2012 SCION XB Complaints

LOSS OF VACUUM PRESSURE TO POWER BRAKE BOOSTER UNDER DECELERATION AT 10MPH AND UNDER. MY VEHICLE IS A 2012 SCION XB AUTOMATIC. THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF VACUUM PRESSURE TO THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER DURING DECELERATION AROUND 10MPH WHICH CAUSE THE BRAKES TO BECOME LESS RESPONSIVE THE MOMENT THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS, REQUIRING ME TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL A LITTLE HARDER TO CONTINUE STOPPING THE VEHICLE AT THE RATE I DEEM AS "SAFE". ISSUE IS WORSENED WHEN THE A/C IS RUNNING. THIS HAPPENS 1-20 TIMES W/O A/C AND 20-20 TIMES WITH THE A/C TURNED ON. THIS ISSUE IS DANGEROUS AND CAUSES ME TO NEARLY REAR-END VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME IF I AM NO PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO MY VEHICLE SPEED. *TR

I WAS T-BONED ON MARCH 6TH, 2013 ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I WAS IN A SCION XB AND THE PERSON WHO HIT ME WAS IN A CHEVY SILVERADO. THE IMPACT WAS ESTIMATED AT 45 MPH AND THE DOOR WAS JAMMED SHUT. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CURTAIN AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE WHICH WOULD HAVE LESSENED THE IMPACT. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER (MYSELF) SUSTAINED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, BROKEN RIB, AND PUNCTURED LUNG AMONG VARIOUS BRUISING AND PASSED OUT FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME. AFTER SEVERAL CALLS TO SCION AND A VISIT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED WE DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE CAR MANUFACTURER UNTIL A MONTH LATER. THE INSPECTORS AT TOYOTA CALLED TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CAR WAS LOCATED AND IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO INSPECT IT. BECAUSE THE JAWS OF LIFE WERE USED TO PRY THE DOOR OPEN, IT SPLIT THE DOOR ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE SENSOR FOR THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I'M SURE THE INSPECTOR WILL SEE THE SAME THING. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK CONCERNING THIS INVESTIGATION. I HAVE PICTURES SHOWING THE CAR AFTER IT WAS HIT AND NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED BASED ON THE SCHEMATIC FOUND IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND WHERE THE CAR WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK. *TR