SCION Complaints

BOUGHT A 2006 SCION XA THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD THE CHARCOAL CANISTER ASSEMBLY AND FUEL FILLER PIPE COVER REPLACED UNDER TSB EG047-06. CEL WAS ON WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND THE CODES P043E, P043F, P2401, P2401, P2419 INDICATED THE SAME COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED AGAIN. I REPLACED THE COMPONENTS AFFECTED BY THE TSB, WHICH INCLUDED UN UPDATED PART NUMBER FOR THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE COVER HOLDER (77248-52050). AFTER CLEARING THE CODES, THE CAR WAS FINE FOR SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MILES UNTIL THE CEL CAME BACK ON WITH THE SAME CODES. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE REPLACING THE CHARCOAL CANISTER EVERY TIME THESE CODES REAPPEAR. I CANNOT FIND ANY NEW INFORMATION TO INDICATE TOYOTA HAS A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS RECURRING ISSUE, AND I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ANY ALTERNATE FIX ON THE INTERNET THAT RESOLVES IT. I AM CONTEMPLATING SOME SORT OF WORK AROUND TO SEAL THE CANISTER AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO PREVENT THE WATER INTRUSION INTO THE CANISTER, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DOING ANYTHING THAT WILL PREVENT THE CANISTER FROM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THE CEL IN THE EVENT THE CEL STORES OTHER CODES UNRELATED TO THIS ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR NO MORE THAN 40 MPH IN A STREET WHERE THEIR WAS SOMEWHAT LIGHT TRAFFIC AROUND ME. ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD "BOOM',SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT OR SOMETHING EXPLODED. I PULLED OVER TO PARK AND NOTICE MY SUN ROOF GLASS WAS RAISING UP AND IT EXPLODED INTO PIECES CAUSING A BIG HOLE OF DAMAGE AND GLASS ALL INSIDE MY VEHICLE. I ALMOST CRASHED DUE TO THE NOISE AS WELL,VERY SCARY. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TELLING THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND ALL THEY COULD TELL ME IS THAT I MUST OF HAD A ROCK HIT ME? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I HAD NO CARS AROUND ME THAT WERE POSSIBLE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN,AND IF SO WHY WAS THE GLASS SHATTERED FLAT AND NOT UPWARDS LIKE ITS SUPPOSE TO CAUSE IF SOMETHING HIT IT. THE DEALER DID NOT WANT TO HELP ME OUT FURTHER EVEN WITH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE SAME PERSON HELPING ME OUT MENTIONED THAT THE DEALER RIGHT ACROSS FROM THEM (KIA) HAD JUST CALLED THEM AND MENTIONED THEY HAD A 2015 SCION SAME VEHICLE AS MINE THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE BUT THIS CAR WAS PARKED THE WHOLE TIME ON THE LOT. THIS IMMEDIATELY MADE ME THINK ITS A CAR FAULT BUT THE GM WOULD NOT HELP ME FURTHER. I HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL AND WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO SPEAK TO A PROFESSIONAL ABOUT MY VEHICLE.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, HAD IT CHECKED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME THE RELATED CODE INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE EMISSIONS SENSOR. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHARGED ME OVER $900 FOR A FAULTY CHARCOAL FILTER. I HAVE SINCE COME ACROSS THIS SITE HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2006/TOYOTA/SCION_XA/FUEL_SYSTEM_GASOLINE/PROBLEM.ASPX DETAILING THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL BY THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE OF A KNOWN DEFECT., HOWEVER IT NEVER WAS.

THE DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO OPERATE. I WAS TRAPPED INSIDE AND COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS. THE KEY WAS ALSO PREVENTED FROM UNLOCKING THE DOORS. AFTER CONSIDERABLE EFFORT I WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK A REAR DOOR AND EXIT THERE. LATER I COULD NEITHER LOCK OR UNLOCK ANY OF THE DOORS. THE CAR WAS PARKED. IT DID NOT MATTER IF THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING OR NOT OR IF THE "KEY BOB" OR DOOR LOCK SWITCH OR MANUALLY PULLING/PUSHING THE LOCK LEVER; NOTHING WOULD ALTER THE LOCKED STATUS. GRATEFUL THERE WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY SUCH AS A FIRE.

TL* THE CONTACT STATED THAT 2006 SCION XA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS IN THE FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

WHILE DRIVING IN 1-2 INCHES OF SLUSH AND SNOW MY TIRES BEGAN TO SLIP AND THE MY VEHICLE REGAINED CONTROL. IT HAPPENED AS I WAS TURNING INTO A CULDESAC. THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE AND THE NORMAL STABILITY VSC LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND ALERT ME HOWEVER THIS TIME THE ABS, BRAKES, VSC, AND NO STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I HAVE RESET THE DISPLAY, LET THE VEHICLE SET OVER NIGHT, DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND THE LIGHTS REMAIN ON. MY BRAKES LOCK UP AND THE TIRES SPIN OUT ON A WHIM. THE COST TO FIX IT IS ABOUT $900 BUT THE MECHANIC SAYS IT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CONNECTION AT THE HUB IS FINE.

DRIVING TO WORK ON THE INTERSTATE ONE MORNING. ITS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC SO WE ARE BARELY GOING 30MPH. I HEAR A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GUN SHOT. SO LOUD. IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME. UPON INSPECTION I SEE THE GLASS SUNROOF SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES AND TRICKLING DOWN THE BACK GLASS. TOYOTA NOR SCION WOULD TAKE FAULT. TOYOTA TOLD ME SOMEONE MAY HAVE SHOT A GUN INTO THE AIR AND THE BULLET HIT IT OR A HUGE ROCK HIT IT. REALLY PEOPLE, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC VARELY MOVING IN THE INSIDE LANE.

**SUNROOF SHATTERED** AROUND 7:00 AM ON A MONDAY (12/28) I GO OUTSIDE TO WARM UP MY CAR AN NOTICE THAT THE SUNROOF IS SHATTERED! IT IS SHATTERED IN A WAY THAT APPEARS IT WAS FROM THE INSIDE GOING OUTWARD. THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE GLASS NEAR THE WEATHER STRIPPING IS PULLED AWAY IN AN AKWARD MANNER. NONE OF MY BELONGINGS WERE TAKEN AND NO NOTICEABLE CAUSE AS TO WHY IT SHATTERED. AGAIN, SIMPLY PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY IN ROANOKE,TX. THROUGH MY OWN INVESTIGATING, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN ALL YEAR MODELS OF SCION TCS. I JUST HOPE THAT TOYOTA TAKES THIS INTO CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD. LETS SEE WHAT THE INSURANCE AND DEALERSHIP HAVE TO SAY. *JS

I OWN AN 2006 SCION XA AND I HAVING TROUBLE TO START THE ENGINE WHEN IT'S GET WARM OR NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD LIKE ON MORNINGS IT STAR RIGHT AWAY WITH A FEW CRANKS BUT AFTER IT'S GETS WARM I TO CRANK TIMES STOP CRANKING AND CRANK IT AGAIN UNTIL ENGINE START, CARS RUN FINE AND GOT NO CHECK ENGINE CODE ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SCION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REVERSE WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.