Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 2,833 complaints for SCION
Incident date: Jun 25, 2008
WAS ON A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH. WITH A FRIEND. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS A HUGE EXPLOSION, NEARLY CAUSING ME TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD....THEN GLASS STARTED FALLING ALL AROUND THE CAR. THANKFULLY, THE WINDOW SCREEN BLOCKED MOST OF THE GLASS FROM FALLING INSIDE THE CAR ON TOP OF US....THOUGH SOME DID FALL THRU THE CRACKS AROUND THE SCREEN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY ARE FIXING. HOWEVER, WE ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 28, 2008
MY WINDSHIELD IN MY 2008 SCION XB CRACKED AT AN ANGLE STARTING AROUND THE MIRROR AND CURVING TO THE RIGHT. IT OCCURRED HOURS AFTER I HAD DRIVEN IT, FROM NO APPARENT REASON. THE GLASS APPEARS TO BE SUBSTANDARD OR SIMILAR TO THE HONDA ELEMENT, A DESIGN DEFECT. I HAD IT REPLACED ALREADY. *TR
Incident date: Jun 17, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AFTER THE CRASH, THE PEDAL WAS STILL STUCK TO THE FLOOR, EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FA... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jun 14, 2008
2006 SCION XB, FOUND WINDSHIELD CRACKED AFTER LEAVING THE CAR PARKED. THE CRACK WAS NOT THERE IN THE MORNING BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, AN L SHAPED, 4" BY 10" CRACK STARTING FROM BEHIND REAR VIEW MIRROR APPEARED, THE CAR HAS 7700 MILES THIS IS A "WEEKEND CAR" AS IT IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE IN MOST OF THE TIME. SHOWED THE CRACK TO LOCAL SCION DEALER AND THEY CLAIM IT WAS DUE TO AN IMPACT FROM A PEBBLE... Read more
Incident date: May 25, 2008
WE HAD A 2008 SCION X B WE TOOK IT TO STEVENS AUTO MALL ON FARMINGTON AVE BRISTOL CT ON TO SEPARATE OCCASIONS COMPLAINING OF A BURNING SMELL I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A NEW CAR SMELL AND IT WOULD GO AWAY WITH MILEAGE. IT HAD 39 MILES WHEN WE BOUGHT ON 1-27-2008 AND ON 5-25-2008 IT CAUGHT FIRE AND ONLY HAD 5500 MILES ON IT. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET COPIES OF THE WORK ORDERS, THE FIRST THI... Read more
Fire
Incident date: May 1, 2008
NOTICED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD AFTER VEHICLE PARKED OVERNIGHT. CRACK IS "L" SHAPED BEGINNING AT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD EDGE APPROX. 12" FROM BOTTOM, EXTENDING APPROX. 3" HORIZONTALLY, THEN TURNING 90 DEGREES TOWARD BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD AND EXTENDING APPROX. 9". CRACK IS NOT FROM DEBRIS AND NO PITS CAN BE FELT ANYWHERE ALONG THE CRACK. VEHICLE IS IN WARRANTY BUT DEALER STATES THAT SINCE NO REC... Read more
Incident date: Jun 7, 2008
2008 SCION XD ROLLED OVER AND NONE OF THE SIDE IMPACT OR FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I AM GLAD MY SON IS OK, SINCE HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT ASIDE FROM THE WHIPLASH HE EXPERIENCED DUE TO THE ROLLOVER. I THINK THE AIRBAGS IN THIS SCION WERE DEFECTIVE AND DIDN'T DEPLOY WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR IS ROLLING OVER ON BOTH OF ITS SIDES. *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 16, 2008
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2006 SCION TC AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM. GOING 60 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY REAR SUNROOF WINDOW EXPLODED. IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT AND ENDED UP CRACKING THE ENTIRE WINDOW, SENDING PIECED FLYING BEHIND ME. I HAD THE REAR COVER CLOSED, SO NO DEBRIS WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALERSHIP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THIS INC... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2008
MY WINDSHIELD HAS A "L" SHAPED CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOP. I DON'T RECALL HITTING ANYTHING, SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED IT. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY QUOTED ME $500.00 JUST FOR THE WINDSHIELD PLUS LABOR TO INSTALL. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR
Incident date: Jan 7, 2007
WHILE DRIVING, A CRACK BEGAN IN THE WINDSHIELD COMING UP FROM THE ABOUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD (ABOUT 8" FROM THE MIDDLE, CLOSER TO THE DRIVER). AFTER CLIMBING A ABOUT 9" IT MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN AND CONTINUED ON (MAKING ABOUT AN 18" CRACK W/IN AN HOUR). THERE WAS NO CHIP NEAR THAT AREA. THERE HAD BEEN A CHIP ON THE FAR PASSENGER SIDE THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. SINCE THEN THE WINDSHIEL... Read more
Incident date: Jun 13, 2008
TODAY, 6/13/08, I WAS WASHING MY CAR....NOTHING UNUSUAL....AFTER I WAS FINISHED WITH THE OUTSIDE AND STARTED ON THE INSIDE, I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD....I WASN'T EVEN DRIVING SO NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD...AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL.... *TR
Incident date: Dec 8, 2007
CRACKED WINDSHIELD...DUE TO STRESS. *TR
