2006 SCION XB Complaints

L SHAPED CRACK ON WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB. HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND ONE WEEK LATER THE NEW WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME SHAPE. IT ALSO HAPPENED OVERNIGHT WHEN NOT DRIVEN. *TR

I JUST WENT INTO THE GARAGE TO MOVE MY SCION AND NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE SHAPE OF A J AT THE TOP MIDDLE OF MY WINDSHIELD. WHEN SEARCHING FOR AUTO GLASS ON THE NET, I CAME ACROSS TOO MANY POSTS OF XB OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A "SILENT RECALL". *TR

I WALKED INTO MY GARAGE ON 9/24/08 AND 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 IT (NO SPLINTERS IN THE GLASS). I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE THIS ON 9/24/08 AND THEY TOLD ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A SCION DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEALERSHIP WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND IF THE DEALERSHIP DEEMS THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE, THEN I SHOULD GET AN ESTIMATE AND CONTACT THEM AGAIN WITH THE INFORMATION. THEY OPENED UP A CASE NUMBER FOR ME. I CONTACTED MILLER TOYOTA IN CULVER CITY AND TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP 9/25/08 @ 1:00 PM. 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. I THEN REQUESTED AN ESTIMATE, WHICH CAME TO $1.019.27. THEN I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD ARRANGE A PERSON FROM CORPORATE TO INSPECT THE WINDSHIELD. SCION CORPORATE TOLD ME THAT THE CORPORATE REP WOULD BE THERE AT NOON ON 9/29/08. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 9/29/08 AT NOON AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT THERE. AND SHE DIDN'T SHOW FOR ANOTHER 50 MINUTES. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I WAS LEAVING AROUND 12:50 PM AND HE KEPT SAYING: "SHE WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE". THEN AS HE GETS TO MY CAR, I SEE A SHORT ASIAN WOMAN WITH HER HAIR PULLED INTO A BUN. HE GIVES HER A PEN FROM HIS POCKET AND SHE RUNS A BALLPOINT PEN THROUGH THE CRACK (SHE SPENT 5-10 SECONDS WITH MY CAR). THE SAME SERVICE MANAGER THAT DID THE BALLPOINT PEN TEST WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE UP THE REPORT TO SAY THE SAME THING. THEY ARE UNCONSCIONABLE. THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING MY CAR PURCHASE, I SAW ON EDMUNDS THAT THE 2006 SCION XB HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPONTANEOUS CRACKS FORMING IN THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND CURRENTLY HAS A CRACK IN IT. THE FIRST CRACK APPEARED 6 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR AND THE DEALER REPLACED IT FREE. THE SECOND TIME IT CRACKED I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER SCION WINDSHIELDS AND REPLACED IT MYSELF 2 WEEKS LATER FOR $226.63. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD BUT HAVEN'T FIXED IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL CRACK AGAIN. *TR

I WALKED INTO MY GARAGE THIS MORNING AND 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 YESTERDAY EVENING. IT IS A VERY FINE CRACK AND DOESN'T LOOK AS IF SOMETHING HIT IT (NO SPLINTERS IN THE GLASS). I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE THIS MORNING AND THEY TOLD ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A SCION DEALERSHIP (I AM MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW MORNING). THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEALERSHIP WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND IF THE DEALERSHIP DEEMS THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE, THEN I SHOULD GET AN ESTIMATE AND CONTACT THEM AGAIN WITH THE INFORMATION. THEY OPENED UP A CASE NUMBER FOR ME. THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING MY CAR PURCHASE, I SAW ON EDMUNDS.COM THAT THE 2006 SCION XB HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPONTANEOUS CRACKS FORMING IN THE WINDSHIELD. HOPEFULLY, TOYOTA/SCION RESOLVES THIS ISSUE IN A REASONABLE MANNER. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HOW THIS PANS OUT. *TR

OUR CAR WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT, WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED IN THE SHAPE OF AN L. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2007 APP. 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY CAR THE WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK IN IT, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A ROCK HITTING NO NOISE I JUST LOOKED UP AND IT WAS CRACKED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WINDOW AND JUST YESTERDAY SEP. 14, 2008 I GOT IN MY CAR AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CRACK I HERE A POPPING NOISE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS AN L SHAPED CRACK IN IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB THAT WAS PURCHASED IN MAY 2006. LAST YEAR, IN 2007, A CRACK APPEARED THAT STARTED ON THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THEY CRACK THEN GREW FROM A LINE INTO AN L SHAPE. A MONTH OR SO AFTER THAT ANOTHER L SHAPED CRACK APPEARED COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR. I REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD ON AUGUST 29, 2008. LAST NIGHT THE WINDSHIELD WAS FINE, THIS MORNING (SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 - TWO WEEKS LATER!!) THERE IS ANOTHER L SHAPED CRACK BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR THAT APPEARED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB RELEASE SERIES 3.0 ENVY GREEN AND THE HEAD REST MONITORS THAT CAME FROM FACTORY HAS FAILED. THE FIRST TIME THE MONITORS FAILED TO WORK WAS BACK ON JULY 20 AND EVER SINCE THE MONITORS WILL NOT WORK OR IT WILL TURN ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND SHUTS OFF AND WILL NOT TURN ON AGAIN. I HAVE TRIED TO TURN IT ON EVERY TIME I HAVE THE KIDS IN THE BACK BUT UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT MAKE IT WORK. I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF A NUMEROUS SCION WEBSITE FORUMS AND SPOKE TO SOME OF THE RS3.0 OWNERS AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND I WAS SURPRISE TO FIND OUT THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON THE SAME EXACT DATE I HAD MINE AND WE WERE AT THE SAME SCION EVENT. I WAS TOLD BY THAT MEMBER THAT HE HAD TAKEN HIS TO A SCION DEALERSHIP AND HE WAS INFORMED BY THAT SERVICE DEPT THAT SCION/TOYOTA KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE UNIT MODULE FOR THE MONITORS AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART FOR FREE OF CHARGE. MY PROBLEM IS THAT OF ALL 3 SCION DEALERSHIPS I HAVE CONTACTED NONE WOULD ADMIT OF SUCH ISSUE INCLUDING THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MINE. PLEASE HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND FOR OTHER RS3.0 OWNERS OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SOON TO HAPPEN. *TR

AROUND MARCH 2008, I PEBBLE HIT MY SCION XB WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A SMALL CRACK. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND I HAD TO GET IT REPLACED. RECENTLY, ON AUGUST 4TH, 2008, ANOTHER PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND ANOTHER CRACK. AND TODAY AUGUST 27TH, 2008, MY FRIEND WHO HAS AN XB ALSO GOT A CRACK ON HER WINDSHIELD FROM A SMALL PEBBLE. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION AND IT SEEMS THAT TONS OF SCION XB OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF SUCH A DEFECT ON THEIR WINDSHIELDS. SO I AM ALSO HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE IM GOING THROUGH MY 2ND WINDSHIELD. *TR