2006 SCION XB Complaints

1. MAYBE A PEBBLE IMPACT 2. WINDSHIELD CRACK (ONE TIME, I HAVE NOT CHANGED THE WINDSHIELD YET) 3. NOTHING YET. *TR

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB DEVELOPED A CRACK WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NO OTHER CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME TO TOSS ROCKS. THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM A ROCK OR ANYTHING BEFORE THE CRACK APPEARED. I HEARD A POP AND DISCOVERED THE CRACK. THE POP SOUND WAS NOT THE NORMAL ROCK ON THE WINDSHIELD SOUND. THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY IMPACT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD IN THIS AREA. THE CRACK DEVELOPED IN THE AREA BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND IS AN "L" SHAPED CRACK. THE FIRST DAY THE CRACK WAS ABOUT 8-10" IN LENGTH AND HAS PROGRESSED ANOTHER 2-4" OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS VEHICLE THAT IS CAUSING SO MANY XB OWNERS TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKS ON ITS OWN (NOT DUE TO ROCKS OR ANYTHING) THERE IS AN L SHAPED CRACK WHICH STARTS AT THE TOP CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD WHICH IS CAUSED MOST LIKELY BY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN WHICH CAUSED THE BODY TO FLEX. *TR

MY CAR HAS SEVERAL DEFECTS. I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SCION. I PURCHASE THIS CAR FROM CARMAX BUT THEY TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT A TOYOTA CAR DEALERSHIP PLACE. THIS PLACE HAS BEEN GIVEN ME A RUN AROUND ABOUT FIXING MY CAR EVER SINCE JANUARY. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR ONE THING TO BE REPAIRED. AND THE TOLD ME THAT THE ELECTRICAL AIR BAG AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACE IN MY CAR AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET MY CAR REPAIRED AT THIS PLACE AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO HAVE THEM TO REPAIRED WHAT THEY SAID I NEEDED REPAIRED ON MY CAR. I HAVE NOT HEARD NO RESPONDS FROM THIS COMPANY IN REGARDS TO MY CAR. I HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT WORK. *TR

I PURCHASED MY SCION XB 2006 IN AUGUST OF 2006. LAST WEEK, WED. JULY 9, 2008, AN L SHAPED CRACK APPEARED ON MY FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT APPEARED OVERNIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE. I DISCOVERED IT IN THE MORNING. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE VERY TOP EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND GOES IN AN L SHAPE. THE NEXT MORNING (THUR, JULY 10) A SECOND L-SHAPED CRACK APPEARED IN MY WINDSHIELD IN THE SAME FASHION. THIS ONE IS ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE AND ALSO STARTS AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CRACK APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE. THE TWO CRACKS ARE NOW HEADING TOWARD EACH OTHER, AND I AM WORRIED THIS DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WILL CRACK. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND TALKING TO MECHANICS, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT IN THE SCION XB 2006 MODEL. MANY OWNERS HAVE REPORTED L-SHAPED CRACKS APPEARING OUT OF NOWHERE AND FILED COMPLAINTS. THE MECHANIC I SPOKE WITH SAID THAT HE HAS REPLACED MANY CRACKED WINDSHIELDS ON SCION XB'S. HE ATTRIBUTES WHAT HE TERMED THIS DESIGN DEFECT TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR SITS SO LOW AND THE STEEP GRADE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION.*TR

A CRACK APPEARED IN THE WINDSHIELD OF MY CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD PRIOR TO THIS CRACK APPEARING. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB AND PARKED THE CAR IN A PARKING LOT. UPON MY RETURN I FOUND A CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE, WENT IN ABOUT 2 INCHES, UP ABOUT 6 INCHES, AND THEN LEFT ABOUT 12 INCHES. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANY IMPACT OR ROCK CHIP TO INITIATE THE CRACK. *TR

2006 SCION XB, FOUND WINDSHIELD CRACKED AFTER LEAVING THE CAR PARKED. THE CRACK WAS NOT THERE IN THE MORNING BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, AN L SHAPED, 4" BY 10" CRACK STARTING FROM BEHIND REAR VIEW MIRROR APPEARED, THE CAR HAS 7700 MILES THIS IS A "WEEKEND CAR" AS IT IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE IN MOST OF THE TIME. SHOWED THE CRACK TO LOCAL SCION DEALER AND THEY CLAIM IT WAS DUE TO AN IMPACT FROM A PEBBLE. THEY USED A BALL POINT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A PIT. I AM PLANNING TO REPLACE THE GLASS SOON. *TR

NOTICED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD AFTER VEHICLE PARKED OVERNIGHT. CRACK IS "L" SHAPED BEGINNING AT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD EDGE APPROX. 12" FROM BOTTOM, EXTENDING APPROX. 3" HORIZONTALLY, THEN TURNING 90 DEGREES TOWARD BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD AND EXTENDING APPROX. 9". CRACK IS NOT FROM DEBRIS AND NO PITS CAN BE FELT ANYWHERE ALONG THE CRACK. VEHICLE IS IN WARRANTY BUT DEALER STATES THAT SINCE NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE WINDSHIELD. AS OF 6/16/08 THE WINDSHIELD HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, A CRACK BEGAN IN THE WINDSHIELD COMING UP FROM THE ABOUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD (ABOUT 8" FROM THE MIDDLE, CLOSER TO THE DRIVER). AFTER CLIMBING A ABOUT 9" IT MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN AND CONTINUED ON (MAKING ABOUT AN 18" CRACK W/IN AN HOUR). THERE WAS NO CHIP NEAR THAT AREA. THERE HAD BEEN A CHIP ON THE FAR PASSENGER SIDE THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. SINCE THEN THE WINDSHIELD HAS GOTTEN 4 OTHER ROCK CHIPS (INCLUDING ON THAT CAUSED A CRACK EXTENDING EXACTLY OPPOSITE OF THE 1ST CRACK -- COMING FROM THE TOP-PASSENGER SIDE OF CENTER, TOWARD THE DRIVER). THIS CAR HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE FOR ABOUT 2000 MILES (IT HAS A TOTAL OF 20000 MILES). IT HAS NOT DRIVEN ON ANY ABNORMAL OR INDUSTRIAL ROADS (ALL CHIPS/CRACKS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON AN URBAN INTERSTATE AT SEPARATE TIMES). I WOULD ALSO LIKE AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW MANY CHIPS/CRACKS CAN OCCUR BEFORE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AS I WILL NOT REPLACE MY WINDSHIELD WITH EVERY OIL CHANGE (ONLY WHEN THE STATE FORCES ME TO DUE TO THE FREQUENT NATURE OF THESE INCIDENTS). *TR