD CAR , MAY BE IT IS IN YOUR HEAD. NOW I SEE THAT SO MANY ARE WITH ME . FINALLY SOMEONE IS BELIEVING ME. *TR