Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 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 2,245,377 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 2,835 complaints for SCION
Incident date: Dec 22, 2005
WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 SCION TC ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP. AFTER THE POP I HEARD GLASS SHATTERING AND FLYING OFF THE TOP OF THE CAR. THE ONLY THING PROTECTING ME FROM SHATTERING GLASS WAS THE SUN SHADE. YET, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GLASS STARTED COMING THROUGH THE VENT HOLES ON THE SUN SHADE AND FALLING DOWN ON MY HEAD AND FLYING IN FROM THE SIDES. WHEN I STOPPED TO LOOK AT WHAT ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2005
THE TOYOTA COROLLA SPORT 2005 HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE STARTER. THERE IS A PROLONGED CRANKING PROBLEM AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO TAKE MY CAR BACK AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED ABOUT 6 TIMES AND WHEN I WENT INTO ARBITRATION, I LOST. I HAVE BEEN A TOYOTA CUSTOMER FOR 10 YEARS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE COMPANY AND I WILL NEVER BUY FROM TOYOTA AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT VALUE VALU... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2005
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO SHIFT GEARS EVERYDAY. DEALER STATES THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO (11/05). PAINT CHIPS ON FRONT OF VEHICLE AS WELL AS SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. ONLY DRIVE ON PAVED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. NOTICED THIS WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF HAVING VEHICLE (05/05). *JB
Incident date: May 1, 2005
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO SHIFT GEARS EVERYDAY. DEALER STATES THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO (11/05). PAINT CHIPS ON FRONT OF VEHICLE AS WELL AS SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. ONLY DRIVE ON PAVED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. NOTICED THIS WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF HAVING VEHICLE (05/05). *JB
Incident date: Jul 15, 2005
PITS OR CRACKS IN WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE IS A SCION XB, BUT THERE ISN'T AN OPTION FOR THAT CAR. *NM
Incident date: Sep 20, 2005
I WAS CRUISING IN MY 2005 SCION TC AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A SMOOTH ROAD WITH THE MOON ROOF CLOSED. AIR TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 90S AND, AS I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT AN HOUR, THE INTERIOR HAD BEEN COOLED BY THE A/C. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC WITHIN SIGHT EITHER AHEAD OR BEHIND ME AND NO TREES, OVERPASS, ETC., ABOVE. I HEARD A LOUD GUNSHOT-SOUNDING "BANG" AND FOUND, WHEN I PULLED OVER, THAT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 2, 2005
DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER IF THE CONTACT IS NOT CAREFUL IN THE PLACEMENT OF HIS FEET HE WILL BRAKE AND ACCELERATE AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE, AND THERE WERE NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 12/12/05. *JB
Incident date: Nov 14, 2005
LATCH SECURING REAR HATCH BACK RATTLES - HAS OPENED TWICE. NOTIFIED TOYOTA - CLAIMED THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX. HATCH CONSTANTLY RATTLES WHENEVER ROAD IS ROUGH. *JB
Incident date: Sep 2, 2005
MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING MY CAR ON A CLEAR, SUNNY DAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING AND ALL WINDOWS CLOSED ON I-495 IN MARYLAND, WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD POP. THINKING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR OR THE TIRES I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I THEN DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THE MOON ROOF WIND DEFLECTOR SHATTERED. GLASS WAS FALLING IN THOUGH THE COVER FO... Read more
Incident date: Sep 2, 2005
MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING MY CAR ON A CLEAR, SUNNY DAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING AND ALL WINDOWS CLOSED ON I-495 IN MARYLAND, WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD POP. THINKING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR OR THE TIRES I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I THEN DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THE MOON ROOF WIND DEFLECTOR SHATTERED. GLASS WAS FALLING IN THOUGH THE COVER FO... Read more
