SCION Complaints

CARFAX REPORTS THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. HOW DO I KNOW IF DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIR BAGS WHERE INSTALLED DURING REPAIRS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH , THE CONTACT STRUCK A CURB. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION GOING THROUGH SEVERAL CURVES, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, CRASHED THROUGH TWO METAL FENCES, AND LANDED IN A FOUNTAIN OF APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF WATER. THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I DRIVE A 2005 SCION XB, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO THE BACK HATCH HANDLE BROKE OF, WHERE THE LIGHT SHINE TO THE LICENSE PLATE. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE HANDLE LIKE THREE YEARS AGO... I CALLED TOYOTA TO SEE IF THE RECALL WAS EXPIRED, THEY DON'T SEE A RECALL EVER BEEN DONE. I DO SEE THIS AS A SAFETY DO TO LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OTHER SCION LIKE THE ONE I HAVE. SOME DID GET A RECALL AND GOT FIXED.

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING USED. NOTHING HIT IT OR HAPPENED TO THE CAR. IT WAS JUST SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FACING THE SUN. I HAD JUST BEEN IN THE VEHICLE 15 MINUTES EARLIER GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF IT AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS FINE. THE NEXT TIME I LOOKED AT IT A CRACK DEVELOPED AT THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT BRANCHED OUT INTO TWO HORIZONTAL LINES. LOOKING ONLINE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR SCION. *TR

WE WERE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT A HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND IT TURNED OUT THE BE THE GLASS ROOF ON THE CAR. THEY ARE FAULTY. *TR

SCION VEHICLE WAS HIT IN AN ACCIDENT BY ANOTHER CAR ON 1/15/2015. VEHICLE THAT HIT SCION FAILED TO STOP FOR A RED SIGNAL AND COLLIDED INTO SCION HITTING FIRST THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER OF PASSENGER SIDE, THEN HIT AGAIN HEAD ON. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE HAVE 2 WITNESSES THAT SAW THE ACCIDENT AND ALL WITNESSES INCLUDING THE POLICE OFFICER NOTICED THE AIR BAG WAS NOT DEPLOYED. POLICE REPORT: [XXX] POLICE INFORMATION: (240) 773-6200; OFFICER [XXX]- MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATION: MONTGOMER COUNTY, MD INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ELECTRICAL CABLE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN THAT HAD "FAILED". THIS IS THE PART THAT CONTROLS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I ASKED IF THE COMPANY (TOYOTA) WOULD ASSIST WITH THE REPLACEMENT, AND WAS TOLD "NO. SOME JUST FAIL. THAT'S PART OF OWNING A CAR." THE PART IS ON ORDER, AND THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST $530 - $300 FOR THE PART, $100 LABOR AND $130 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. ALL THIS FOR A PART THAT "_FAILED_" THIS HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND I WAS _NOT_ IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY SORT, NOR DID I CONTRIBUTE TO ITS FAILURE. THIS PART _FAILED_- WONDERING IF THE PART IS DEFECTIVE AND WHAT ASSISTANCE TOYOTA WILL GIVE ME. *TR

TODAY (APRIL 23, 2015) I STOPPED AT A STORE, EVERYTHING WAS FINE. AFTER RETURNING TO MY CAR I STARTED IT AND PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE AND REALIZED I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL LIGHT WAS ON. I TOOK IT TO SEARS AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS THE ECU. I WAS TOLD BY SEARS THAT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING IT TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. I DROPPED IT OFF ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND AM WAITING TO GET HIT WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,619.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE, OIL, AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.