2006 SCION XB Complaints

PARKED MY CAR (2006 SCION XB) OUTSIDE ONE EVENING. WOKE THE NEXT MORNING AND THERE WAS A LARGE L-SHAPED CRACK NEAR THE REARVIEW MIRROR. NO ROCK OR IMPACT DAMAGE OCCURRED, JUST A CRACK APPEARED. ABOUT 4 DAYS LATER, NOT ONLY HAD THAT CRACK GROWN, BUT I NOW HAD A NEW CRACK JUTTING IN FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. BOTH CRACKS EXCEED WELL OVER 18 INCHES. THERE IS NOTHING OF MY DOING OR OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVED IN THESE CRACKS. I HAVE VISITED A NUMBER OF ONLINE FORUMS, AND THIS APPEARS COMMONPLACE WITH THESE XBS AND THEIR OWNERS. IT SEEMS THERE IS TOO MUCH STRESS IN THE DESIGN ON THE GLASS, AND IT CRACKS AT WILL. ANYWAYS, IT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT, AND I DO NOT WANT TO PAY $500 FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD THAT IS ONLY TO CRACK AGAIN AT THE SLIGHTEST TEMPERATURE CHANGE. PLEASE HELP US. SCION NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THIS ISN'T A SPARK PLUG...THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE $500 AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE THEM. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM TOP CENTER DOWN 5"TURNED TO PASS SIDE WENT 13" , 2ND SAME TIME STARTED ON RIGHT PILLAR ACROSS CENTER ENDED JUST UNDER OTHER, HAPPENED WHEN DEFROSTERS WERE ON FOR ABOUT 15 MINS AND OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 10 DEGREES OR A LITTLE LESS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH ON MAJOR ROAD ,WAKEFIELD AREA, MAKING A SLIGHT TURN (BEND)IN ROAD TO RIGHT. *TR

A SPONTANEOUS CRACK APPEARED IN MY 2006 SCION XB WINDSHIELD WHILE SITTING OVERNIGHT. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE TOP CENTER EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD, TRAVELS DOWN BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, AND ANGLES TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE IN AN L SHAPE. THERE IS NO CHIP OR OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRACK. THERE WAS NO ROCK IMPACT IN DAYS/WEEKS/MONTHS PRECEDING THE CRACK. IT'S PERHAPS 8-12" LONG. THE LACK OF ANY OBVIOUS OR ACCIDENTAL CAUSE FOR THIS CRACK IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AND SEEMS TO IMPLY A DEFECT. *TR

FOUND A L-SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTS FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ENDS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. MY WINDSHIELD DID NOT HAVE A CRACK WHEN I LEFT MY CAR THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT IS A VERY FINE CRACK AND DOESN'T LOOK AS IF SOMETHING HIT THE GLASS. TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP . THE SERVICE MANAGER PROCEEDED TO RUN A BALLPOINT PIN THROUGH THE CRACK AND TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THERE WAS PITTING. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED (AT THE EDGE) FOR NO APPARENT REASON IN MARCH 2008, AND IT WAS INDICATED BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS DUE TO INSTALLATION. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. IT HAS CRACKED ONCE AGAIN, DECEMBER 2008, ONCE AGAIN ALONG THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT TO SEE IF THE DEALER WILL REPLACE IT ONCE AGAIN FOR NO CHARGE. THIS IS ALSO AN INCONVENIENCE AS THE DEALERSHIP IS ONE HOUR FROM MY HOME. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO REASON A STONE OR ROCK DID NOT HIT THE CAR . IT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT. CRACK STARTED IN LEFT CORNER OF WINDSHIELD TRAVELED UP AND ACROSS WINDSHIELD ABOUT 16 INCHES DEALER SAYS THEY NO NOTHING ABOUT A PROBLEM I GO ON LINE TO MOTORBEAT.COM AND FIND OVER 100 POSTS. *TR