Incident date: Oct 8, 2005
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION. MY CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH WHEN STRUCK BY A 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I SUSTAINED A SEVERE NECK STRAIN(WHIP LASH). *JB
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 7, 2005
THE FIRST NIGHT THAT I DROVE IT, I WAS IN THE HILLY COUNTRY AND NOTICED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WITH LOW BEAM ON THE LIGHT DOES NOT SHINE ANY HIGHER THAN ABOUT 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND. GOING DOWN THE HILL THE LIGHTS ONLY SHINE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, NOT UP THE OTHER SIDE LIKE A NORMAL VEHICLE. WHEN I REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, MY WIFE SCREAMED AT ME. THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TH... Read more
Incident date: Sep 16, 2005
WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN MY TOYOTA PRIUS. THE ACCIDENT ACTUALLY INVOLVED 2 COLLISIONS. THE FIRST COLLISION WAS INTO A SEMI. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CAR SPUN AROUND AND CAUSED A SECOND COLLISION AS WE HIT THE GUARDRAIL HEAD ON. MY GRANDDAUGHTER (10 YRS OLD) WAS SITTING BEHIND THE DRIVER. EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BUCKLED UP, SHE WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR SERIOUSLY INJURING HERSELF. THE LOCKING M... Read more
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Sep 16, 2005
WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN MY TOYOTA PRIUS. THE ACCIDENT ACTUALLY INVOLVED 2 COLLISIONS. THE FIRST COLLISION WAS INTO A SEMI. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CAR SPUN AROUND AND CAUSED A SECOND COLLISION AS WE HIT THE GUARDRAIL HEAD ON. MY GRANDDAUGHTER (10 YRS OLD) WAS SITTING BEHIND THE DRIVER. EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BUCKLED UP, SHE WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR SERIOUSLY INJURING HERSELF. THE LOCKING M... Read more
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Sep 11, 2005
I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 SCION TC ON THE FREEWAY WITH THE SUNROOF CLOSED. I HEARD A LOUD BREAKING SOUND AND SAW GLASS FLY ONTO THE FREEWAY FROM MY CAR. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND NOTICED THAT THE GLASS FROM THE DEFLECTOR OF THE SUNROOF HAD SHATTERED. THE FREEWAY WAS EMPTY AND NOTHING, NOT EVEN A ROCK, HAD HIT MY CAR. I AM NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED- BUT NOW I SEE LOTS OF REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING... Read more
Incident date: Oct 11, 2005
SUNROOF MAKES A CONTINUOUS RATTLING NOISE SUGGESTING THAT IT IS NOT SITTING IN IT'S ALLOCATED SPACE PROPERLY. THIS NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHILE THE SUNROOF IS OPEN AND ESPECIALLY WHILE IT IS CLOSED. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. *NM
Incident date: Oct 9, 2005
*****ATTENTION***** *****SCION XB SEAT BELTS VERY DANGEROUS FOR LITTLE KIDS********* REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELTS LOCKING TO THE POINT OF EXTREME PAIN AND SUFFOCATION. THE BELT MECHANISM ONCE LOCKED IT CONTINUES TO RACHET BACKWARD TO ITS LOCKING STATE SO THAT IF ONE LEANS BACK ON THE SEAT YOU BECOME GLUED TO IT. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT GIVE IN FORWARD WHICH MAKES DIFFICULT TO REACH THE UNLATCH... Read more
Incident date: Oct 7, 2005
I PULLED INTO MY DRIVE WAY PARKED THE CAR LEFT IT RUNNING SUNROOF WAS OPEN FRONT WINDOWS WERE DOWN. RAN INSIDE TO GRAB SOMETHING HEAR A GLASS EXPLOSION RAN BACK OUT TO FIND MY SUNROOF SPIDER CRACKED OUT AND THE EDGES GONE. LADY THAT WAS WALKING HER DOG SAID THE SUNROOF JUST EXPLODED. THERES NO HOLES NOTHING JUST CRACKS AND GLASS ALL AROUND THE CAR AND INSIDE THE CAR. I HAVE PICTURES TO. *NM EM... Read more
Incident date: Sep 30, 2005
PREMATURE TIRE WEAR - FAILED ROAD INSPECTION ALL FOUR RUNFLAT TIRES AT 24,000 MILES COULDN'T BRING UP VEHICLE FOR A TOYOTA SIENNA 2005 ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH DUNLOP RUNFLAT TIRES. ALL 4 TIRES NOT USABLE AT 24,000 MILES DUNLOP P225/60R17 DSST RUNFLAT TIRES. *JB
Incident date: Oct 1, 2005
THE DRIVER DOOR DETENT ON THE 2005 SCION XB VIN JTLK324154008954 DOES NOT HOLD ON A MODEST INCLINE, CREATING A SERIOUS INJURY HAZARD. REPORTED PROBLEM TO DEALER (RIVERHEAD TOYOTA). RESPONSE: "VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED TO. NO PROBLEM FOUND". THE DEALER IS WRONG. THERE IS A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A COMBINATION OF 2 PROBLEMS -- AN INADEQUATE DETENT FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR COMBINED WI... Read more
