2010 SCION XB Complaints

"TAKATA RECALL" I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL WHICH STATES THE PROPELLANT IN THESE FAULTY AIRBAG INFLATORS MAY DEGRADE AFTER PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH HUMIDITY AND FLUCTUATING HIGH TEMPERATURES. IF AIRBAGS DO DEPLOY IT CAN RESULT IN INJURY OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS OR DEATH. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH AN OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, UNTIL AIRBAGS ARE REPLACED. WE LIVE IN CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE HIGH HEAT WITH SEVERE SUMMER TEMPS, HUMIDITY, AND FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURES. WE ARE A FAMILY OF FOUR AND OFTEN HAVE A FIFTH PASSENGER. I CALLED TOYOTA OF THE DESERT IN CATHEDRAL CITY AND SPOKE WITH JANIE. JANIE STATED THE AIRBAG PARTS WERE NOT IN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE IN. SHE INSTRUCTED ME TO CALL BACK IN TWO WEEKS. I ASKED IF A RENTAL VEHICLE WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE MEAN TIME, SHE STATED TOYOTA DOES NOT COVER A RENTAL, ALL CUSTOMERS HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. I FEEL THAT TOYOTA OF THE DESERT HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM IN A REASONABLE TIME, AND HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE ITS CUSTOMERS WITH A RENTAL VEHICLE DUE TO THE DELAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED AIR BAG FRAGMENTS INJURIES AND BURN INJURIES FROM THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V689000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,019.

"TAKATA RECALL". ONLINE NOTICE ADVISES PASSENGER AIRBAG IS UNSAFE AND CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. AFTER TRYING TO CONTACT SCION UNSUCCESFULLY, CALLED GOSCH SCION IN HEMET, CALIFORNIA WHO CONFIRMED THE INFLATOR WAS INDEED DEADLY. I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND REPLY WAS "THAT'S UP TO YOU". AFTER A FEW MORE WORDS WERE EXCHANGED TO THE EFFECT THIS $25,000 CAR WAS A POS, THE GOSCH REPLIED I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY IF IT WAS MINE. SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARTS TO FIX AND I WOULD BE CONTACTED. BOTTOM LINE. I NOW HAVE A CAR THAT IS A DEATHTRAP AND AM UPSET NOBODY IN AUTHORITY PREVENTED SUCH A WORLDWIDE DEBACLE FROM TAKING PLACE UNTIL SEVERAL INNOCENTS DIED . MY CAR IS NOW BEING GARAGED INDEFINITELY.

WHILE DRIVING IN 1-2 INCHES OF SLUSH AND SNOW MY TIRES BEGAN TO SLIP AND THE MY VEHICLE REGAINED CONTROL. IT HAPPENED AS I WAS TURNING INTO A CULDESAC. THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE AND THE NORMAL STABILITY VSC LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND ALERT ME HOWEVER THIS TIME THE ABS, BRAKES, VSC, AND NO STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I HAVE RESET THE DISPLAY, LET THE VEHICLE SET OVER NIGHT, DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND THE LIGHTS REMAIN ON. MY BRAKES LOCK UP AND THE TIRES SPIN OUT ON A WHIM. THE COST TO FIX IT IS ABOUT $900 BUT THE MECHANIC SAYS IT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CONNECTION AT THE HUB IS FINE.

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION - AT VERY LOW SPEED, WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, ENGINE REVVED AND CAR SURGED. THIS HAS NOW OCCURRED THREE TIMES. *TR

FUEL TANK WILL NOT FILL BEYOND HALF WHILE GAUGE READS FULL AND COULD STRAND ME ON VACANT HI-WAYS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ABS AND ECM NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,928...UPDATED 08/11/14 *BF UPDATED 08/20/2014 *JS

WHILE PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY MY ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD INTO A BRICK PLANTAR BOX, I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES AND EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE, ALTHOUGH THE GAS PEDAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN SENSITIVE THE SURGE OF ACCELERATION HAS NOT BEEN THIS EXCESSIVE UNTIL NOW. TOYOTA STATES THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CLAIMS ON THIS VEHICLE... *TR

2010 TOYOTA SCION XB. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, UNTIL THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED YET, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY INDEPENDENTLY, CRASHING INTO A TREE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE WERE DAMAGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS NOT RECALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000.