2005 SCION TC Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-70 MPH THE SUNROOF SHATTERED. THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT IS UNAWARE OF AN OBJECT HITTING THE SUNROOF. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. EMAIL REPLY ON MAY 19, 2006 SHOWS (PICTURES) THAT IT WAS THE SUN/MOON ROOF (NOT THE WIND DEFLECTOR) THAT SHATTERED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20MPH ON FEBRUARY 27, 2006 THE BRAKES PULSATED AND THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE PRESENT. THE BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE OFF THE ROAD. THERE WAS 15,040 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKES FAILED WAS ON MARCH 3, 2006. WHILE DRIVING 65MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THERE WAS 15,200 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS TOWED IN THE SECOND TIME TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AGAIN, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE COMPUTER HAD RESET ITSELF. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND FILED A FIRE REPORT. THE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS A DEFECT IN THE FUEL LINE. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 SCION TC ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP. AFTER THE POP I HEARD GLASS SHATTERING AND FLYING OFF THE TOP OF THE CAR. THE ONLY THING PROTECTING ME FROM SHATTERING GLASS WAS THE SUN SHADE. YET, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GLASS STARTED COMING THROUGH THE VENT HOLES ON THE SUN SHADE AND FALLING DOWN ON MY HEAD AND FLYING IN FROM THE SIDES. WHEN I STOPPED TO LOOK AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, IT APPEARED THAT THE TOP SUN ROOF HAD EXPLODED. NOTHING HAD HIT THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT I WAS AWARE OF. I KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT OR HEARD SOMETHING HIT THE CAR, NOT THE LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. I LOOKED ON YOUR SITE AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT OTHER OWNERS OF SCIONS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. I AM WAITING ON TOYOTA TO DETERMINE HOW THIS WILL BE FIXED AND IF THEY WILL COVER IT. I WILL FILE A CLAIM AGAINST THEM IF THEY DO NOT, AS I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A WARRANTY ISSUE OR A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE DEALER. I NOTICED ON ONE COMPLAINT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS FORCED TO PAY $900. FOR THE REPAIR THEMSELVES. *JB PHONE INTERVIEW CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE SUN/MOON ROOF THAT SHATTERED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO SHIFT GEARS EVERYDAY. DEALER STATES THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO (11/05). PAINT CHIPS ON FRONT OF VEHICLE AS WELL AS SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. ONLY DRIVE ON PAVED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. NOTICED THIS WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF HAVING VEHICLE (05/05). *JB

PITS OR CRACKS IN WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE IS A SCION XB, BUT THERE ISN'T AN OPTION FOR THAT CAR. *NM

I WAS CRUISING IN MY 2005 SCION TC AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A SMOOTH ROAD WITH THE MOON ROOF CLOSED. AIR TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 90S AND, AS I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT AN HOUR, THE INTERIOR HAD BEEN COOLED BY THE A/C. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC WITHIN SIGHT EITHER AHEAD OR BEHIND ME AND NO TREES, OVERPASS, ETC., ABOVE. I HEARD A LOUD GUNSHOT-SOUNDING "BANG" AND FOUND, WHEN I PULLED OVER, THAT THE GLASS OF THE FRONT WIND DEFLECTOR OF THE MOONROOF HAD SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY OBJECT IMPACTING THE GLASS. BECAUSE THE MOONROOF HAD BEEN CLOSED, GLASS PARTICLES DID NOT ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE MOONROOF WIND DEFLECTOR GLASS WAS REPLACED BY MY LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALER UNDER WARRANTY (AFTER I CALLED THEIR ATTENTION TO SIMILAR FAILURES OF OTHER VEHICLES); THE FRAGMENTS OF THE OLD GLASS WERE REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF BY THE DEALER. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, A "SAFETY RECALL NOTICE" (#SSC 50S) WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND A "PROTECTIVE LAMINATE" WAS APPLIED TO PREVENT GLASS FRAGMENTS FROM ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT IN THE EVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE FAILURE IS EXPERIENCED WHEN THE MOONROOF IS IN THE OPEN POSITION. CONTRARY TO THIS MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE, I WAS NOT DRIVING WITH THE MOONROOF OPEN, I WAS NOT DRIVING AT "HIGHWAY SPEEDS" AND THE GLASS WAS NOT IMPACTED BY ROAD DEBRIS. I FEEL THERE IS A FLAW IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE GLASS USED IN THE TC'S MOONROOF. *NM

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 SCION TC ON THE FREEWAY WITH THE SUNROOF CLOSED. I HEARD A LOUD BREAKING SOUND AND SAW GLASS FLY ONTO THE FREEWAY FROM MY CAR. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND NOTICED THAT THE GLASS FROM THE DEFLECTOR OF THE SUNROOF HAD SHATTERED. THE FREEWAY WAS EMPTY AND NOTHING, NOT EVEN A ROCK, HAD HIT MY CAR. I AM NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED- BUT NOW I SEE LOTS OF REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING. I AM JUST LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHEN MY SUNROOF WAS CLOSED. I WAS ALSO INFORMED BY TOYOTA THAT THIS WOULD COST ME $900 TO FIX. THEY WERE NOT GOING TO COVER IT. I PLAN TO FIGHT THIS AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED TO PERFORM UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. IT SOUNDS LIKE FAULTY INSTALLATION TO ME. *NM

SUNROOF MAKES A CONTINUOUS RATTLING NOISE SUGGESTING THAT IT IS NOT SITTING IN IT'S ALLOCATED SPACE PROPERLY. THIS NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHILE THE SUNROOF IS OPEN AND ESPECIALLY WHILE IT IS CLOSED. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. *NM

I PULLED INTO MY DRIVE WAY PARKED THE CAR LEFT IT RUNNING SUNROOF WAS OPEN FRONT WINDOWS WERE DOWN. RAN INSIDE TO GRAB SOMETHING HEAR A GLASS EXPLOSION RAN BACK OUT TO FIND MY SUNROOF SPIDER CRACKED OUT AND THE EDGES GONE. LADY THAT WAS WALKING HER DOG SAID THE SUNROOF JUST EXPLODED. THERES NO HOLES NOTHING JUST CRACKS AND GLASS ALL AROUND THE CAR AND INSIDE THE CAR. I HAVE PICTURES TO. *NM EMAIL REPLY ON MAY 18, 2006 SHOWS (PICTURES) THAT IT WAS THE SUN/MOON ROOF (NOT THE WIND DEFLECTOR) THAT WAS SHATTERED.