2006 SCION XB Complaints

SCION XB WINDSHIELD DAMAGED REPEATEDLY. FIRST CRACK FROM THE TOP AND DOWN MOST OF THE DRIVER SIDE, L-SHAPED TOWARDS THE DRIVER-SIDE FRAME. NO APPARENT CAUSE, EXCEPT POSSIBLY EXTREME HEAT. REPLACED. SINCE THEN, HAVE HAD TWO NEW CRACKS STARTING FROM THE TOP, DOWN AND MULTIPLE (AT LEAST 5 SEPARATELY OCCURRING) ROCK IMPACTS. COMMUTE THE SAME ROUTE AS HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS, WITH NO SIMILAR DAMAGE/FREQUENCY TO PREVIOUS VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT. IN THE MORNING I NOTICED A CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD, BEGINNING AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE GLASS MEETS THE FRAME, IN FRONT OF THE APPROXIMATE MIDPOINT OF THE PASSENGER SEAT, EXTENDING VERTICALLY UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 8 - 10 INCHES, THEN TRAVELING HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE, ENDING NEAR THE ODOMETER. THE CRACK WAS DEFINITELY NOT THERE WHEN I PARKED THE CAR THE NIGHT BEFORE. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO L SHAPED CRACKS THAT DEVELOPED FROM THE SIDE PILLARS. I AM SURE IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF BEING HIT BY A ROCK. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I COULD HEAR THE CRACKING SOUND WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR(11-05-07). THE 2ND TIME, THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE & NOT DRIVEN THAT DAY. THE DAY BEFORE, IT HAD ONLY BEEN WASHED & PUT BACK IN THE GARAGE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 SCION XB IN MARCH OF 2006. I DID NOT DRIVE IT MUCH AS A STUDENT BUT NOW THAT I'VE GRADUATED I SEE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE DESIGN. I HAD ONE PEBBLE HIT THE TOP PART OF MY WINDSHIELD IN DEC 2007 AND IT CAUSED A VERTICAL VEIN DOWN THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY WINDOW. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE WINDOW AND NOW, TWO MONTHS AFTER, MY WINDSHIELD HAS AGAIN VEINED AS A RESULT OF A PEBBLE HITTING THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED ON A DAILY COMMUTE ON THE HIGHWAY. SINCE I ACTUALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS OF WINDSHIELD I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THIS IS NOT A WINDSHIELD PROBLEM, BUT RATHER A DESIGN DEFECT. THE SHAPE OF THE VEHICLE LEAVES THE WINDSHIELDS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRACKS MORE THAN OTHER VEHICLES. FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ECONOMICAL I FEEL THAT PAYING OVER 300 DOLLARS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND TOYOTA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD WARRANTY CLAIM DENIED BY SCION. NO PLAUSIBLE REASON GIVEN BY TOYOTA WARRANTY INSPECTOR AS TO THE REASON FOR CRACK. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB HAS INEXPLICABLY CRACKED IN A LARGE L SHAPE ORIGINATING FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE FRAME. THE CAR WAS GARAGED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN ONE WEEK. THERE WAS NO RECENT IMPACT FROM ANY ROCK, PEBBLE OR STONE. *TR

LAST WEEK I FOUND A FOOT LONG CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB WHEN I WENT OUT TO MY CAR AFTER WORK. IN RESEARCHING REPLACEMENT OPTIONS I FOUND MULTIPLE POSTS ON ON-LINE FORUMS INDICATING THAT THE CRACK MAY BE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE CRACK BEGINS NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND CURVES TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 16-18 INCHES. *TR

IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS I HAVE DEVELOPED THREE UNRELATED CRACKS IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST ONE I HAD REPAIRED. THE SECOND, A MUCH LARGER CRACK, DEVELOPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD TWO MONTHS LATER. I THEN HAD THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. AFTER ABOUT ONE MONTH WITH THE NEW WINDSHIELD A NEW LARGE CRACK HAS DEVELOPED. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 SCION XB NEW. SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY ONE MORNING I GOT IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR. MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. I HAD NOT STARTED THE CAR YET, JUST CLOSED THE DOOR, AND NOT HARD. MY CAR WAS PARKED ON A SLOPE, PERHAPS 6 DEGREES. THE CRACK WAS ON THE LOWER DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER ABOUT 5 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM AND ONLY A FEW INCHES LONG. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IT GREW AND TURNED DOWN CONNECTING WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE. NOW THE SAME WINDSHIELD HAS SPROUTED ANOTHER CRACK. I JUST RETURNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP, KEARNY MESA TOYOTA (92111) WHERE THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, THAT THE GLASS WAS IMPACTED BY ROCKS. THE MANAGER CAME OUT WITH HIS BALLPOINT PEN AND TRACED THE CRACK. WHEN HE FOUND NO IMPACT CRATER HE MADE A CHIP BY RUNNING HIS PEN CROSSWISE TO THE CRACK, WHICH MADE A SMALL STAR CHIP THAT LOOKS LIKE A IMPACT MARK. HE TOLD ME THIS IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME 700 TO 900 TO FIX MY CAR. I AM STILL DRIVING WITH A BROKEN WINDSHIELD. *TR

WINDSHIELD BREAKS FOR NO REASON, SEEMS THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRAME AREA THAT CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD TO BREAK WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGES. *TR