2006 SCION TC Complaints

MY 2006 SCION TC REAR TRUNK HANDLE BROKE OFF. IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAD TAPE HOLDING IT ON FOR A YEAR OR SO, AND GLUED IT MYSELF. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RECALL NOTICE OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE FIXED IT. IT IS NOT JUST THE HANDLE TO GET IN TO THE TRUNK. THIS IS A 18 INCH BY 6 INCH PIECE OF MY CAR HANGING BY A WIRE. I JUST CALLED SCION AND THEY SAID THAT IS WAS NOT A RECALL BUT A WARRANTY EXTENSION THAT EXPIRED 7 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF CAR BEING SOLD OR MARCH 2014. HOPEFULLY IT STAYS ON AND DOESN'T FLY OFF ON THE FREEWAY AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE THEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO MY SPARE TIRE OR GET INTO MY TRUNK. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH NO EXPIRATION DATE. *TR

MY CAR CONSUMES ABOUT TWO QUARTS OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE LEAKING, IT COULD BE BEING BURNED THOUGH. I KEEP MY CAR RUNNING WITH FREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND GO THROUGH A GOOD AMOUNT OF OIL EVERY MONTH IN BETWEEN. MANY OTHER TC DRIVERS HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE ALSO. *TR

2006 SCION TC -BATTERY LIGHT ON -ENGINE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR NO WORKING -WHINING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE TRY TO JUMPSTART MAKES THIS BURNING SMELL AND WONT START STARTED SEEING SMOKES FROM JUMPER CABLES SO TURN EVERYTHING OFF NOW IT'S TOTALLY DEAD. *TR

AS MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE MOONROOF SHATTERED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAR. TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS, NOW! *TR

THE ENGINE SOUND INCREASED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. GOT BACK HOME CHECK THE OIL LEVEL IT WAS DRY. FOUND OUT THAT THESE SCIONS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OIL CONSUMPTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED CHEST AND A PASSENGER'S TOE WAS LACERATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

P043E, PO444F, P2401,P2402,P2419 CODES CHARCOAL CANISTER ASSEMBLY FAILED SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TOYOTA MODEL AND TOYOTA SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT. FAULTY EQUIPMENT EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. WANT TOYOTA TO REPLACE THESE PARTS / TSB NOTICE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND ON THE 105 FWY AND WAS KEEPING A SAVE DISTANCE GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH SINCE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO, WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED ON FRONT OF ME. I STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH LITTLE TO NO RESPONSE AND COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE ON FRONT OF ME. A FEW MINUTES BEFORE AND PRIOR TO ENTERING THE FREEWAY I HAD FELT SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE STREET AND THOUGHT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, HOWEVER THE BRAKES FELT AS IF THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING. THE BRAKES BEGAN TO RESPOND ONCE AGAIN AND I PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT I THOUGHT THAT THIS MAY NOT BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THOUGHT OF REPORTING THIS INCIDENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADDRESSED FOR FUTURE SCION TC OWNERS. MY CAR IS NOW A TOTAL LOSS AND MY INSURANCE DIDN'T COVER IT. I'M NOW SEEKING FOR AN ALTERNATE VEHICLE SO I CAN CONTINUE MY INTERNSHIP/WORK EXPERIENCE. *TR

AS TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY ON WAY TO WORK, I HEARD A SOUND THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A GUNSHOT OR EXPLOSION OF SOME KIND. GLASS STARTED TO FLY IN MY FACE AND ALL OVER THE CAR BARELY MISSING MY EYE. IT CUT MY ARM AND HAND. THE INJURY WAS NOT SERIOUS, MY WIFE SAID IF SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CRASHED WHEN IT HAPPENED. WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED THE BOTH THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR AND TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS IN TORRANCE. THEY ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED AND I SAID I JUST WANT IT FIXED THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD GIVE ME A GOOD PRICE TO FIX IT, BUT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. JOHN GOT BACK TO ME A FEW DAYS LATER AND SAID THAT I COULD TAKE IT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE IT FIXED, PAY FOR IT MYSELF AND THEN TOYOTA WOULD THINK ABOUT IT. THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. I WORK HARD FOR MY MONEY AND TRUST THAT A CARS MOONROOF ISN'T GOING TO EXPLODE WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. FROM THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A RARE OCCURANCE. IF A PIECE OF GLASS HAD LANDED IN MY EYE, I WOULD HAVE SURELY GONE BLIND. *TR

MOONROOF SHATTERED. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD UNDER CALM WEATHER CONDITION NO ROAD HAZARD. *TR