2008 SCION XB Complaints

SCION XB 2008. GREAT SO FAR 9000MI. NO DEFECTS. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. LIGHTS DO NOT SHUT OFF WHEN KEY IS TURNED OFF. VERY LOW WARNING BEEP TO REMIND. I CAN'T REMEMBER LAST VEHICLE I OWNED THAT DID NOT SHUT WITH KEY. *TR

TWO SEPARATE CRACKS ON WINDSHIELD 1ST ON OCCURRED AT 4000 MILES ON PASSENGER SIDE AND IS NOW 14 INCHES LONG. THE 2ND ONE IS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AT 17000 MILES AND IS 10 INCHES LONG. *TR

MY WINDSHIELD IN MY 2008 SCION XB CRACKED AT AN ANGLE STARTING AROUND THE MIRROR AND CURVING TO THE RIGHT. IT OCCURRED HOURS AFTER I HAD DRIVEN IT, FROM NO APPARENT REASON. THE GLASS APPEARS TO BE SUBSTANDARD OR SIMILAR TO THE HONDA ELEMENT, A DESIGN DEFECT. I HAD IT REPLACED ALREADY. *TR

WE HAD A 2008 SCION X B WE TOOK IT TO STEVENS AUTO MALL ON FARMINGTON AVE BRISTOL CT ON TO SEPARATE OCCASIONS COMPLAINING OF A BURNING SMELL I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A NEW CAR SMELL AND IT WOULD GO AWAY WITH MILEAGE. IT HAD 39 MILES WHEN WE BOUGHT ON 1-27-2008 AND ON 5-25-2008 IT CAUGHT FIRE AND ONLY HAD 5500 MILES ON IT. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET COPIES OF THE WORK ORDERS, THE FIRST THING THEY SAID WHEN THEY SAW ME WAS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH SCION AND I TOLD THEM IT WAS UP IN SMOKE AND TOTALED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

MY WINDSHIELD HAS A "L" SHAPED CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOP. I DON'T RECALL HITTING ANYTHING, SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED IT. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY QUOTED ME $500.00 JUST FOR THE WINDSHIELD PLUS LABOR TO INSTALL. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED L-SHAPED CRACK ON PASSENGER SIDE, STARTING AT TOP MOLDING. CAR WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR EVAL, AT FIRST THEY COULD FIND NO REASON FOR CRACK. SERVICE MANAGER THEN USED A PEN TO FIND A MINUTE IMPERFECTION IN THE CRACK LINE. HE CLAIMED IT WAS AN IMPACT, HOWEVER, IT WAS LESS THAN 2MM LONG BY 1 MM, NOT CIRCULAR IN SHAPE AND FOLLOWS EXACTLY THE LINE OF THE CRACK. IN MY OPINION HE BROKE OFF A TINY SHARD WHEN HE DID THE PEN TRICK. AFTER I MADE HIM LOOK AT IT AGAIN, AND A ROCK IMPACT ON ANOTHER ONE OF MY CARS (WITH NO CRACK), HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW SUCH A TINY CHIP COULD LOOK SO DIFFERENT AND CAUSE SUCH A CRACK. HE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY DEFECT OR KNOWLEDGE OF SCION PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELDS. IRONICALLY, I FOUND AN ENTRY FOR ANOTHER 2008 FROM THE SAME DEALERSHIP. I AM FOLLOWING INCREASED ESCALATION OF THE ISSUE, NEXT STEP IS AN INSPECTION BY THE FACTORY REP. AFTER THAT, I WILL CALL THE NATIONAL TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. IF I CAN GET NO ACTION, THEN I WILL CALL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON 2008 SCION XB....JUST WALKED OUT ONE MORNING AND THE CRACK WAS THERE. *TR

WALKED TO CAR TO DRIVE TO WORK AT 0730 HOURS. NOTICED "L" SHAPED CRACK IN WINDSHIELD BEGINNING AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD (PASSENGER SIDE) ABOUT 10" FROM THE A PILLAR. TRAVELS VERTICALLY TO 3" ABOVE PASSENGER WIPER BLADE. *TR CHANGES DIRECTION HORIZONTALLY ABOUT 10" MOVING TOWARD DRIVERS A PILLAR. OUTSIDE AIR TEMP 53 DEGREES.

CRACKED WINDSHIELD (AGAIN!) THIS IS MY SECOND XB AND I FIGURED THE FIRST CRACKED WINDSHIELD IN MY 2006 WAS A FLUKE, BUT NO! NOW I HAVE ONE IN MY BRAND NEW (2,100 MILES) 2008 XB! WHAT THE HECK?? IT HAS TO BE A DEFECT. *TR

ONE MORNING WHEN GETTING INTO MY (5 MO OLD) 2008 SCION XB I FOUND A 2-3 IN. CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED UNDER THE WEATHERSTRIPING AT THE A-PILLAR ABOUT 6-8 INCHES UP FROM THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THAT DAY THE CRACK EXTENDED UP TO APPROX. 12-14 IN. IN A U SHAPE. DUE TO CONFLICTS I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS. BY THAT TIME THE CRACK HAD EXTENDED ABOUT 4-5IN. MORE HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD AND A SECOND CRACK STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE U SHAPE EXTENDING DOWN TO THE HOOD (ABOUT 2-3 IN). VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE WINDSHIELD REVEALED NO OBVIOUS PITS OR IMPACT HITS. THE WEATHERSTRIPPING WHERE THE CRACK INITIATED ALSO APPEARS FREE OF DEFECTS OR DAMAGE. UPON QUICK REVIEW FROM THE DEALER THEY DECLARED THAT IT WAS CRACKED DUE TO SOME IMPACT (ROCK/PEBBLE/ETC...) AND REFUSED REPLACEMENT AS FACTORY DEFECT. *TR