Incident date: Feb 5, 2005
CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM THE REAR, THEN COLLIDED WITH A GUARDRAIL ON THE LEFT QUARTER PANEL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TS THE DRIVER HIT HIS HEADS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT PASSENGER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DASHBOARD AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN SHOULDER. *NM
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Sep 18, 2005
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA AVALON. ACCELERATOR STUCK TO THE FLOOR. WENT FOR A PRETTY FAST RIDE, KICKED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEN IT DID A NOSE DIVE. AFTER THE CONTACT GOT VEHICLE STARTED IT STOPPED, IT WAS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE'S MILEAGE WAS 7,800 . NO CRASHES WERE REPORTED . NO POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED. *AK
Incident date: Sep 1, 2005
PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT (MAY APPLY TO REAR BELTS AS WELL) RETRACTOR DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE BELTS APPEAR TO HAVE A LIMIT SET ON THEM THAT IS TOO SHORT FOR THE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION. A SIMPLE ACT SUCH AS LEANING FORWARD SLIGHTLY IN THE PASSENGER SEAT TO OPEN THE GLOVE BOX CAN CAUSE THE SEAT BELT TO LIMIT UP AND BEGIN IT'S LOCK DOWN. IT THEN BEGINS TO RATCHET BACKWARDS AND WILL NOT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2005
PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT (MAY APPLY TO REAR BELTS AS WELL) RETRACTOR DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE BELTS APPEAR TO HAVE A LIMIT SET ON THEM THAT IS TOO SHORT FOR THE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION. A SIMPLE ACT SUCH AS LEANING FORWARD SLIGHTLY IN THE PASSENGER SEAT TO OPEN THE GLOVE BOX CAN CAUSE THE SEAT BELT TO LIMIT UP AND BEGIN IT'S LOCK DOWN. IT THEN BEGINS TO RATCHET BACKWARDS AND WILL NOT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2005
EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR THE SUNROOF RATTLES AND IT SOUNDS AS IF THERE IS SHATTERED GLASS IN THERE. I LOOKED AND TRIED TO CLEAN IT ALL OUT BUT I NEVER FOUND ANY BROKEN GLASS. BUT WHEN EVER I GO OVER THE SMALLEST BUMP IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WHOLE SUNROOF IS GOING TO SHATTER. I HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE GLASS. *NM
Incident date: Jan 23, 2005
DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING WARMED UP ON JANUARY 23, 2005 THE WIND DEFLECTOR FOR THE SUN ROOF BROKE. AS HE WAS GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE VEHICLE AND SHUT THE DOOR THE DEFLECTOR BROKE. THE CONTACT STATED UNTIL HE SAW THE INVESTIGATION ARTICLE HE THOUGHT THE BREAKAGE WAS DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF NORMAL CONDITION. ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 29, 2005
DT: 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONSUMER STATED TWO OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE SPLIT. THE FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES WERE THE ONES AFFECTED. HE WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND THE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER TAKING IT OFF THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED A TWO INCH SPLIT BY THE SIDEWALL. THIS WAS ABOUT AN INCH IN THE TREAD DOWN TWO OR THREE INCHES ON THE SIDEWALL. THE REAR TIRE HAD THE SAME SPLIT... Read more
Incident date: Aug 15, 2005
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH WITH MY SUNROOF OPEN WHEN DEBRIS OF SOME SORT HIT MY WIND DEFLECTOR. IT SHATTERED THE GLASS WIND DEFLECTOR AND COVERED THE INTERIOR OF MY CAR WITH GLASS. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM, ONLY TWO WEEKS EARLIER, AND THEY SAID THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. THE PART IS $568. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO CHARGED ME $70 JUST TO CLOSE MY SUNROOF. IT IS STILL ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 24, 2005
1) I WAS SITTING IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT WITH ONLY MY AC RUNNING WHEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SUNROOF JUST SHATTERS. NO REASON FOR THE GLASS TO SHATTER, HAD NOT OPENED THE SUNROOF IN 3 TO 4 DAYS, NOTHING HIT THE SUNROOF AT ANYTIME, AND I WAS MOTIONLESS WHEN THE GLASS SHATTERED. 2) WHEN THE GLASS SHATTERED PIECES OF GLASS RAINED DOWN ONTO ME INSIDE MY VEHICLE. I HAD A FEW CUTS BUT NOTHING M... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 20, 2005
