SCION Complaints

I OWN A 2006 SCION TC AND HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE RECALLS FOR OTHER TOYOTA MODELS. I HAVE HEARD A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIUS BRAKING ISSUE AND IT SOUNDS SIMILAR TO ISSUES WITH MY SCION. WHEN I HIT A BUMP WHILE BREAKING THERE IS A SKIPPING MOTION AND A SERIOUS LAG IN BREAKING. I HAVE BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE DEALER IN THE PAST AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. WHAT CAN I DO TO FORCE THE DEALER OR TOYOTA TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER? *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION TC. THIS CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THE PRIUS. WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS, RAILWAY TRACKS, PUDDLES OR WHEN IT IS RAINING THE BRAKES STOP FOR A SECOND. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME LIKE 4 TIMES .. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALER, I HAVE TALKED TO MY MECHANIC THEY ALL SAY THAT MY BRAKE IS FINE AND IT IS MORE THAN 90%. BUT I COULD SWEAR I HAVE NOTICED THIS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE FREEWAY. I TOLD MY MECHANIC MANY TIMES THAT THIS CAR HAS THAT PROBLEM AND HE ALWAYS SAYS TOYOTA IS A GOOD CAR , MAY BE IT IS IN YOUR HEAD. NOW I SEE THAT SO MANY ARE WITH ME . FINALLY SOMEONE IS BELIEVING ME. *TR

MY BRAKES FAIL TO WORK ON BUMPY OR SLIPPERY ROADS. WHEN I PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THEY START TO SHAKE AND THE CAR DOES NOT STOP. I HAVE NOTICED IF I PRESS THE BRAKE HARDER IN THOSE SITUATIONS I'M ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE CAR DEALER AND THEY TELL ME MY BRAKES ARE FINE THAT THEY ARE JUST WORN DOWN, BUT AFTER REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS THE PROBLEM STILL HAPPENED. THIS HASN'T CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME I HAVE HAD THE LUCK TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR . MY MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS ON FEBRUARY 3, 2010, THE ROAD WAS BUMPY AND WET AND I WAS DOING 25 MPH. AS I WENT TO PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP UNTIL I PRESSED HARDER DOWN ON THE BRAKE WHERE I GAINED CONTROL ONCE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 1 TO 2 TIMES A MONTH SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE AND EVERY TIME I TAKE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP ALL THEY TELL ME IS THAT MY BRAKES ARE WORN OUT. *TR

IN MY 2008 SCION TC (SCROLL DOWN OPTIONS WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SELECT THIS MODEL), I EXPERIENCE MOMENTARY FAILURE OF THE BRAKES. THIS OCCURS WHEN I DRIVE OVER A POT HOLE, RAILROAD TRACKS, ETC. & ATTEMPT TO BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. THE BRAKES DO NOT "CATCH" SO TO SPEAK, AND GIVES A FEELING THAT THEY ARE JUST "BOUNCING" AROUND, INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY SLOWING OR STOPPING THE CAR. THIS HAS OCCURED AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2008. IT MOST RECENTLY OCCURED LAST MONTH. *TR

2006 SCION XB --- WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SAME GAS PEDAL PROBLEM ON FOUR OR FIVE OCCASIONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE EITHER DID NOT SLOW WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND IN TWO INSTANCES THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WHILE GOING UPHILL APPROACHING SLOWING TRAFFIC. RE: TOYOTA RECALL NOT ON SCION MODELS?*TR

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT AROUND THIS ISSUE. MY 2006 SCION XB HAS A CRACKED WINDSHIELD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME! MY RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL AND I NOTE THAT THIS WILL BE THE 89TH COMPLAINT OF THIS TYPE ON THIS SITE. I HAVE TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES IN MY LIFE AND MY WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN HIT BY ROCKS ON MANY OCCASIONS. NOT ONCE HAVE THOSE STRIKES RESULTED IN A FATALLY CRACKED WINDSHIELD UNTIL MY SCION. A SMALL NICK WILL ALMOST INVARIABLY END UP IN MAJOR CRACK. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OF HOW THE WINDSHIELD IS SLOPED. I BELIEVE IT IS A CHEAP PIECE OF GLASS OR A DESIGN FLAW OF SOME KIND. AT $500 A WINDSHIELD IT IS BECOMING AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION TO OWN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED WITH HER FOOT ON BRAKE THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT STATING IT WAS A POWER SURGE WITHIN THE COMPUTER MECHANISM. THEY REPAIRED AND RESET IT. THE FAILURE HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE THE REPAIR WAS DONE . THEY ALSO CHECKED THE BRAKE AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8232 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31570.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV UP SO THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING. HE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER RE-STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE NO LONGER OCCURRED.THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT DID CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER; SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V017000. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,717. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE GEARS THE CLUTCH STUCK AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OVER UNTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSES STATED THE FAILURE WAS DRIVERS ERROR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH .THE ESTIMATED COST FOR REPAIR WAS $900.00. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A REPORT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED.

WAS DRIVING 2009 SCION TC ON HIGHWAY NO TRAFFIC AROUND AND GLASS ROOF IMPLODED INTO VEHICLE WITH SHARDS OF GLASS FALLING INTO VEHICLE, IT WAS LIKE PLATE GLASS BREAKING NOT LIKE SAFETY GLASS, NOTHING APPEARED TO STRIKE VEHICLE TO CAUSE THE BREAK. *TR