SCION Complaints

2006 SCION XB DRIVER DOOR OFTEN WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM THE INSIDE. DRIVER MUST CLIMB OUT THROUGH WINDOW OR PASSENGER DOOR. NOT REPAIRED YET.*TR

MY SCION XB DEVELOPED AN L-SHAPED CRACK IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PASSENGER SIDE (BELOW THE WIPERS), GOING UP AND TO THE LEFT TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE. THE CRACK IS ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG AND IT SUDDENLY APPEARED WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE ONE MORNING. *TR

1. STARTED THE CAR AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. THE CAR NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, NEVER HAD ANY DAMAGE AND WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED. STILL UNDER 60,000 MILES AND IS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR 2. IT WOULD FLASH NON STOP WHEN THE CAR WAS OPERATING 3. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE WIRE UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT BECAME LOOSE. I WAS TOLD THAT A WATER BOTTLE UNDER THE SEAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE WIRE TO DISCONNECT, BUT BEFORE I CHECKED THE CAR IN THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE SEAT. APPARENTLY MOVING THE SEAT BACK AND FORTH CAN CAUSE THE WIRE TO DISCONNECT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN BOTH CASES. I FEEL THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS. THE DEALER RECONNECTED THE WIRE AND RESET THE SYSTEM

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION. IMMEDIATELY, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS), VISIBILITY STABILE CONTROL (VSC) AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURES WERE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPEED SENSOR AND WIRE HARNESS CORROSION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE PASSENGER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2007 TOYOTA SCION WERE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 25MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN IN ANY PREVIOUS ACCICENT. THE PASSENGER WAS ABOVE 120LBS AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE THIS RECORD.

PARKING BRAKES FROZEN DURING DRIVE. IT HAPPEN ONLY IN WINTER TIME. FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN WHEN ODO METER AT 9,000 MILE THEN 18,000 AND NOW AT 40,000+ MILES. I CHECKED WITH LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND ENDUP IN REPLACING ROTOR + BRAKEPADS. BUT NOW I FEEL NOW IT GETTING WORSE AND REPAIR SHOP INSIST THAT I SHOULD CONTACT DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT IS NOT NORMAL TO REPLACE ROTOR AND BRAKEPADS TWICE WITH 40,000 MILES OF DRIVING. WINDOWS ALSO FROZE DURING THE COLD WEATHER. *TR

THE HANDLE FOR THE BACK HATCH ON MY 2006 SCION XB HAS BROKEN. IT IS STILL CONNECTED BY THE WIRES. THE HANDLE IS VERY FLIMSY AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO GRAB ONTO WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE HATCH. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT INTO THE DEALER YET, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL BE TO FIX. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED, AND BLEW OUTWARD. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TOTAL REPAIR COST WAS $815.00 WHICH CONSISTS OF APPLYING A SUNROOF GLASS SEALANT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB HAS DEVELOPED A LARGE CRACK AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN NEITHER INSTANCE DO I RECALL ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. *TR THE CURRENT CRACK DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THIS FREQUENCY OF WINDSHIELD CRACKING IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. I THINK THE WINDSHIELDS (OR PERHAPS THE WINDSHIELD MOUNTS) MUST BE DEFECTIVE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN MY 2007 SCION TC AND THE CAR POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND BEGAN TO REV-UP. I THEN TRIED TO PUT IT BACK INTO GEAR AND IT WAS VERY LOOSE AND WOULD NOT GO. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE TOP OF THE SHIFTER BASE BROKE OFF AND MUST BE A DEFECT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND MUST BE INVESTIGATED. *TR