SCION Complaints

DUE TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION OF THE WINDSHIELD A SMALL ROCK CAN CAUSE STARS WHICH LEAD TO MULTIPLE LEADER CRACKS. DUE TO GRILL DESIGN AND POSITION OF A/C CONDENSER A SMALL ROCK CAN PUNCTURE CAUSING A LEAK AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT COSTS OF UP TO $1100 ON A 4 MONTH OLD CAR. TOYOTA NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT THEIR DESIGN HAS MAJOR FLAWS WITH POSITIONING. UNFORTUNATELY, ROCKS ARE EVERYWHERE AND IF YOU DRIVE ANY AT ALL ON THE FREEWAY YOU ARE SURELY GOING TO ENCOUNTER SOME. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND HIT A BUMP WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO THE CONTACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT AN AUTO BODY SHOP. NO LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. *AK

THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM EITHER THE REAR OR RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED RECENTLY AND IS A DISTRACTION. *NM

PURCHASED NEW 2006 SCION TC IN OCTOBER OF 05. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE NOTICED CHIPS, SCRATCHES AND PAINT GENERALLY COMING OFF THE CAR ALL OVER THE PLACE. I DRIVE ON PAVED STREETS AND IN A MODERATE CLIMATE AREA (SEATTLE). I FEEL CHEATED THAT A CAR LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD IS HAVING PAINT FAILURE ISSUES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. A LOUD BANG NOISE WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BRUISES AND CUTS AND PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO NOTIFIED THE CONTACT OF AN INTERNAL MEMO FROM THE MANUFACTURER WHICH ENTAILED A SUN ROOF DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TO CONFIRM THAT RECALL #05V483000 REGARDING VISIBILITY: SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY PERTAINED TO THE AFFECTED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE WERE TAKEN.

I CURRENTLY OWN THE 2006 SCION TC, IN WHICH THIS INCIDENT IS REGARDING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE06024. MY STATIONARY GLASS PANEL SECTION OF MY SCION TC'S MOONROOF HAS BEEN SHATTERED BY NO PHYSICAL CONTACT TO THE GLASS. AS I WAS OPENING THE TRUNK TO MY CAR, THE MOONROOF BEGAN TO CRACK, SPIDERING AND COMPLETELY SHATTERING THE GLASS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO TOYOTA AROUND 12 HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT, IN WHICH TOYOTA IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO YOU, CONSIDERING THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE SCION TC'S DESIGN. THE SCION TC THAT I OWN IS BARELY THREE MONTHS OLD WITH 3700 MILES TO IT, SO I AM HOPING THIS COMPLAINT WILL GET BACK TO TOYOTA AND REPAIR MY CAR. *NM

PAINT IS CHIPPING, WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THIS IS NORMAL WARE. I LOOK AT OTHER VEHICLES THAT DRIVE THE SAME ROUTES THAT I DO AND DO NOT SEE CHIPS ON THEIR CARS. I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED. THERE SEEM TO BE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS MATTER. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE MOONROOF CLOSED, I HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG, AND SUDDENLY GLASS WAS RAINING DOWN ON ME. THE MOONROOF HAD SHATTERED - I WAS NOT GOING UNDER ANYTHING, AND NO VEHICLES WERE IN FRONT OF ME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION THAT OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE SEAT BELT WAS WORN AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THERE WERE INJURIES TO THE CONTACT'S BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED. UPDATED 07/31/06 *JB

I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY SUNROOF SHATTERED. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS SIMPLY A ROAD HAZARD AND IT WAS NO BIG DEAL THAT MY INSURANCE WOULD PAY FOR IT. *JB