SCION Complaints

2005 TOYOTA SCION DEVELOPING A POTENTIAL SEAT PROBLEM. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. BOTH WERE PURCHASED AT THE SAME DEALER. IN BOTH CASES THE VEHICLES WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS. THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS THE CONSUMER'S MOTHER'S VEHICLE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED BACKWARD AFTER THE PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND STRUCK THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER (THIS OCCURRED TWICE AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT BODY DAMAGE). THE CONSUMER NOTICED WITH HER OWN VEHICLE THAT WITH THE PARKING BRAKE FULLY APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL ROLL BACKWARDS, IF NOT PLACED IN PARK. THE SECOND INCIDENT WITH THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE OCCURRED WHEN PLACED IN NEUTRAL, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AS IF THE BRAKES WEREN'T APPLIED. *SC *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.*JB THE CONSUMER STATES THAT PREVIOUS TIMES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY SEEM A LITTLE SLOW AND OCCASIONALLY HEARD AN UNUSUALLY THUMP NOISE. THE CONSUMER NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT SOMETHING BEING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES BECAUSE IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR.*SB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 SCION TC I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE BACK MOON ROOF HAD CRACKED. IT WAS THE SAME TYPE OF NOISE I HEARD WHEN MY FRONT DEFLECTOR SHATTERED. THE MOON ROOF DID NOT CAVE IN WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED IT WAS JUST SPIDER WEB CRACKED THROUGHOUT. BUT ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP PART OF THE MIDDLE ENDED UP CAVING IN. THE DEALERSHIP SAID BECAUSE THE GLASS WAS ANGLED UP IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING FROM INSIDE OR PRESSURE CAUSED IT. IF SOMETHING HAD FALLEN ON IT THE GLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN ANGLED DOWNWARDS. IT WAS REPLACED BUT ONLY AFTER MUCH QUESTIONING BECAUSE THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IT HAD HAPPENED AND SUPPOSEDLY "I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS". I AM CURRENTLY WAITING ON PARTS TO COME IN THAT THEY BROKE WHILE REPAIRING THE MOON ROOF.

ON MAY 28, 2005, WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER (TOYOTA OF DALLAS) IMMEDIATELY. BEFORE WE WENT MUCH DISTANCE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RE-START. WE CALLED THE DEALER, WHO WE ASKED TO SEND A WRECKER. THIS WAS DONE, AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FOLLOWING APPEARS ON THE DEALER'S WORK ORDER: 10835 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS 801013 .2 EG4017 .8 1.0 AS PER TSB EGO47-04 REFLASHED ECU AND CLEARED CODES T1-8A - T2-99" THE CAR SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO ME, MY WIFE, OR ANYONE ELSE.

MY CAR IS A 2004 PRIUS PURCHASED AUGUST 2004. ON APRIL 18, I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. UPON RESUMING DRIVING, A WARNING LIGHT (TRIANGLE/EXCLAMATION MARK) AND THE HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT (EXCLAMATION MARK OVER A CAR) CAME ON. THERE WAS NO WARNING SOUND. INITIALLY, THE CAR STILL RAN, SO I CONTINUED AT LOW SPEED (<30MPH) AND HAD MY PASSENGER LOOK UP WHAT TO DO. AS I CONTINUED, I REALIZED THE POWER WAS LESSENING, SO AFTER ABOUT A MILE, I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PARKED. AT THAT POINT, I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF, OR TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING. THE MANUAL SAID NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR IF THE HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, SO I CALLED FOR A TOW. WHEN THE TOW DRIVER GOT THERE, WE REALIZED WE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE CAR TO GET IT ONTO THE FLATBED TOW TRUCK, SO THE DRIVER KEPT PUSHING BUTTONS UNTIL THE CAR FINALLY TURNED OFF. THEN, WHEN WE TURNED IT ON AGAIN TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, IT SEEMED TO BEHAVE NORMALLY. NONETHELESS, I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP (WORLD TOYOTA, ATLANTA, GA) WHERE THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND DID NO REPAIR. SUBSEQUENTLY, I FOUND A "TOD" SERVICE BULLETIN (HTTP://WWW.ALLDATA.COM/TSB/TOYOTA/1100764800000_1103011200000_EG047R-04/1.HTML ) AND BROUGHT THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION, BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM TO THINK THAT IT FIT MY CIRCUMSTANCE, AND AGAIN DID NO REPAIR.

DT: THE BRAKE SYSTEM (NOT ABS) FAILED. SHE WAS NOT GETTING A WARNING SIGN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE GOING BAD. DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE BRAKES WENT OUT AT 12,000 MILES. *AK

DT: CONSUMER STATES: HEAD REST IS TOO BIG AND THE BACK WINDSHIELD IS TOO SMALL. WHEN CHANGING LANES OR LOOKING TO BACK OUT THE LITTLE SPOT IN THE MIDDLE ONE CAN SEE THROUGH. ITS REALLY A PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. *AK

DT: CONSUMER STATES: THE CAR SMELLS LIKE SULFUR DIOXIDE COMING IN THE CAR THROUGH VENTS AND COMES CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER TRIED TO FIXED IT. THOUGHT IT WAS ORIGINALLY FROM BUSES IN THE CITY. *AK

DT: WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE CAR DECREASED IN SPEED TO ABOUT 20 MPH. CALLED THE DEALER, AND DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. DID THAT, BUT ALL INDICATOR LIGHTS STAYED ON. THE CAR DROVE NORMAL FROM THAT POINT. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPAIRED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR INTRUDES ON MY LINE OF SIGHT THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, BLOCKING VIEW OF CARS AND PEDESTRIANS APPROACHING AT THAT ANGLE OF SIGHT.