SCION Complaints

BOUGHT 4 YOKOHAMA TIRES HAD 3 BLOW OUTS. HAD 31950 WHEN TIRES WERE PUT ON. DROVE 1500 MILES HAD FIRST BLOWOUT. REPLACED TIRE PAY OUT POCKET. HAD 2ND BLOW OUT IN DEC 2010 CAR HAD 51000 HAS 3RD BLOW OUT JAN 24 2011 CALLED YOKOHAMA TOLD THEM THEY SAID MY TIRES WERE ON RECALL SO WOULDN'T REPLACED. *TR

AT ABOUT 49K MILES, BRAKE LIGHT, VSC & ABS WARNING LIGHTS STARTING COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY AND REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING.. PER OWNER'S MANUAL TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD CAUSE WAS A DEFECTIVE SPEED SENSOR AND THAT FAILURE TO FIX COULD CAUSE ABS AND VSC SYSTEMS TO FAIL OR NOT PERFORM AS DESIGNED. DEALER COULD PROVIDE NO EXPLANATION FOR FAILURE AND COST OF REPAIR WAS OVER $1,000. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS CORRODED CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WARNING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS SHOULD NOT HAVE CORROSION ON IT SINCE THAT WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CORROSION WAS DUE TO SALT. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,900. UPDATED 3/1/11 *CN UPDATED 05/23/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SUNROOF SUDDENLY SHATTERED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SOMEONE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THROWN A ROCK AT THE WINDOW BECAUSE THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LATCH ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SNAPPED OFF AS THE CONTACT TRIED TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

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

MY 2006 SCION TC TRUNK LATCH WAS HARD TO OPEN. THEN ONE DAY THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY FELL OFF. IN CHECKING WITH NHTSA IT WAS REVEALED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE. HOW DO WE GET A RE-CALL?? *TR

2008 SCION TC HATCHBACK HANDLE/COVER HAS BROKEN TWICE. THIS OCCURRED WITH ONLY NORMAL USE AND IN RESEARCHING SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE SERIES. THE PART IS HELD ON WITH PLASTIC AND SLIM METAL PARTS THAT BREAK DURING THE COURSE OR NORMAL USE. IN ORDER TO OPEN THE HATCH YOU MUST PUSH THE HANDLE UNDERNEATH THE COVER AND PULL UP. THE DESIGN SEEMS TO BE SUCH THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT STURDY ENOUGH TO HANDLE THIS NORMAL USE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACT AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE SENSOR RECALIBRATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SCION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO DECREASE IN SPEED HER VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 47 MPH. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PLACING IT INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY HAVE NOT INFORMED HER OF THE DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9600. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.