2009 SCION XB Complaints

THE SCION XB 2009 WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AT SPEED LIMIT, 10 MILES AFTER THE "NEEDS MAINTENANCE" OIL LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER 15 MINUTES, THE CAR MADE A LOUD BANG NOISE WHICH WE THINK CAME FROM THE ENGINE.AFTER THE BANG, CAR PULLED OVER. ANOTHER CAR PULLED OVER TOO, SINCE A PIECE OF FLAMING DEBRIS FROM MY CAR CAME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH AND BROKE THAT CAR'S WINDSHIELD. THAT DRIVER INDICATED THAT MY SCION WAS ON FIRE AND TO GET OUT OF THE CAR! ~5 SECONDS LATER THE FIRST OF MANY EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED. THE CAR QUICKLY, WITHIN ONE MINUTE, BECAME COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THE CAR WAS "FULLY ENGAGED" (100% BURNING). IT IS A TOTAL LOSS.

CAR USING ONE QUART OF OIL EVERY 1100 MILES TOOK TO TOYOTA TWICE FOR OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, GETTING COMPLETE RUN AROUND. THEY PROBABLY DONT WANT TO REPLACE ENGINE PARTS AS DESCRIBED IN SCION FORUM. PEOPLE ARE BLOWING ENGINES BECAUSE TOYOTA WON'T RECALL, ONLY CAMPAIGN NOTICE SENT OUT MID YEAR AROUND MAY 2015. SPOKE WITH TOYOTA TORRANCE CALIFORNIA NO SATISFACTION, EMAILED JAMES LENTZ, PRESIDENT CEO TOYOTA USA, SENT CERTIFIED LETTER TODAY 10/26 TO JIM LENTZ TOYOTA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE VEHICLE. FLAMES WERE PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD AND THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE FLAMES EVENTUALLY SELF EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE MOTOR FAILING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/23/15*LJ NO VIN NUMBER, UPDATED 4/13/18*JB CONSUMER STATED ENGINE FAILURE-FIRE UNDER HOOD NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE NO INJURIES. GETTING A BIG RUN AROUND FROM TOYOTA FOR RECALL PART DAMAGE, TOYOTA WON'T RESUME RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH ON RECALL LIST. UPDATED 10/11/18*JB

HEAR A HUMMING COMING FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE AT 40 TO 60 MPH , ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE A MUFFLER GETTING LOUDER REAR WHEEL BEARING BAD , REPLACING AT $210.00 FOR WHEEL BEARING .

HAD SOMEONE PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I WAS TRAVELING. UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME EVEN AFTER LOCKING UP THE BRAKES. WAS DOING APPRX. 42 MPH HITTING THE TRUCK, IMPACT WITH BOTH VEHICLES TRAVELING APPRX 25 YARDS INTO THE DITCH. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS. LUCKILY MY SEAT BELT DID THE JOB TO PROTECT ME. WAS ESCORTED BY AMBULANCE TO LOCAL HOSPITAL.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TOYOTA TOLD ME IF I UPGRADE TO A SYNTHETIC BLEND I WOULD NOT NEED A OIL CHANGE UNTIL I PASS THE 5000MI MARK OR AFTER 5 MONTHS. THAT WAS A LIE! THIS PAST YEAR I HAVE TO GET OIL CHANGES EVERYTIME MY CAR HITS AROUND 1200 MILES. THIS STARTING OCCURRING AFTER 105000MI. I WENT IN MANY TIMES TO TRY TO HAVE THIS FIX BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MY FATHER HAD THE SAME CAR AND IT WOULD HAPPENED TO MY FATHER AS WELL. UPDATE 9/15/15 CW UPDATED 10/26/2017*CN