ON AUGUST 20, 2005 I WAS PARKING MY SCION TC 2005 IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY ACCELERATED. THE CAR TOOK OFF AS IF IT WERE POSSESSED. I TRIED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WITH MY STEERING WHEEL, AND AVOIDED HITTING MY HOUSE AND MY BASKETBALL POLL. SLAMMING THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR HIT A TREE IN MY BACKYARD. I SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING ... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 2, 2005
DT: 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONSUMER STATES THE RUN FLAT TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FOUND ON OTHER WEB SITES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OF THE TIRES, THE CORE COULD BE SEEN. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WIT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 2, 2005
DT: 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONSUMER STATES THE RUN FLAT TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FOUND ON OTHER WEB SITES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OF THE TIRES, THE CORE COULD BE SEEN. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WIT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 29, 2005
COMPLAINT-2005 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER: UNSAFE OPERATION THIS VEHICLE HAS A "FLY BY WIRE" COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT IS CAUSING HAZARDOUS UNEXPECTED ENGINE STUMBLING, ENGINE HESITATION AND ERRATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE CANNOT ALWAYS BE EASED INTO TRAFFIC AND ON ONE OCCASION WHEN MERGING INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC THE ENGINE RACED AND DOWN SHIFTED SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE PASSENGERS THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN... Read more
Incident date: Aug 16, 2005
ON A ROAD DOING 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE. STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT AND CAUSE THE LOST OF CONTROL, CRASHING INTO THE GUIDE RAIL. THE CAR IS NOW IN THE BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *JB
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 18, 2004
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 SCION TC SINCE PURCHASE ON 7/16/2004. THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE THE FRONT TIRE WAS SITTING ON THE RIM. TERRIBLE PROBLEMS WITH SCRATCHES IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU LOOK AT IT AND IT SCRATCHES AND THE PAINT IS PEELING AND BUBBLING ALL OVER, THE POWER LOCK BUTTON FELL INSIDE THE DOOR WITHIN THE 1ST WEEK I HAD THE CAR. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 DIFFERENT TIMES CON... Read more
Incident date: Jul 18, 2004
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 SCION TC SINCE PURCHASE ON 7/16/2004. THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE THE FRONT TIRE WAS SITTING ON THE RIM. TERRIBLE PROBLEMS WITH SCRATCHES IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU LOOK AT IT AND IT SCRATCHES AND THE PAINT IS PEELING AND BUBBLING ALL OVER, THE POWER LOCK BUTTON FELL INSIDE THE DOOR WITHIN THE 1ST WEEK I HAD THE CAR. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 DIFFERENT TIMES CON... Read more
Incident date: Jul 18, 2004
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 SCION TC SINCE PURCHASE ON 7/16/2004. THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE THE FRONT TIRE WAS SITTING ON THE RIM. TERRIBLE PROBLEMS WITH SCRATCHES IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU LOOK AT IT AND IT SCRATCHES AND THE PAINT IS PEELING AND BUBBLING ALL OVER, THE POWER LOCK BUTTON FELL INSIDE THE DOOR WITHIN THE 1ST WEEK I HAD THE CAR. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 DIFFERENT TIMES CON... Read more
Incident date: May 31, 2005
THE SUNROOF DEFLECTOR BROKE WHILE DRIVING WITH THE SUNROOF OPEN WITH NO APPARENT REASON, TOYOTA INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE BROKEN DEFLECTOR AND EXACTLY SIX DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE DEFLECTOR SHATTERED AGAIN ON I-20 TRAVELING AT AROUND 65MPH, JUST ABOVE THE SPEED TRAVELED WHEN THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED
Incident date: Aug 19, 2005
WENT OUT TO CAR IN THE MORNING AND THE SUN/MOON ROOF DEFLECTOR WAS SHATTERED.
