SCION Complaints

SEVERAL LIGHTS TURN ON CONSOLE DUE TO TECHNICAL RECALL. DEALERSHIP DID NOT FIX ISSUE DUE TO LIGHTS NOT BEING ON. I'VE TAKEN TO 2 OTHER MECHANICS WHO SAID TAKE CAR TO DEALERSHIP. CAR WAS CLOSE ON (AND NOW OUT OF ) WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AS I LOOKED ON MANY SITES IN REGARDS TO 2005 SCION XB'S AND FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. THE LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AFTER IGNITION IS RESTARTED NUMEROUS TIMES, THEREFORE REMOVING THE DATA FROM THE COMPUTER. TRAC CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, YOU CAN FEEL THE CAR SHUTTER AND TRYING TO CATCH. *TR

HAVE A 2008 SCION TC, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 AND CLUTCH BURNT UP IN GEAR. ONLY HAVE 23000 MILES. DEALER DENIED THE WARRANTY. ONLINE MANY COMPLAINTS. *TR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENT. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. 2006 SCION XA. DRIVING BACK FROM N.M. ON I-25. GOING APPROX. 65 MPH. WAS PASSING CAR ON RIGHT WHEN CAME TO A HILL. HAD TO ACCELERATE. SUDDENLY CAR ENGINE REVVED UP, MADE A LOUD NOISE AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATED. I COULDN'T SLOW IT DOWN BECAUSE THE BRAKES WOULDN'T WORK. I MANAGED TO GET AROUND THE CAR AND TRIED TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR SO THAT I COULD GET OFF ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND STOP THE CAR. SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SLOW THE CAR ENOUGH (I'M NOT SURE HOW BECAUSE THE BRAKES WOULDN'T WORK) TO GET OFF ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR AND TURNED IT OFF. TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, AND IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING. TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED FOR AWHILE. FINALLY TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, AND IT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. MANAGED TO GET TO MY DESTINATION SAFELY. HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO TOYOTA. NOT SURE THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING. *TR

CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT A SPEED OF 40-50 MPH. THE AIR BAGS ON THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A 2006 SCION TC ON THE HIGHWAY I SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE STEERING AND I ENDED UP LEAVING THE ROAD BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. AFTER I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. *TR

I WAS PARKED ON A CORNER AND HEARD A LOUD POP. I WAS SCARED AND AUTOMATICALLY THOUGHT SOMETHING FELL ON THE TOP OF MY CAR. I SAW GLASS FALLING IN THE CAR AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. I GOT OUT TO LOOK AT IT AND NOTHING WAS ON OR NEAR THE CAR SHOWING THAT SOMETHING FELL ON IT. THE WIND DEFLECTOR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING IT TO POP UP, WHILE THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED, AND BREAKING THE SIDE HINGES FOR THE SUNROOF, AND SHATTERING THE SUNROOF GLASS. BEING THAT I WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME, I DROVE TO MY RESIDENCE AND GLASS WAS FLYING IN AND OFF THE CAR FROM THE SUNROOF THROUGH THE VISOR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MY CAR BUT NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH SCION TC. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART, BUT FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY SCION TC OWNER WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED SCION ABOUT IT, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT IF IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF POCKET. I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP OR MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND PAY AN ESTIMATED $932.41. PROBLEM IS, INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER COMPANY MALFUNCTIONS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A COMPANIES RECURRING MECHANICAL ERRORS. THIS IS UNSAFE AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE MADE ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I COULD'VE BEEN HURT, SPLINTERS FROM THE GLASS COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN MY EYES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

CHARCOAL CANISTER/EVAP/FUEL FILLER TUBE PROBLEM. SAME AS WAS LISTED ON THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR SCION XAS AND THE LIKE. I HAVE A 2006 SCION XA. I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THEY WON'T EVEN COVER THIS UNDER THE WARRANTY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XA AND VERY RECENTLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT DIAGNOSED..."P2401 EVAPORATE LEAK DETECTION PUMP CONTROL CIRCUIT". THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AND SOME OTHER SMALL PARTS ARE RUINED DUE TO WATER LEAKAGE. I AM ONE OF MANY SCION OWNERS WHO NOW HAS TO PAY MAJOR PARTS AND LABOR CHARGES TO HAVE THIS FIXED. IT SHOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR, NOT JUST FOR THE FIRST 50,000! *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT ABOUT 50K MILES. DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND THE SENSORS INDICATED THAT THE CHARCOAL CANISTER ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE, ALONG WITH THE CHARCOAL FILTER. INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOR THIS REPAIR COASTED ME $557. MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEAS OLD!!! MOREOVER, FOR THE ASSEMBLY PART I WAS CHARGED $327 WHEREAS I FOUND THE PART ON-LINE FOR $230. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE DAY AND MY 06 SCION TC WIND DEFLECTOR GLASS SHATTERED INTO PIECES ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. I LATER CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A RECALL ON THE WIND DEFLECTOR FOR 06 SCION TC'S BUT IT DIDN'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. THEY WILL NOT PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE EVEN CONTACTED CORPORATE. RESEARCHING THIS, THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE. *TR