2006 Scion xB Complaint Log

WINDOW HAS AN L SHAPED CRACKED THAT APPEARED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THERE IS A SMALL CHIP AT THE TOP. I CANNOT FIND THE CHIP. MY FATHER IN LAW LOOKED. THE MAN SPENT 30 YEARS MAKING AUTOMOTIVE GLASS AND COULD NOT FIND IT. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM TOP CENTER DOWN 5"TURNED TO PASS SIDE WENT 13" , 2ND SAME TIME STARTED ON RIGHT PILLAR ACROSS CENTER ENDED JUST UNDER OTHER, HAPPENED WHEN DEFROSTERS WERE ON FOR ABOUT 15 MINS AND OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 10 DEGREES OR A LITTLE LESS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH ON MAJOR ROAD ,WAKEFIELD AREA, MAKING A SLIGHT TURN (BEND)IN ROAD TO RIGHT. *TR

MY 2006 SCION XB (AS WELL AS EVERY OTHER ONE OUT THERE) HAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE WINDSHIELD. I AM ON MY SECOND WINDSHIELD. CRACKS HAPPEN FOR NO REASON, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS TURNING ON YOUR DEFROST. SCION REPLACED MY FIRST WINDSHIELD BECAUSE MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THEY ARE HESITANT TO DO IT AGAIN. I LET THEM KNOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE WEB WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE. APPARENTLY IT'S THE 04-06 SCION XB. I CANNOT AFFORD TO GO OUT AND REPLACE A WINDSHIELD EVERYTIME THIS HAPPENS, ON TOP OF MY CAR PAYMENT, AND INSURANCE, NOT TO MENTION MY OTHER BILLS. I THINK SCION OWES IT TO THE CUSTOMERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THEY CLAIM TO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DESIGN FLAW, BUT AFTER SOME INTERNET SEARCHING, THERE HAS BEEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THEM FOR THE WINDSHIELD PROBLEM. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AT EYE LEVEL. FROM THE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE ROOF SUPPORT MOVING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE SHIELD. THE CRACK OCCURRED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE VEHICLE SAT IN OUR GARAGE . IT DID NOT EXPERIENCES ANY TYPE OF IMPACT. NO REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE ONLY AN ESTIMATE OF REPLACEMENT COST. *TR

A SPONTANEOUS CRACK APPEARED IN MY 2006 SCION XB WINDSHIELD WHILE SITTING OVERNIGHT. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE TOP CENTER EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD, TRAVELS DOWN BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, AND ANGLES TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE IN AN L SHAPE. THERE IS NO CHIP OR OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRACK. THERE WAS NO ROCK IMPACT IN DAYS/WEEKS/MONTHS PRECEDING THE CRACK. IT'S PERHAPS 8-12" LONG. THE LACK OF ANY OBVIOUS OR ACCIDENTAL CAUSE FOR THIS CRACK IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AND SEEMS TO IMPLY A DEFECT. *TR

I CAME OUT TO MY CAR AND THE WINDSHIELD HAD AN L- SHAPED CRACK, THATS IT. THE CAR WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON PASSENGER SIDE WHILE VEHICLE SAT IN CLOSED GARAGE OVERNIGHT. *TR

I OWN A SCION XB 2006 AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM MANY OTHER SCION XB OWNERS ARE HAVING. MY FRONT WINDSHIELD KEEPS CRACKING IN THE TYPICAL "L" SHAPED PATTERN. THE FIRST TIME WAS LAST YEAR, IT CRACKED FOR NO REASON DURING THE LATE SPRING. A ROCK NEVER HIT IT, NOR DID ANYTHING ELSE THAT LED TO THE CRACK. YESTERDAY, I NOTICED THE SAME "L" SHAPE CRACK STARTING, THIS MORNING, IT SPREAD ACROSS MY WINDSHIELD TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CRACK IS JUST UNDER 3 FEET LONG. THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST CRACK, STARTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT THREE INCHES FROM THE END OF THE WINDOW FRAME AND MOVES TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. I'VE HAD IT REPLACED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY USING THEIR SUGGESTED AUTO GLASS REPAIR PEOPLE. I WILL HAVE IT REPLACED AGAIN, TOMORROW. SO FAR, THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR EVERY 8,000 MILES. I CALLED SCION TODAY TO TELL THEM ABOUT MY SITUATION AFTER FINDING NUMEROUS WEB-SITES DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND SPANS MANY YEARS MODELS AS THE NEWER 2008'S HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS MY 2006 AND THE OLDER 2005 MODELS. *TR

I JUST WENT INTO THE GARAGE TO MOVE MY SCION AND NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE SHAPE OF A J AT THE TOP MIDDLE OF MY WINDSHIELD. WHEN SEARCHING FOR AUTO GLASS ON THE NET, I CAME ACROSS TOO MANY POSTS OF XB OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A "SILENT RECALL". *TR

L SHAPED CRACK ON WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB. HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND ONE WEEK LATER THE NEW WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME SHAPE. IT ALSO HAPPENED OVERNIGHT WHEN NOT DRIVEN. *TR