Incident date: Jun 15, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TIP OF THE MUFFLER WOULD SPORADICALLY CRACK AND THEN FALL OFF. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE AND THEY REPLACED THE EXHAUST. ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK T... Read more
Incident date: May 23, 2008
I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB WITH ONLY 9,000 MILES ON IT, AND I AM ABOUT TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD FOR THE THIRD TIME WITH THE SAME EXACT L-SHAPE CRACK THAT BEGINS AT THE TOP CENTER GOES DOWN ABOUT 6 INCHES AND THEN TO THE LEFT 6 INCHES. NO ROCK DAMAGE OR OTHER DAMAGE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS. THERE IS SOME KIND OF DEFECT TO CAUSE A WINDSHIELD TO CONSTANTLY CRACK IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME WITH THE S... Read more
Incident date: Apr 12, 2005
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. HER VEHICLE THEN SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED DIRECTLY INTO THE FRONT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE CONTACT AND CAUSED HE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 12, 2005
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. HER VEHICLE THEN SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED DIRECTLY INTO THE FRONT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE CONTACT AND CAUSED HE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 20, 2008
MY 2006 SCION XB HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD, "L" SHAPED FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD, BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR, GOING PERPENDICULAR FOR ABOUT 6-8" THEN MAKING A 90 DEGREE TURN TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE, EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 12". IT HAS STOPPED PROGRESSING. IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN FOR NO REASON. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT AMONGST XB OWNERS. *TR
Incident date: May 10, 2008
2008 SCION TC TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM DOES NOT CALIBRATE CORRECTLY. PURCHASED CAR ON MAY 10, 2008 AND TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVE. DEALER RESET AND STATED LIGHT WOULD GO OUT. ON MAY 12 TOOK BACK TO DEALER, PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, SENSORS IN RIMS. WENT BACK ON MAY 16 FOR A TWO HOUR REPAIR THAT TOOK OVER 14 HOURS TO GET THE TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM TO CALIBRATE WITH THE SENSOR IN THE W... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2008
I WAS REARENDED IN MY 2005 SCION TC, BY A 2003 FORD EXPLORER AND PUSHED(SANDWICHED) INTO AN F350 TRUCK IN FRONT. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK. *TR
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Apr 22, 2008
I WAS REARENDED IN MY 2005 SCION TC, BY A 2003 FORD EXPLORER AND PUSHED(SANDWICHED) INTO AN F350 TRUCK IN FRONT. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK. *TR
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: May 11, 2008
FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED L-SHAPED CRACK ON PASSENGER SIDE, STARTING AT TOP MOLDING. CAR WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR EVAL, AT FIRST THEY COULD FIND NO REASON FOR CRACK. SERVICE MANAGER THEN USED A PEN TO FIND A MINUTE IMPERFECTION IN THE CRACK LINE. HE CLAIMED IT WAS AN IMPACT, HOWEVER, IT WAS LESS THAN 2MM LONG BY 1 MM, NOT CIRCULAR IN SHAPE AND FOL... Read more
Incident date: May 16, 2008
2006 SCION XB CRACKED WINDSHIELD. IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SCION THAT THEY CORRECTED IN THEIR 2008 MODEL. *TR
Incident date: May 10, 2008
CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON 2008 SCION XB....JUST WALKED OUT ONE MORNING AND THE CRACK WAS THERE. *TR
Incident date: May 6, 2008
STRESS CRACK APPEARED WHEN I RETURNED TO MY PARKED CAR IN THE MORNING. NO IMPACT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. THIS IS A REPORTED DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2006 SCION XB, AND I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR
Incident date: Nov 25, 2007
A/C FAILURE OF LESS THAN 2 YR OLD VEHICLE. OVER $2,300 REPAIR COSTS. *TR
Incident date: Nov 25, 2007
A/C FAILURE OF LESS THAN 2 YR OLD VEHICLE. OVER $2,300 REPAIR COSTS. *TR
Incident date: May 5, 2008
17 INCH CRACK JUST BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. LONG CRACK STARTING AT THE RUBBER OF THE WINDSHIELD GOING 7 INCHES DOWN, CRACK TURNS IN A 90 DEGREE ANGLE 10 INCHES TOWARDS THE PASSENGER. NO IMPACT, CRACK WAS NOT THERE WHEN I PARKED MY CAR. CRACK PRESENT WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR THE NEXT MORNING. WILL BE GETTING THE WINDSHIELD REPAIRED TOMORROW. WILL NOT HAVE IT REPLACED AT THIS TIME SINCE THERE HAS BE... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2008
WALKED TO CAR TO DRIVE TO WORK AT 0730 HOURS. NOTICED "L" SHAPED CRACK IN WINDSHIELD BEGINNING AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD (PASSENGER SIDE) ABOUT 10" FROM THE A PILLAR. TRAVELS VERTICALLY TO 3" ABOVE PASSENGER WIPER BLADE. *TR CHANGES DIRECTION HORIZONTALLY ABOUT 10" MOVING TOWARD DRIVERS A PILLAR. OUTSIDE AIR TEMP 53 DEGREES.
