2008 SCION XD Complaints

HEARD CLUNKING NOISE FROM FRONT RIGHT OF CAR WHILE ACCELERATING/DECELERATING, WHEN BRAKING AND WHILE DRIVING OVER UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THERE THEY FOUND #2 SUB-FRAME BOLT HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND THE HEAD HAD FALLEN OUT ONTO MY GARAGE FLOOR. LOOKS AS IF #2 SUB-FRAME BOLT TAKES ON A LOT OF WATER CONDENSATION DRIPPING FROM THE A/C UNIT. WILL REPLACE ALL SIX SUB-FRAME BOLTS ONCE THE BACK ORDERED PARTS COME IN, AFTER DRILLING OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE #2 SUB-FRAME BOLT. #2 SUB-FRAME BOLT LOOKS TO HOLD TOGETHER THE RIGHT LOWER SUSPENSION ARM TO THE BODY/SUB-FRAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SCION XD. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING A TURN WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE BRAKES FAILED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,190 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,195. UPDATED 10/11/11 *BF UPDATED 3/28/12 *CN

MY 2008 SCION XD STARTED HAVING INTERMITTENT "MUSHY" BRAKES AND SEVERAL TIMES THE SLOW STOP LEFT ME TOO FAR INTO AN INTERSECTION OR TOO CLOSE TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE DASH BOARD LIT UP WITH WARNING LIGHTS ABOUT THE BRAKES, ABS, AND ELECTRONIC STABILIZATION CONTROL. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND BEFORE ANY DIAGNOSTICS WERE DONE, I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A CORRODED SENSOR ON THE REAR DRIVER'S-SIDE DOOR. AFTER RECEIVING A QUOTE FOR $787 FOR THE REPAIRS, I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS DESIGNED SO THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN ON THAT WHEEL. OF COURSE, THERE ARE THREE MORE WHEELS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME FAILURE. THE POSSIBILITY OF BRAKES BECOMING SUDDENLY "MUSHY" AND SLOW TO RESPOND IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MY CAR HAD 34K MILES WHEN THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. *TR

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SCION XD WITH <40K MILES. THE BRAKE SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR, THE SPEED SENSOR AND PARKING BRAKES, FAILED DURING A SNOW A WEEK AGO. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO SLIDE WITHOUT ABS AND WITH A FUNNY BRAKE ALL THE WAY HOME. TOYOTA OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THIS SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT ON THEIR SCION XD AND YARIS (PLATFORM MATES) SINCE A TSB WAS ISSUED FOR YARIS (T-SB-0120-08, JUNE 27, 2008) AND THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY GUESSED "FAILED REAR PASSENGER-SIDE WHEEL SENSOR" WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT AGREED TO PAY $750 OUR OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR, YET THE PART WAS BACK-ORDERED FOR MORE THAN A MONTH DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER VEHICLES SUFFERING FROM THE SAME DEFECT. NHTSA, LOOK AT THE RECENT SURGE IN ABS RELATED COMPLAINTS ON THE SCION XD AND THE YARIS. TOYOTA OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THAT THIS IS A DESIGN/MANUFACTORING DEFECT YET NO RECALL HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THE OWNERS ARE FORCED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS WHILE WAITING INDEFINITELY FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART. EVEN WORSE, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SENSOR IS LIKELY TO BE DEFECTIVE, YET TOYOTA WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN IF A RECALL IS ISSUED. IT'S LIKE SITTING ON A BOMB THAT'S WAITING TO EXPLODE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SCION XD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN THE CONTACT HAD ENGAGED THE BRAKES EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD RECUR WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT A SENSOR WITHIN THE REAR WHEEL HUBS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. UPDATED 4/11/2011 *CN UPDATED 04/22/11