Incident date: Aug 2, 2005
GLASS ROOF/SUNROOF ASSEMBLY CONSTANTLY CREAKS AND POPS. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND TSB PERFORMED, NOISES WENT AWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AND NOISE RETURNED. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, WAS INFORMED IT NEEDED "LUBRICATION" AND IT SHOULD BE FINE, NOISES HAVE RETURNED AGAIN. ALSO, THE HATCHBACK ALWAYS RATTLES, AS RECOMMENDED BY A SCION MESSAGE BOARD, SLIGHTLY LARGER BUMP STOPS WERE PURCHASED, WHIC... Read more
Incident date: Jul 26, 2005
MY DAUGHTER MAKING A LEFT TURN WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS TORN FROM THE CAR, THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT SHREDDED CAUSING HER TO BE EJECTED FROM THE CAR. THE RESULTING INJURIES CAUSED HER DEATH. 2005 SCION TC. *NM
Crash
2 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Jul 8, 2005
ENKEI WHEEL RIM BENT AND TIRE AND WHEEL NEED TO BE REPLACED. CAR NOT IN ACCIDENT AND I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE VALVE BEFORE AND THE DEALER FIXED IT. I ALSO HAD A DEFECTIVE TIRE REPLACED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER. I THINK THIS WAS DEFECTIVE TOO, BUT NOW I HAVE TO PAY 465. TO FIX. *NM
Incident date: Jul 18, 2005
SCION XB TRUCK HATCH WHILE CLOSING SHEERED MY NOSE WHILE CLOSING . PARMAMEDICS REQUIRED TO STABLIZE ME, AND ER TREATMENT WITH PLASTIC SURGEON FOR TREATMENT.
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 4, 2005
PURCHASED MY 2005 SCION TC ON JUNE 3RD, 2005 AND NOTICED ON JUNE 4TH WHEN DRIVING THE CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CEMENT HIGHWAYS WITH RAINCHANNEL GROOVES CUT INTO THEM THAT THE TIRES WERE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD! THE TIRES ARE PIRELLI P-ZERO NERO M/S TIRES, AND HAVE A FIVE RIBBED DESIGN TO THEM THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME PATTERN THAT THE RAINCHANNELS ARE! THE TIRE GROOVES GRAB THE RAINCHANNELS IN... Read more
Incident date: Jul 11, 2005
I HAVE A 2005 SCION TC, LAST MONDAY I ARRIVED HOME AND AFTER FIVE MINUTES WHILE I WAS BY THE CAR I HEARD A CRACK AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE CAR I SAW THAT THE BACK MOONROOF CRACKED WITHOUT ANY REASON.THE WAY IT CRACKED IT IS VERY WEIRD BECAUSE IT CRACKED ALL THE WAY AROUND AND AFTER THAT OVER THE NIGHT IT START COURVING UPWARD AND IT START FELING IN TO PIECES.
Incident date: Jun 24, 2005
I JUST BOUGHT A SCION TC A MONTH AGO AND WAS SURPRISED BY THE PAINT DINGS CAUSED BY ROCKS. THIS IN ITSELF IS NOT A SURPRISE, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE LAYER OF PAINT BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE CAR AND THE PRIMER. I HAVE CALLED SCION SUPPORT AND HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM TOO. THE DEALERSHIP WAS OF NO HELP SAYING THE ROCK DINGS ARE NORMAL (I KNOW THAT) AND DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING OF THE QUALITY OF... Read more
Incident date: Jun 2, 2005
I HAVE BRIDGESTONE POTENZA P215/45ZR17 TIRES ON MY CAR..THE TIRES DON'T HAVE EVEN 10000 MILES AND I ALREADY HAD TO GET 3 NEW TIRES AND 2 TO BE FIXED... CAUSE OF TWO ARE UNKNOWED ...I THINK IT WAS A POT HOLE IN THE ROAD... REST ARE NAILS IN TIRES... I'M DRIVING ON NORMAL US CITY ROADS. NO DIRT ROADS, NO BEACH DRIVING, NO SNOW DRIVING. AND THE NAILS FIND HOME IN MY TIRES. I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES NAIL... Read more
Incident date: Jun 21, 2005
PAINT PEELING, CHIPPING, UNDERSURFACE "SCRATCHES" APPEARING IN THE PAINT. IT SEEMS TOYOTA HAS A BAD BATCH OF PAINT ON THIER SCION LINE OF VEHICLES, AS I SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE COMPLAINTS OF PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTS IN THE PAINT.
Incident date: Jun 10, 2005
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 OC... Read more
Incident date: Jun 2, 2005
DT: 2005, TOYOTA, SCION TC, VEHICLE'S SUN ROOF (NOT THE WIND DEFLECTOR) EXPLODED. THERE WAS NO APPARENT CAUSE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. GLASS SHATTERED ALL OVER CONSUMER AND THE FREEWAY. CONSUMER STATED THAT NOTHING HIT THE SUNROOF FOR IT TO SHATTER, BUT IF EVEN A SMALL ITEM COULD CAUSE THAT EXPLOSIVE TYPE OF DAMAGE, IT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT GLASS. SUNROOF IS REPAIRED BUT CAR PAINT IS SCRATCHED EVERYWH... Read more