SCION Complaints

THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO L SHAPED CRACKS THAT DEVELOPED FROM THE SIDE PILLARS. I AM SURE IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF BEING HIT BY A ROCK. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I COULD HEAR THE CRACKING SOUND WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR(11-05-07). THE 2ND TIME, THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE & NOT DRIVEN THAT DAY. THE DAY BEFORE, IT HAD ONLY BEEN WASHED & PUT BACK IN THE GARAGE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 SCION XB IN MARCH OF 2006. I DID NOT DRIVE IT MUCH AS A STUDENT BUT NOW THAT I'VE GRADUATED I SEE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE DESIGN. I HAD ONE PEBBLE HIT THE TOP PART OF MY WINDSHIELD IN DEC 2007 AND IT CAUSED A VERTICAL VEIN DOWN THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY WINDOW. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE WINDOW AND NOW, TWO MONTHS AFTER, MY WINDSHIELD HAS AGAIN VEINED AS A RESULT OF A PEBBLE HITTING THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED ON A DAILY COMMUTE ON THE HIGHWAY. SINCE I ACTUALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS OF WINDSHIELD I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THIS IS NOT A WINDSHIELD PROBLEM, BUT RATHER A DESIGN DEFECT. THE SHAPE OF THE VEHICLE LEAVES THE WINDSHIELDS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRACKS MORE THAN OTHER VEHICLES. FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ECONOMICAL I FEEL THAT PAYING OVER 300 DOLLARS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND TOYOTA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

SUN-ROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING ON TOLLWAY! THIS WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO DEBRIS THAT MAY HAVE HIT IT FROM THE ROAD. WENT FOR RECALL ON WIND-BREAKER, BUT THIS ISSUE HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE SUNROOF! THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND ANOTHER SOURCE FOR A LIABILITY FOR TOYOTA. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD WARRANTY CLAIM DENIED BY SCION. NO PLAUSIBLE REASON GIVEN BY TOYOTA WARRANTY INSPECTOR AS TO THE REASON FOR CRACK. *TR

OUR SCION XA WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT RESULTING TO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, BUT IN PARK WHEN IT WAS HIT IN THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKED VAN WHICH THEN DID SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE DRIVER'S HEAD BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND RESULTED IN DENTAL, FACIAL INJURIES. A CONCUSSION AND BACK INJURIES. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED EVEN WHEN BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE SEAT BELTED IN THE FRONT SEATS. A CALL TO SCION ON THE 14TH WAS NOT RETURNED UNTIL TODAY WHEN I MADE A FOLLOW UP CALL. I WAS TOLD THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING A CERTAIN SPEED. I THINK THAT IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB HAS INEXPLICABLY CRACKED IN A LARGE L SHAPE ORIGINATING FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE FRAME. THE CAR WAS GARAGED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN ONE WEEK. THERE WAS NO RECENT IMPACT FROM ANY ROCK, PEBBLE OR STONE. *TR

LAST WEEK I FOUND A FOOT LONG CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB WHEN I WENT OUT TO MY CAR AFTER WORK. IN RESEARCHING REPLACEMENT OPTIONS I FOUND MULTIPLE POSTS ON ON-LINE FORUMS INDICATING THAT THE CRACK MAY BE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE CRACK BEGINS NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND CURVES TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 16-18 INCHES. *TR

IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS I HAVE DEVELOPED THREE UNRELATED CRACKS IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST ONE I HAD REPAIRED. THE SECOND, A MUCH LARGER CRACK, DEVELOPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD TWO MONTHS LATER. I THEN HAD THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. AFTER ABOUT ONE MONTH WITH THE NEW WINDSHIELD A NEW LARGE CRACK HAS DEVELOPED. *TR

VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL; TRACTION CONTROL; CHECK ENGINE HAVE ALL LIT UP. THIS FIRST OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER 2007 THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY "FIXED IT" BY REPLACING SOMETHING WITH MY CAM SHAFT? THEY STATED IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF A RECALL. JANUARY 1, 2008 THE LIGHTS ALL REAPPEARED, I BROUGHT IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG AND THAT THE LIGHTS RESET THEMSELVES. NOW FEBRUARY 13, 2008 THE LIGHTS HAVE COME BACK ON AGAIN ACCOMPANIED BY A VERY LOUD SQUEALING COMING FROM MY STEERING. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 SCION XB NEW. SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY ONE MORNING I GOT IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR. MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. I HAD NOT STARTED THE CAR YET, JUST CLOSED THE DOOR, AND NOT HARD. MY CAR WAS PARKED ON A SLOPE, PERHAPS 6 DEGREES. THE CRACK WAS ON THE LOWER DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER ABOUT 5 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM AND ONLY A FEW INCHES LONG. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IT GREW AND TURNED DOWN CONNECTING WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE. NOW THE SAME WINDSHIELD HAS SPROUTED ANOTHER CRACK. I JUST RETURNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP, KEARNY MESA TOYOTA (92111) WHERE THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, THAT THE GLASS WAS IMPACTED BY ROCKS. THE MANAGER CAME OUT WITH HIS BALLPOINT PEN AND TRACED THE CRACK. WHEN HE FOUND NO IMPACT CRATER HE MADE A CHIP BY RUNNING HIS PEN CROSSWISE TO THE CRACK, WHICH MADE A SMALL STAR CHIP THAT LOOKS LIKE A IMPACT MARK. HE TOLD ME THIS IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME 700 TO 900 TO FIX MY CAR. I AM STILL DRIVING WITH A BROKEN WINDSHIELD. *TR