Incident date: Feb 24, 2008
AFTER A MONTH OF OWNING MY 06 SCION TC THE WHEELS STARTED TO SCREECH WHEN REVERSING AND A TIRE STARTED TO LOOSE PRESSURE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 4,500 MILE AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS RUNNING NORMAL AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS RESET THE TIRE PRESSURE CAUSE THE LIGHT WILL COME ON ANYTIME DRIVING OVER A BUMP DUE TO THE LOW PROFILE TIRE..WELL, NOW AT 29,000 MILES THE WHOLE B... Read more
Incident date: Apr 19, 2008
MY SCION WAS PARKED IN A GARAGE. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO GET IN THE CAR I NOTICED A 12 INCH CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED ON THE FAR DRIVERS SIDE AND CURVED A LITTLE THEN WENT STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR. THE DATE OF THE CRACK WAS 4/19/08. TOYOTA REPLACED THE WINDOW ON 4/22/08. I GOT INTO MY CAR ON 4/27/08 TO GO TO A FRIENDS HOUSE 1 HOUR LATER I GOT INTO MY CAR AND THERE W... Read more
Incident date: Apr 26, 2007
WINDSHIELD IS CRACKING UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR
Incident date: Apr 26, 2007
WINDSHIELD IS CRACKING UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR
Incident date: Apr 27, 2008
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND SAW MY GLASS WIND DEFLECTOR SHATTERED INTO MANY PIECES. IM WORRIED THAT IF I OPEN IT, GLASS WILL FALL ON OVER ME. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID A LITTLE ROCK HIT IT WHICH CAUSED IT TO SHATTERED. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $400. BUT IF I GET IT FIXED, IT WILL BE LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PREVIOUS MODEL HAD A RECALLED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS B... Read more
Incident date: Apr 27, 2008
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND SAW MY GLASS WIND DEFLECTOR SHATTERED INTO MANY PIECES. IM WORRIED THAT IF I OPEN IT, GLASS WILL FALL ON OVER ME. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID A LITTLE ROCK HIT IT WHICH CAUSED IT TO SHATTERED. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $400. BUT IF I GET IT FIXED, IT WILL BE LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PREVIOUS MODEL HAD A RECALLED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS B... Read more
Incident date: Apr 15, 2008
APRIL 15, 2008 I HAD A CAR STOP SHORT IN FRONT OF ME AND SWERVED TO MISS THEM HIT THE MEDIAN AND ROLLED AT LEAST SIX TIMES ACCORDING TO A EYE WITNESS RUNNING AROUND 60-65 MPH THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND THERE WAS NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND I KNOW THAT THERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY ON A ROLLOVER BUT AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER IT HIT THE FRONT END HARD ENOUGH TO BUST AND BEND UP THE RADIATOR AND IT PUSHED TH... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 31, 2008
SPONTANEOUS CRACK ON WINDSHIELD OF MY XB SCION. IT HAS BEEN CRACKED OUT OF MY FIELD OF VISION FOR OVER A YEAR, AND THEN JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK IT CRACK ALL THE WAY ACROSS! *TR
Incident date: Mar 6, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS CLOSED FROM WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, ALL OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,809 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,800.
