SCION Complaints

WE HAVE A 2005 SCION XB WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED TWICE SO FAR DUE TO CRACKS CAUSED BY ROCKS. IN ADDITION WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE CHIPS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH SCION XB'S BUT EVEN THOUGH SCION IS NO HELP. IN ALL MY YEARS OF HAVING CARS I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM LIKE THIS AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO HAVE A WINDSHEILD REPLACED. THIS CAR SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE TO REPLACE A WINDSHIELD LIKE YOU REPLACE YOUR OIL !! I HAVE CONTACTED SCION WITH NO LUCK OR NO REMENDY. *NM

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH IN MY 06 SCION TC WHEN MY MOON ROOF EXPLODED. ALL WINDOWS (INCLUDING THE MOON ROOF) WERE CLOSED AT THE TIME. THE MOON ROOF COMPLETELY FAILED (FALLING GLASS DEBRIS) IN A HALF MOON SHAPE IN THE MIDDLE FRONT. THE WIND DEFLECTOR POPPED UP BUT WAS NOT DAMAGED. GLASS BLEW VIOLENTLY THROUGHOUT THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL SINCE TRAFFIC WAS BUSY TONIGHT. PAINT FINISH ON TRUNK AND REAR BUMPER WAS BLASTED BY THE DEBRIS. CAR IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT GATEWAY TOYOTA (TOMS RIVER, NJ).

MOONROOF HAS SHATTERED FOR SECOND TIME. DEALER/TOYOTA WOULD NOT REPLACE PER WARRANTY. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR RECALL APPROX. JUNE 2006. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS PRIOR AND GLASS WAS FINE BEFORE RECALL. MOONROOF HAS SHATTERED TWICE SINCE RECALL WITH NO NOTICEABLE IMPACT. RECALL FIX/MATERIAL IS UNSAFE AS SHATTERING GLASS MAY INJURE DRIVER AND OR PASSENGER. *JB

I HAVE A NEW 2006 SCION XB PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2006. FIRST CRACKED WINDSHIELD OCCURRED ON 11/09/06; AT 7AM , TEMPERATURE 65-68 DEGREES, I TURNED ON THE HEAT-LOW- TO GET FOG OFF THE WINDSHIELD, TOOK OUT THE THRASH AND CAME BACK TO THE CAR AND FOUND A NINE INCH CRACK FROM LEFT SIDE UNDER RUBBER BENDING TOWARD THE RIGHT INTO MY LINE OF SIGHT. NO OBJECTS HAVE HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND DEALER COULD FIND NO IMPACT POINT. TOYOTA REPLACED WINDSHIELD UNDER WARRANTY. TODAY, 12/20/06, I TURNED ON THE HEAT-SPECIFICALLY KEPT IT LOW-TO CLEAR FOG AGAIN (70 DEGREES OUTSIDE). DROVE 0.2 MILE AND NOTICED A NEW CRACK COMING FROM UNDER THE RUBBER AT THE TOP CENTER NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. NOTHING HAS HIT THIS SECOND WINDSHIELD. FOUND MANY INTERNET BLOGS ABOUT SCION XB WINDSHIELDS CRACKING WHILE THEY JUST SIT IN PEOPLES' GARAGE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW. I REQUEST A RECALL ON THIS FLIMSY WINDSHIELD. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I AM SURE ANOTHER WINDSHIELD WILL NOT FIX THE REAL PROBLEM--THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND GETTING THE REPAIR CAUSES ME TO LOSE WORK TIME. *NM

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION TOYOTA SCION TC HAS A VIOLENT COLD START JERKING AND BUCKING AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN IT IS STARTED UNTIL THE ENGINE IS WARM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED TO REPLACE SENSORS AND IT CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING. TOYOTA CLAIMS IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AS THERE ARE NO COMPUTER "FAULT CODES" DISPLAYED. OTHERS HAVE DRIVEN IT AND CLAIMED THAT IT IS NOT NORMAL, BUT TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT - "IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED." MANY DEALERS HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT, ALTHOUGH THEY AGREE THAT THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE IS NOT AS POPULAR AS THE AUTOMATIC AND FEW PEOPLE PURSUE THE PROBLEM. AUTOWEEK MAGAZINE WROTE ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN THE SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 ISSUE AND THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM SCION WAS THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BUCK AND JERK FOR THEM AS WELL. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 5:30 PM ON DEC 7. THE REAR MOON ROOF OF MY 2005 SCION TC SHATTERED WITH A LOUD "BANG"WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE GLASS SHATTERED UNIFORMLY THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE WINDOW. I STOPPED AND INSPECTED THE GLASS AND DID NOT FIND ANY NOTICEABLE IMPACT CHIPS OR POINTS. THE GLASS FELL IN TO THE PASSENGER AREA OVER THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL DAYS. (PHOTOS WERE TAKEN PRIOR FALLING) *NM

2006 SCION XB WINDSHIELD STRESS CRACKING. THERE WAS NO IMPACT. I HAVE HAD TWO REPLACED IN 4 MONTHS. THE DEALER HAS TAKEN CARE OF THIS SO FAR, BUT I WANTED TO ADVISE IN THAT IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THE DEALERS ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. ITS EITHER BAD GLASS, OR THE CRADLE THE GLASS SITS IN, IS NOT MATCHED TO THE GLASS PROFILE. BOTH CRACKS APPEARED WHILE SITTING. THERE WAS NO IMPACT. *NM

THE WINDSHIELD BROKE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 DUE TO STRESS FRACTURE ACCORDING TO TOYOTA. TOYOTA REPLACED WINDSHIELD AT NO COST TO ME. ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 THE WINDSHIELD BROKE AGAIN AND WAS REPLACED BY TOYOTA AT NO COST TO ME. AGAIN BREAKAGE WAS DUE TO A STRESS FRACTURE ACCORDING TO TOYOTA. *JB

PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN MARCH 2005. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP THREE (3) TIMES FOR THE MOON ROOF. THE MOON ROOF RATTLES HORRIBLY AND THE DEALERSHIP AS TAKEN THE GLASS OUT AND REPLACED IT SAYING "THAT TOYOTA HAS DONE ALL THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION". I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE ALSO HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP FIVE (5) TIMES FOR THE BACK HATCH. THE HATCH MAKES A HORRIBLE RATTLE WHEN JUST DRIVING ON REGULAR ROADS. THIS PROBLEM IS STILL UNFIXED. MY PAINT AS WITH THE NUMEROUS OTHER AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS IS CHIPPING AND BUBBLING UP. IT HORRIFIES ME TO READ ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. I CAN ONLY ANTICIPATE ON WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT. *NM

WENT TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE DOOR WHEN I HEARD A POPPING SOUND. TURNED TO SEE THE HATCHBACK GLASS CRACK AND SPIDER WITH A COLLAPSE IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDOW. TEMPERATURE WAS 57 DEGREES AT 7 PM. DEFROST, A/C AND HEATING WERE NOT BEING USED AT THE TIME. NO PROJECTILES OR BULLETS WERE FOUND INSIDE CAR. CRACK STARTED AT TOP LEFT CORNER, MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE TOP OF THE HATCH AND THEN CRACK DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF WINDOW. NO CRACKS OR CHIPS HAD BEEN NOTICEABLE TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. CAR WAS PURCHASED MID AUGUST AND HAS BEEN GARAGED SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE. HAVE FOUND SIMILAR INSTANCES ON WEBSITE FORUMS WITH OTHER TOYOTA MODELS AS WELL AS SCION TC. *JB