2006 SCION TC Complaints

ON MARCH 3RD YEAR 2007 AT 3:00 AM I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE MY CAR WAS HIT IN THE FRONT END BY AT LEAST 25 METAL POLES THAT HOLD UP THREE GUIDE WIRES AT 65 MILES AN HOUR DUE TO A TIRE BLOWOUT TOTALING MY CAR. THE COMPLAINT IS THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT SEEING AS MY FRONT END AND UNDERCARRIAGE WAS DEMOLISHED RIGHT NEAR THE AIRBAG SENSOR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION TC. THE MILEAGE WAS 19839. WHILD DRIVING DURING WET ROAD CONDITIONS AT 65 MPH SHE HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO FIND OUT WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM AND OBSERVED THAT THE SUNROOF HAD SHATTERED. THE DEALER STATED THAT AN OBJECT HIT THE SUNROOF WHICH CAUSED IT TO SHATTER. THE DRIVER HAS PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED SUNROOF. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE SUNROOF WIND DEFLECTOR WAS THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,839.

TL* - THE CONTACT HAD A 2006 SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN DEEMED A "LEMON" BY SCION CORPORATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A LEMON BECAUSE OF RATTLING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE HATCHBACK FOR WHICH 3 UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REPAIR. OTHER FAILURES INCLUDED: THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ENGAGE WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE GEAR, THE REAR BUMPER WAS CRACKED, AND THE TIRES SCREECHED. THE CONTACT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON 11/25/2006 AT 3:30 AM, ON 110 EXPRESSWAY IN LOS ANGELES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH. NEITHER THE WEATHER NOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE A FACTOR IN THE CRASH. DURING A TURN, THE TIRES WEREN'T GRIPPING THE ROAD WELL. THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND HE APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW CAR DOWN. THE CONSUMER OVERCORRECTION TO THE LEFT AND PROCEEDED INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HIM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CAR BEING A LEMON WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE CONTACT HAS A POLICE REPORT. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING DRIVING AT 25 MPH, HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SHE REALIZED THE SUN ROOF SHATTERED ,AND THE TWO SUN ROOF SIDE BARS BROKE OFF. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY ROCKS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. PER THE CONTACT, THE TOYOTA DEALER SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE SU NROOF HAD EXPLODED. SHE DID NOT HAVE A REPAIR INVOICE, BUT HAD THE TWO SIDE BARS FROM THE SUN ROOF. *AK

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH IN MY 06 SCION TC WHEN MY MOON ROOF EXPLODED. ALL WINDOWS (INCLUDING THE MOON ROOF) WERE CLOSED AT THE TIME. THE MOON ROOF COMPLETELY FAILED (FALLING GLASS DEBRIS) IN A HALF MOON SHAPE IN THE MIDDLE FRONT. THE WIND DEFLECTOR POPPED UP BUT WAS NOT DAMAGED. GLASS BLEW VIOLENTLY THROUGHOUT THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL SINCE TRAFFIC WAS BUSY TONIGHT. PAINT FINISH ON TRUNK AND REAR BUMPER WAS BLASTED BY THE DEBRIS. CAR IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT GATEWAY TOYOTA (TOMS RIVER, NJ).

THE MOONROOF IN MY 2006 SCION SHATTERED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM ANY ITEM THAT CAUSED THIS DEFECT. I HAVE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH SCION; REFERENCE # 200609141416. *NOTE* THE WIND DEFLECTOR IS IN THE UP POSITION AS IF THE MOON ROOF WAS RETRACTED, YET, THE ROOF WAS CLOSED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I AM SCHEDULED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BY THE SCION DEALERSHIP TOMORROW.*JB

THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM EITHER THE REAR OR RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED RECENTLY AND IS A DISTRACTION. *NM

PURCHASED NEW 2006 SCION TC IN OCTOBER OF 05. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE NOTICED CHIPS, SCRATCHES AND PAINT GENERALLY COMING OFF THE CAR ALL OVER THE PLACE. I DRIVE ON PAVED STREETS AND IN A MODERATE CLIMATE AREA (SEATTLE). I FEEL CHEATED THAT A CAR LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD IS HAVING PAINT FAILURE ISSUES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. A LOUD BANG NOISE WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BRUISES AND CUTS AND PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO NOTIFIED THE CONTACT OF AN INTERNAL MEMO FROM THE MANUFACTURER WHICH ENTAILED A SUN ROOF DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TO CONFIRM THAT RECALL #05V483000 REGARDING VISIBILITY: SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY PERTAINED TO THE AFFECTED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE WERE TAKEN.

I CURRENTLY OWN THE 2006 SCION TC, IN WHICH THIS INCIDENT IS REGARDING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE06024. MY STATIONARY GLASS PANEL SECTION OF MY SCION TC'S MOONROOF HAS BEEN SHATTERED BY NO PHYSICAL CONTACT TO THE GLASS. AS I WAS OPENING THE TRUNK TO MY CAR, THE MOONROOF BEGAN TO CRACK, SPIDERING AND COMPLETELY SHATTERING THE GLASS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO TOYOTA AROUND 12 HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT, IN WHICH TOYOTA IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO YOU, CONSIDERING THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE SCION TC'S DESIGN. THE SCION TC THAT I OWN IS BARELY THREE MONTHS OLD WITH 3700 MILES TO IT, SO I AM HOPING THIS COMPLAINT WILL GET BACK TO TOYOTA AND REPAIR MY CAR. *NM