I WAS REFERRED TO THIS SITE BY ANOTHER WEBSITE, MYSCIOINSUCKS.COM, AND I AM SO GLAD I WAS! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MY DEALERSHIP TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND HAVE NOT BEEN IN REAL PURSUIT OF ANY JUSTICE UNTIL RECENTLY. I HAVE A CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON MY SCION 2006 XB. I REALLY WANTED JUSTICE WHEN I ALMOST GOT INTO ANOTHER SCION EXACTLY LIKE MINE THE OTHER DAY WITH THE SAME CRACK IN IT'S WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NOW BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST A YEAR ON SOMETHING TO BE SAID BY THEM ABOUT A RECALL WHEN I GO TO GET MY OIL CHANGED. NOT ONE BREATH OF ANYTHING YET. I AM A VERY PASSIVE PERSON, SOMETIMES TOO PASSIVE BUT NOT ANYMORE WITH THIS ISSUE. I GOT THE CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD IN THE END OF NOVEMBER OF 2007. I AM FINANCIALLY STRAPPED, OR CHECK TO CHECK AS MOST SAY AND COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED AND DIDN'T SEE A NEED TO IF IT WASN'T MY FAULT. AS I SAID, WHY SPEND MY MONEY WHEN TOYOTA WONT ADMIT TO ANYTHING. I WOKE UP TO FIND THIS CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD ON A VERY MILD TEMP. DAY OF ABOUT 70 I BELIEVE. NEITHER HOT NOR COLD. I REMEMBER VIVIDLY. I GOT IN MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND NOTICED THIS L-SHAPED CRACK STARTING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE CURVING DOWN AND GOING TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I DROVE ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER AFTER HAVING THE CAR LOOKED AT IN TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, ON A 5 HOURS TRIP AND ANOTHER CRACK STARTED APPEARING FROM THE BOTTOM MIDLINE.... AND PROGRESSED UPWARD AND LEFT TOWARD THE DRIVER SIDE, AND BY THE END OF THE TRIP IT WAS OVER A FOOT IN LENGTH. APPEARING TO BE STRESS FROM AN 80 MPH SPEED MAJORITY OF THE TRIP. I HAVE ASKED TOYOTA ABOUT IT MANY TIMES AND NEVER ONCE WAS IT THEIR FAULT. I JUST RECENTLY GO ONLINE AFTER SEEING MY 5TH 2006 XB CRACKED WINDSHIELD IDENTICAL TO MINE. I AM WANTING IT FIXED AND NOTHING MORE AND CANNOT GET ANY ANSWERS. *TR

I OWN A SCION XB 2006 AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM MANY OTHER SCION XB OWNERS ARE HAVING. MY FRONT WINDSHIELD KEEPS CRACKING IN THE TYPICAL "L" SHAPED PATTERN. THE FIRST TIME WAS LAST YEAR, IT CRACKED FOR NO REASON DURING THE LATE SPRING. A ROCK NEVER HIT IT, NOR DID ANYTHING ELSE THAT LED TO THE CRACK. YESTERDAY, I NOTICED THE SAME "L" SHAPE CRACK STARTING, THIS MORNING, IT SPREAD ACROSS MY WINDSHIELD TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CRACK IS JUST UNDER 3 FEET LONG. THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST CRACK, STARTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT THREE INCHES FROM THE END OF THE WINDOW FRAME AND MOVES TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. I'VE HAD IT REPLACED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY USING THEIR SUGGESTED AUTO GLASS REPAIR PEOPLE. I WILL HAVE IT REPLACED AGAIN, TOMORROW. SO FAR, THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR EVERY 8,000 MILES. I CALLED SCION TODAY TO TELL THEM ABOUT MY SITUATION AFTER FINDING NUMEROUS WEB-SITES DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND SPANS MANY YEARS MODELS AS THE NEWER 2008'S HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS MY 2006 AND THE OLDER 2005 MODELS. *TR

WENT TO MY GARAGE IN THE MORNING AND DISCOVERED AN "L"SHAPED CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD HAD FORMED OVERNIGHT. I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED AS NOTHING HAD PREVIOUS HIT THE WINDSHIELD. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB, IT'S CLEAR THE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN AS IT CAN NOT BE A COINCIDENCE THAT MANY OTHER 2006 XB OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR CRACKS IN THEIR WINDSHIELDS. THE TOYOTA/SCION SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE DSM INSPECTION IS POSSIBLE. I AM GOING TO GO THE OTHER DEALERSHIPS TO SEE IF I CAN SCHEDULE THE INSPECTION SOONER. *TR

1) GENERAL USE OF VEHICLE. 2) WHEN USING RIGHT HAND SIDE DIRECTION INDICATOR, DURING CANCELING, EITHER BY HAND OR AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK INTO THE STRAIGHT AHEAD POSITION, THE LEFT HAND SIDE INDICATORS MAY BRIEFLY LIGHT UP, CAUSING POTENTIAL CONFUSING SIGNALING TO OTHER ROAD USERS. 3) TURN INDICATOR STALK HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT SAME PROBLEM RE-APPEARED. *TR