HEADING IN TO WORK, HEAR KNOCKING. PULL OVER, NO WARNING LIGHTS. CHECK OIL, IT'S LOW. HAS NEVER BEEN LOW, NOR LEAKED ANY, AND IT IS A ONE-OWNER CAR. PUT A QUART IN, KEEP HEADING TO WORK, STILL, NO WARNING LIGHTS. FRONT OF LONG BLOCK EXPLODED FORWARD TOWARD THE RADIATOR. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE EXPLOSION WAS UNTIL WE HOOKED UP TO THE WRECKER. ALUMINUM PARTS AND A PISTON LAYING UNDER THE ENGINE. MOTOR WAS OUT OF OIL. NO WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, IT WENT STRAIGHT TO HOT, AND BLEW. MY HONDA WOULDN'T LET YOU TURN IT ON IF IT WAS LOW ON OIL OR ANTIFREEZE. I LIKED THAT. THIS PROBLEM HURTS. *TR

TRAVELING NORTH ON I-75 IN INDEPENDENCE TWP, MI SOUTH OF ORTONVILLE RD AT 10:55AM IN A SNOW STORM, DRIVER USED THE PASSING LANE TO OVERTAKE A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE IN THE CENTER LANE. ACCELERATING TO 70MPH, DRIVER BEGAN TO MERGE BACK INTO CENTER LANE BUT ENCOUNTERED A HEAVY BUILDUP OF SLUSH BETWEEN LANES AND BEGAN TO LOOSE TRACTION. VEHICLE STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. DRIVER REMOVED FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND TURNED WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO CORRECT THE SKID BUT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY ENTERED INTO A RAPID 360 DEGREE SPIN TO THE RIGHT. NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS STRUCK. DRIVER RECOVERED FROM THE SPIN MOMENTARILY AND CAR WAS FACING NORTHBOUND BETWEEN THE CENTER AND RIGHT LANES BUT STILL VEERING TO THE RIGHT. THE FRONT WHEELS CONTACTED DRY PAVEMENT WHILE THE REAR WHEELS WERE ON WET PAVEMENT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN HEAD ON INTO THE GUARD RAIL AT 60 MPH. THE GUARD RAIL GAVE WAY AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. HOWEVER THE VEHICLE REBOUNDED AND REMAINED IN THE ROAD WAY, SLIDING SIDEWAYS AND EVENTUALLY SPINNING ANOTHER 270 DEGREES AFTER AGAIN STRIKING THE GUARD RAIL. THE INITIAL HIGH SPEED IMPACT WITH GUARD RAIL APPEARS TO HAVE IGNITED THE SODIUM AZIDE AS EVIDENCED BY A GUNPOWDER LIKE ODOR IN THE VEHICLE HOWEVER NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SEATBELT WHILE PROPERLY FASTENED DID NOT RETRACT AND RESTRAIN THE DRIVER. THE SEATBELT EXTENDED ALL THE WAY OUT AND REMAINED IN THIS POSITION. THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO IMPACT THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE GUARDRAIL WAS STRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN INJURY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIB CAGE, WITH POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURES TO THE RIBS, TORN MUSCLES, AND BRUISING OF THE LIVER. DRIVER'S HEAD ALSO IMPACTED THE CEILING. UPON SECOND GUARDRAIL IMPACT, DRIVER'S LEFT ARM IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR

MASTER WINDOW SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND UNIT AND PLASTIC WAS MELTED. HAD TO REPLACE, ONLY TO FIND OUT THIS PART WAS RECALLED FOR THE SAME MODEL NUMBER AND YEAR AS MINE, BUT MY VIN DID NOT MATCH UP. YOU MAY NEED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. SAME ISSUES THE RECALL DESCRIBED, AND MAY BE MORE LIKE ME OUT THERE. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V491000 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12002 COMPONENT: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. *TR

OUR SECURITY SYSTEM HAS STARTED GOING OFF AT RANDOM WHILE WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE HI WAY AT 65 MPH OR WHEN WE ARE MAKING A TURN, THE 4WAYS START FLASHING AND THE HORN STARTS BLOWING, THIS IS SCARY AND CAN CAUSE OTHER CARS TO SLOW OR STOP BEHIND US. *TR