THE BRAKES , NOT SURE IF THEY ARE THE REGULAR BRAKES OR E-BRAKES , ON MY '08 SCION XD, GET STUCK , LOCKED, FROZEN WHEN TEMP'S DIP BELOW ABOUT 23 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT. I LIVE IN CHICAGO SO THIS IS A VERY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM IN WINTER. BACK OF CAR , BRAKES GET STUCK AND WILL PULL THE REST OF CAR. MY CAR AFTER , SUCCESSFULLY FREEING THEM ONE COLD MORNING, GOING TO A SHOP TO GET THEM INSPECTED RESTUCK IN A BUSY INTERSECTION A MILE FROM MY HOME , MAKING MY CAR STALL OUT IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION MAKING FOR VERY NERVOUS MOMENT, ONCE RESTARTED, CAR BARELY WENT BACKWARD WHERE I COULD GO GET THEM UNSTUCK AGAIN. FOUND A WEB FORUM FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM TONIGHT, WHERE I FOUND I'M FAR FROM ALONE, IT'S A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. MY CAR WILL NOT EVEN GET OUT OF PARKED LOCATION TONIGHT. HERE IS THE LINK ...., HTTP://WWW.SCIONLIFE.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=196896 I BROUGHT MY CAR TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO GET RECALL WORK OF THE PCV AFFECTING BRAKES WORK DONE, AT TIME , DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OTHER PROBLEM AND COULDN'T RECREATE T , BUT WHEN I GOT LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AFTER THAT SERVICE WORK, THEY DID MENTION NEW CABLING WOULD BE NEEDED TO FIX THE STUCK BRAKES IN COLD MORNING PROBLEM, SO TO ME, THAT SAYS THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT WILL FIX IT! FINDING THE FORUM TONIGHT MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHY THEY KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM, AND MENTION IT TO ME AT END OF SERVICE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALLED DEFECT, IT'S VERY SERIOUS, IT'S MANUFACTURE DEFECT, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND TOYOTA IS CHARGING AN ARM AND LEG FOR THE FIX , > 600 DOLLARS WAS THEIR QUOTE ...... PLEASE HELP, THIS IS ANOTHER TOYOTA BRAKE PROBLEM , IT JUST HASN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY SINGLED OUT FOR SOME REASON AND THEY ARE PLAYING DUMB TO IT UP FRONT BUT QUIETLY KNOW OF IT AND THE FIX, PLEASE HELP US OUT , AGAIN, THANKS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SCION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT THE ABS SENSOR FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED EVERY OTHER WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON. THE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPLACE THE SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ABS SENSOR FAILED THEY INSIST THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 49,669.

WHEN THE REAR DRIVER-SIDE SEAT IS FOLDED DOWN, THE SEAT BELT RECEPTACLE FOR THE CENTER SEAT BELT IS DRAWN UNDER THE SEAT AND REQUIRES QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT TO FISH OUT. THIS HAPPENED EVEN WHEN MY WIFE WAS HOLDING THE SEAT BELT RECEPTACLE AND TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM BEING SUCKED UNDER THE SEAT. THIS RECEPTACLE EVENTUALLY SHATTERED AND JAMMED THE SEAT TO WHERE IT WOULD NOT MOVE BACK AND FORTH. TOYOTA REPAIRED IT IN DECEMBER 2010, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE TOYOTA SERVICE ADVISOR AND TECHNICIAN SAID THAT IT WAS REPAIRED CORRECTLY AND THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER THAT COULD BE DONE. SAFETY-RELATED ITEM SUCH AS THE SEAT BELT RECEPTACLE SHOULD NOT BECOME UNUSABLE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF OPERATING THE CAR SEAT AS DESCRIBED ON PP. 29-30 OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR THE 2008 SCION XD. *LN

APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO, I HAD EXITED FROM THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO AN INTERSECTION. AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO DRIVE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THE CAR STALLED. I TURNED THE IGNITION TO THE "OFF" POSITION AND PUT THE CAR IN "PARK" INORDER TO ATTEMPT TO RE-START THE CAR. THE CAR CONTINUED TO CRANK EVEN WHEN I TOOK MY HAND OFF OF THE IGNITION. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO TOYOTA TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. INVOICE INDICATED THAT BATTERY WAS CHANGED AND THAT TECH PERFORMED ECM CALIBRATION AND FUEL INJECTOR SERVICE. ONE MONTH LATER, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND MY ACCELERATOR WENT OUT AGAIN. THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE FREEWAY UNABLE TO ACCELERATE UNTIL I MANAGED TO STEER THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND PULLED OVER. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR. AGAIN, (LIKE IN THE FIRST INCIDENT) THE CAR CONTINUED TO CRANK WITHOUT STARTING. I AGAIN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO TOYOTA FOR CAR SERVICE. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE SERVICE TECH DID TELL ME TODAY THAT HE BELIEVES THE PROBLEM MAY BE WITH THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR, BUT NOT SURE. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY AS THIS CAR HAS STALLED (WITHOUT WARNING) ON ME TWICE WHILE ON THE ROAD, ONCE IN AN INTERSECTION AND ONCE ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH PUTS MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND OTHERS AT HIGH RISK FOR A COLLISION. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT IN OUR 2008 SCION XD WAS COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, ANDERSON TOYOTA & SCION IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS THE REAR HUB SPEED SENSOR ASSEMBLY: $605.00 TO REPLACE!!! WE HAD KURT'S AUTOMOTIVE IN ROCKFORD TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT IT, THEY COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT SHOWED JUSTIFICATION OF THAT BEING THE PROBLEM. SO IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND IT HAS NOT COME ON AGAIN FOR OVER A MONTH, WHEN IT DID COME ON OUR BRAKES WERE SPONGY AT TIMES TOO, LIKE THE OTHER COMPLAINT STATED & NOT AS RESPONSIVE. WE HAVE HAD THE RECALL (PCV TO BRAKE LINE CONDENSATION FIX) DONE BY ANDERSON AND THE ANTI-LOCK LIGHT WAS STILL COMING ON AFTER THAT TOO. BUT IT SEEMS WHEN IT STARTED GETTING WARMER OUT THE ANTI-LOCK LIGHT STOPPED AND BRAKES WERE FINE. JUST LAST WEEK, MAY 7 2010 WE TOOK IT IN TO ANDERSON'S FOR THE SERVICE BULLETIN SB-0032-09 INTERMITTENT HARD STARTING OR EXTENDED STARTING WHICH JUST STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO. THIS FIX(???) IS COVERED UNDER TOYOTA FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARR. 80K MILE OR 96MO., WHICH THE FIRST TIME I SOMEONE TOLD ME IT WOULD COST US $55 TO DIAGNOSE IT!!?? SECOND TIME I CALLED I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT ANDERSON, HE SAID BRING IT IN, IT'S UNDER WARRANTY. ANDERSON UPDATED THE ECM/PCM MODULES, CLEANED CARBON BUILDUP OUT OF COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, ADDED FUEL CLEANER. AND THE VERY NEXT DAY AS MY WIFE LEFT FROM A TRIP 120 MILES AWAY TO HEAD BACK HOME IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN!!!! HARD, EXTENDED STARTUP OF ENGINE! NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS WHEN THIS HAPPENS & THERE HAVE BEEN NO ERROR CODES IN COMPUTER. ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE CENTER TOLD ME THEY CAN RESET THEMSELVES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. OF COURSE THIS CAR JUST WENT OUT OF WARRANTY 43,000 CURRENT MILES, ON A (3YRS/36K WARR.)!!! MY WIFE WORKS NEAR CHICAGO SO IT MAKES FOR AN EVEN TOUGHER COMMUTE WONDERING EVERYDAY IF IT WILL START, THEN WILL SHE GET STUCK AT WORK! TOYOTA, SEEMS YOUR QUALITY HAS GONE SQUAT!! *TR