Incident date: Apr 9, 2008
MY REAR WINDSHIELD HAS CRACKED AND COMPLETELY SHATTERED 3 TIME IN 6 MONTHS. I'VE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, AND IM TIRED OF IT....TOYOTA CLAIMS THERE IS NO DEFECT, BUT I'VE READ ON OTHER SITES THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. MY FRONT WINDSHIELD IS NOW CRACKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE OUTSIDE MOLDING....HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DO I HAVE TO SPEND BEFORE THEY RECALL THIS ISSUE. *T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 21, 2008
MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK STARTING FROM THE TOP MIDDLE, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE CRACK EXTENDED DOWNWARD APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES AND THEN HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES, FORMING AN "L" SHAPE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED AS I DON'T RECALL HAVING ANY DEBRIS HIT THE WINDSHIELD. 8TR
Incident date: Apr 10, 2008
I BOUGHT MY SCION BRAND NEW IN NOV. 2005. IT WAS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR, AND I LOVE MY XB. I HAVE BEEN HAVING UNACCEPTABLE PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD CRACKS. I AM CURRENTLY ON MY 5TH WINDSHIELD, AND TODAY I CAME OUT AND SAW A NEW CRACK. APPROX. 12" ON THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FACING THE GARAGE DOOR SINCE ABOUT 530PM YESTERDAY. SOME ONE OF THE PREVIOUS CRACK W... Read more
Incident date: Apr 5, 2008
AN "L" SHAPED CRACK THAT APPEARED WITHOUT INCIDENT FROM THE TOP SECTION OF MY WINDSHIELD ABOVE THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR. APPROX. 10 INCHES LONG AT THIS POINT. APPEARS TO BE GETTING LARGER DAILY. NO CHIPS IN WINDSHIELD THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRACK LIKE THIS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW TO HAVE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2006
CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB. WITH ONLY 3,200 MILES ON THE CAR I STARTED NOTICING SMALL STRESS CRACKS STARTING ON THE SIDE OF HE WINDSHIELD. AFTER I WENT TO SCION THEY ATTRIBUTED THESE CRACKS FROM ROCK CHIPS. THE COMPANY THAT REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD SAID THAT THEIR WHERE NO ROCK DIVOYS IN THE CRACK LINE AND THAT THESE WAS AN STRESS ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 31, 2008
CRACKED WINDSHIELD (AGAIN!) THIS IS MY SECOND XB AND I FIGURED THE FIRST CRACKED WINDSHIELD IN MY 2006 WAS A FLUKE, BUT NO! NOW I HAVE ONE IN MY BRAND NEW (2,100 MILES) 2008 XB! WHAT THE HECK?? IT HAS TO BE A DEFECT. *TR
Incident date: Apr 2, 2008
ONE MORNING WHEN GETTING INTO MY (5 MO OLD) 2008 SCION XB I FOUND A 2-3 IN. CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED UNDER THE WEATHERSTRIPING AT THE A-PILLAR ABOUT 6-8 INCHES UP FROM THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THAT DAY THE CRACK EXTENDED UP TO APPROX. 12-14 IN. IN A U SHAPE. DUE TO CONFLICTS I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS. BY THAT TIME THE CRACK HAD... Read more
Incident date: Jan 8, 2008
MY 2006 SCION XB WINDSHIELD HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT AREN'T FROM A CHIP. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT RESOLVE IT FOR THE CONSUMER. *TR
Incident date: Mar 13, 2008
ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 13, 2008 I AWOKE TO FIND A LARGE L SHAPED CRACK(APPROX. 1 FT LONG/DRIVER'S SIDE) IN THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED THE FOLLOWING DAY(COSTING ME A $50.00 DEDUCTIBLE). I COULD OFFER NO REASON AS TO HOW THE CRACK HAPPENED...IT SEEMED TO JUST APPEAR(AS MOST OF TH... Read more
Incident date: Mar 22, 2008
MOTOR VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER AND HIT A LIGHT POLE. AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY TO PROTECT OCCUPANT. *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 17, 2008
MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING HER 2004 TOYOTA SCION XB ON HER WAY TO CHURCH. TURNED ONTO BATON CHAPEL RD. TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, STARTED SLOWING DOWN DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE WAS APPROACHING A LIGHT WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE MADE HER TURN, AND ENDED UP REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HE. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEATBELT SHE WAS WEARING AT THE TIME DID NOT H... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 17, 2008
MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING HER 2004 TOYOTA SCION XB ON HER WAY TO CHURCH. TURNED ONTO BATON CHAPEL RD. TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, STARTED SLOWING DOWN DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE WAS APPROACHING A LIGHT WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE MADE HER TURN, AND ENDED UP REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HE. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEATBELT SHE WAS WEARING AT THE TIME DID NOT H... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 5, 2008
WOKE UP TO FIND UNEXPLAINED CRACK IN WINDSHIELD IN SHAPE OF "L" ABOUT FOOT LONG EACH SIDE. NO PREVIOUS TRAUMA TO WINDSHIELD. A FEW WEEKS LATER SEVERAL MORE CURVY CRACKS SPRANG UP, STARTING FROM EDGE OF WINDSHIELD, AND NOT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. NO ACCIDENTS OR DEBRIS STRIKING CAR. LOTS OF TINY FLECKS IN GLASS. PAID $200 TO REPLACE. *TR