2006 SCION XB Complaints

THE BACK HATCH DOOR HANDLE LOOKS LIKE IT IS MELTED AND VERY STICKY. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ALSO WHEN I SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR SOMETIMES I FEEL A LIGHT GRINDING. IT SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN WHEN MY CAR IS COLD AND DOES NOT HAPPEN AFTER MY CAR IS WARMED UP. I HOPE IT NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A MECHANIC THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG, VERY STRANGE. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, I TRIED TO COME A STOP AND WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE THE CAR KEPT DRIVING AND I WRECKED IN TO A FENCE AND CRASHING INTO A TREE. *TR

WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE LOCKS WOULD ONLY GO UP ABOUT HALF WAYS THEN LOCK AGAIN. I DID SOME ONLINE SEARCHING AND SEE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT. MY CONCERN IS IF IN A CAR ACCIDENT YOU CAN NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS AND YOU CAN BECOME TRAPPED IN YOUR VEHICLE. YOU CAN NOT EVEN UNLOCK THE DOORS MANUALLY. *TR

WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE, GOT IN CAR, STARTED ENGINE, PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THEN PUT THE GEAR SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND PROCEEDED TO PULL OUT OF GARAGE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER THE CAR JUST TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN TOO FAST, WHILE MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR ACCELERATED TOO QUICKLY AND I NEARLY CRASHED INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE DOOR. *TR

T-BONE ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS HIT AT DRIVER'S FRONT WHEEL AND ROLLED. FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED. AT FAULT DRIVER STATED GOING 55 MPH, THROUGH STOPS SIGNS, HITTING ME. I WAS DOING 55 AND SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES, SO I WAS DOING SOMEWHAT LESS THAN 55. I WAS PINNED IN THE XB AND HAD TO BE CUT OUT. I ENDED UP PINNED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL A FEW INCHES FROM MY FACE. AN ATTEMPT TO CUT STEERING WHEEL OFF TO GET ROOM TO GET ME OUT AND TO AVOID THE AIRBAG FROM FIRING OFF IN MY FACE, FAILED. THE "JAWS OF LIFE" WASN'T ABLE TO CUT THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN. I DO NOT KNOW THE REASON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR HATCH WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE BODY. THE CONTACT PLACED THE HATCH BACK INTO PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TWO TOP HINGES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY 2008 SCION XB LOST POWER STEERING AS I WAS DRIVING IT. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT ANY CREATING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL UNIT FAILED WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT FIBERS WERE DETERIORATED. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT SAFE TO USE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR LIFTEGATE WOULD NOT RELEASE AND OPEN MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE PLASTIC HANDLE GARNISH DETACHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I HAVE A TOYOTA 2006 SCION XB THAT I PURCHASED NEW AND AM EXTREMELY FOND OF IT. IN MARCH OF 2014, THE IGNITION SWITCH STARTED SUSPICIOUSLY LOOSENING UP, MOVING AROUND WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION AND PROGRESSED IN LOOSENING UP TO THE POINT WHERE THE IGNITION KEY WAS ABLE TO BE COMPLETELY PULLED OUT/REMOVED AFTER INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION TO TURN THE CAR ON AND RUN THE ENGINE. THE SHOCKINGLY DANGEROUS THING WAS THAT THE ENGINE COULD CONTINUE TO RUN AND COULD BE DRIVEN. IT WAS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO ENGINE BEING AT RISK OF SHUTTING OFF, LOSING THE ABILITY TO STEER OR ENGAGE THE BRAKES AND BEING OUT OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ONE IS DRIVING. I CONTACTED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND HAD MY SCION XB ASSESSED AND REPAIRED TO THE TUNE OF $463.00 AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP REPORTED NO RECALLS WERE ISSUED FOR THIS MALFUNCTION. I KNOW THAT GM HAD A BIG, INTENTIONALLY DELAYED RECALL, RELATED TO THIS IGNITION/IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTION OF SOME OF THEIR VEHICLES WHICH LED TO A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WITH SOME DEATHS RESULTING. THIS WAS REPORTEDLY DUE TO ACCIDENTS WHERE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN, THE IGNITION/IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS AND THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING. I WOULD LIKE TOYOTA AND OTHER SCION OWNERS TO KNOW THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED AND COULD BE POTENTIALLY LETHAL. *TR