SCION Complaints

WHILE BRAKING CAR STARTED TO SLID AND SUDDENLY ACCRETED WHAT SEEMED LIKE FULL THROTTLE. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR IN PARK WHILE ENGINE WAS REVVING AND TIRED CONTINUED TO SPIN. I HAD TO TURN SWITCH OFF TO STOP CAR FROM LUNGING FORWARD AND TIRES SPINNING. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET AND I TRIED TO TURN LEFT TO GET CAR OFF OF MAIN ROAD.

THE SUNROOF OF MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPLODED WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT AROUND 60MPH. THERE ARE SHATTERED GLASS ALL OVER ME AND ESPECIALLY TO MY PASSAGE AT THE FRONT. THE FREEWAY IS WIDE-OPEN, WITHOUT DEBRIS AND NOTHING OVERHEAD. ALL THE WINDOWS AND SUNROOF ITSELF WAS CLOSED WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. IT WAS A CLOUDY DAY, AT SEA-LEVEL WITH NOTHING EXTREME IN THE WEATHER REPORT. I COULD NOT THINK OF ANYTHING EXTERNAL THAT COULD INITIATE THIS INCIDENT.

TAKATARECALL: SOME MONTHS AGO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE DEALER TO FIX THE CAR REFERENCE THE RECALL. AT THE TIME I MADE SURE THEY KNEW I WAS A SENIOR CITIZEN AND NEED A LOANER CAR... IT WAS AGREED THEY WOULD CALL PRIOR TO MY APPOINTMENT TIME TO ASSURE ME A LOANER CAR WOULD BE AVAILABLE...NO CALL.... WHEN I CALLED THEM AGAIN THEY SAID THE WOULD CALL... WELL, AS OF 5/29..STILL NO CALL

THE SPRING WHICH BRINGS THE GAS PEDAL BACK UP AFTER YOU PUSH IT, FELL OFF IT'S MOUNTING. SO WHEN YOU PUSH THE GAS, THE GAS STAYS PUSHED. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REINSTALLED THE SAME SPRING. BUT I FEEL THIS PART SHOULD BE MOUNTED MORE SECURELY. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM WHILE MY CAR WAS IN "PARK" IN MY DRIVEWAY. HAD IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING, I COULD HAVE BEEN HURT OR KILLED. IS THIS A PATTERN, ARE DEALERSHIPS REQUIRED TO REPORT THIS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS A RECALL PERTAINING TO THIS PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. - THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TAKATA RECALL 2,000 MILES PAST WARRANTY, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND LOST POWER. NOT SURE IF IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS STOPPED OR IN TRANSIENT. IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I HAD JUST STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. TOYOTA CHANGED OUT THE COMPUTER FREE OF CHARGE BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL EXISTING. WHICH MEANS IT'S AN INTERNAL ENGINE/ TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT COLLECTS CONDENSATION TOO. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT PRESENT CURRENTLY IN THE PHOTO. IT IS PRESENT AFTER EVERY WASH OR HEAVY RAIN. THE LEFT WINDOW SEAL ROLLING UP AND NOT SEALING PROPERLY. I KNOW THEIR ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE WITH THESE EXACT SAME ISSUES, AS I HAVE READ ONLINE BUT THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR SUPPORT FROM TOYOTA TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES AT THIS MOMENT.

I CHANGE MY OIL EVERY 3000 OR LESS MILES WITH FULL SYNTHETIC AMSOIL 5W-20. I HAVE TO PUT IN 1/2 A QUART OF OIL FOR EVERY GAS FILL UP. I'M A HIGHWAY DRIVER THAT SETS CRUISE CONTROL AT 75. I DON'T DIVE CRAZY. 2007 HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHERE IS THE ONE FOR 2006?

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS WORK SPORADICALLY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST 7 YEARS. SOMETIMES THE DOOR LOCK WON'T UNLOCK MANUALLY EITHER. THE WINDOWS SEEM LIKE THEY RUN OUT OF POWER AND THE BACK PASSENGER ONE STOPPED GOING DOWN.

THE FRAME AND EVERY METAL COMPONENT ON THE UNDERNEATH OF THE CAR INCLUDING THE FRAME RUSTS TERRIBLY. THE REST IS COMPLETELY CORRODING AWAY AND BREAKING OFF. EVEN TH METAL STRAP HOLDING MY GAS TANK ON IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND IF I PUT N PRESSURE IT CHIPS AWAY. I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS UNTIL I WENT TO HAVE MY EXHAUST DONE AND WAS ABLE TO LOOK UNDER THE CAR.

EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. BURNS MORE THAN TWO QUART OF OIL IN LESS THAN 1800 MILES.

FOUR TIMES NOW( ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS) AFTER SHIFTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE THE ENGINE MADE HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUNDS AND THE CAR BEGAN TO LURCH VIOLENTLY AS I ATTEPMPTED TO BACK UP. IT EVENTUALLY STALLED OUT COMPLETELY. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY SHIFT THE CAR INTO REVERSE SO I COULD LOOK UNDER THE HOOD WHILE THE CAR WAS GRINDING AND LURCHING. I SAW THE ENGINE START TO VIBRATE AND THEN DUMP FORWARD AND THEN REPEAT THAT CYCLE. I DO HAVE VIDEO OF THE EVENT ON MY PHONE BUT I AM NOT ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT TO THIS LAP TOP.