PARKED MY CAR (2006 SCION XB) OUTSIDE ONE EVENING. WOKE THE NEXT MORNING AND THERE WAS A LARGE L-SHAPED CRACK NEAR THE REARVIEW MIRROR. NO ROCK OR IMPACT DAMAGE OCCURRED, JUST A CRACK APPEARED. ABOUT 4 DAYS LATER, NOT ONLY HAD THAT CRACK GROWN, BUT I NOW HAD A NEW CRACK JUTTING IN FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. BOTH CRACKS EXCEED WELL OVER 18 INCHES. THERE IS NOTHING OF MY DOING OR OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVED IN THESE CRACKS. I HAVE VISITED A NUMBER OF ONLINE FORUMS, AND THIS APPEARS COMMONPLACE WITH THESE XBS AND THEIR OWNERS. IT SEEMS THERE IS TOO MUCH STRESS IN THE DESIGN ON THE GLASS, AND IT CRACKS AT WILL. ANYWAYS, IT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT, AND I DO NOT WANT TO PAY $500 FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD THAT IS ONLY TO CRACK AGAIN AT THE SLIGHTEST TEMPERATURE CHANGE. PLEASE HELP US. SCION NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THIS ISN'T A SPARK PLUG...THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE $500 AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE, VSR AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE LEAK DETECTION PUMP WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE REPAIR COST OF $500 . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

MY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN BUT APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES IN 4 DAYS. ON THE 5TH DAY I GOT IN MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND THERE WAS AN "L" SHAPED CRACK ACROSS MY WINDSHIELD. THIS CRACK WAS NOT THERE THE LAST TIME I DROVE MY VEHICLE. THE ORIGIN OF THE CRACK BEGINS UNDER THE SEAM WHERE THE WINDSHIELD MEETS THE TOP OF THE CAR A FEW INCHES TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CRACK THEN GOES STRAIGHT DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES AND THEN ANGLES SHARPLY TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUES FOR APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES. THERE IS NO CHIP,CRACK, OR NICK THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CAUSE OF THIS LARGE "L" SHAPED CRACK. THE REASON FOR THE CRACK IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN. *TR

I WALKED INTO MY GARAGE THIS MORNING AND FOUND A L-SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTS FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ENDS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. MY WINDSHIELD DID NOT HAVE A CRACK WHEN I LEFT MY CAR YESTERDAY EVENING. IT IS A VERY FINE CRACK AND DOESN'T LOOK AS IF SOMETHING HIT IT (NO SPLINTERS IN THE GLASS). I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE THIS MORNING AND THEY TOLD ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A SCION DEALERSHIP (I AM MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW MORNING). THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEALERSHIP WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND IF THE DEALERSHIP DEEMS THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE, THEN I SHOULD GET AN ESTIMATE AND CONTACT THEM AGAIN WITH THE INFORMATION. THEY OPENED UP A CASE NUMBER FOR ME. THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING MY CAR PURCHASE, I SAW ON EDMUNDS.COM THAT THE 2006 SCION XB HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPONTANEOUS CRACKS FORMING IN THE WINDSHIELD. HOPEFULLY, TOYOTA/SCION RESOLVES THIS ISSUE IN A REASONABLE MANNER. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HOW THIS PANS OUT. *TR

I WALKED INTO MY GARAGE ON 9/24/08 AND FOUND A L-SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTS FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ENDS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. MY WINDSHIELD DID NOT HAVE A CRACK WHEN I LEFT MY CAR THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT IS A VERY FINE CRACK AND DOESN'T LOOK AS IF SOMETHING HIT IT (NO SPLINTERS IN THE GLASS). I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE THIS ON 9/24/08 AND THEY TOLD ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A SCION DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEALERSHIP WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND IF THE DEALERSHIP DEEMS THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE, THEN I SHOULD GET AN ESTIMATE AND CONTACT THEM AGAIN WITH THE INFORMATION. THEY OPENED UP A CASE NUMBER FOR ME. I CONTACTED MILLER TOYOTA IN CULVER CITY AND TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP 9/25/08 @ 1:00 PM. THE SERVICE MANAGER PROCEEDED TO RUN A BALLPOINT PIN THROUGH THE CRACK AND TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THERE WAS PITTING. I THEN REQUESTED AN ESTIMATE, WHICH CAME TO $1.019.27. THEN I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD ARRANGE A PERSON FROM CORPORATE TO INSPECT THE WINDSHIELD. SCION CORPORATE TOLD ME THAT THE CORPORATE REP WOULD BE THERE AT NOON ON 9/29/08. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 9/29/08 AT NOON AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT THERE. AND SHE DIDN'T SHOW FOR ANOTHER 50 MINUTES. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I WAS LEAVING AROUND 12:50 PM AND HE KEPT SAYING: "SHE WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE". THEN AS HE GETS TO MY CAR, I SEE A SHORT ASIAN WOMAN WITH HER HAIR PULLED INTO A BUN. HE GIVES HER A PEN FROM HIS POCKET AND SHE RUNS A BALLPOINT PEN THROUGH THE CRACK (SHE SPENT 5-10 SECONDS WITH MY CAR). THE SAME SERVICE MANAGER THAT DID THE BALLPOINT PEN TEST WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE UP THE REPORT TO SAY THE SAME THING. THEY ARE UNCONSCIONABLE. THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING MY CAR PURCHASE, I SAW ON EDMUNDS THAT THE 2006 SCION XB HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPONTANEOUS CRACKS FORMING IN THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2007 APP. 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY CAR THE WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK IN IT, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A ROCK HITTING NO NOISE I JUST LOOKED UP AND IT WAS CRACKED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WINDOW AND JUST YESTERDAY SEP. 14, 2008 I GOT IN MY CAR AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CRACK I HERE A POPPING NOISE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS AN L SHAPED CRACK IN IT. *TR

OUR CAR WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT, WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED IN THE SHAPE OF AN L. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB THAT WAS PURCHASED IN MAY 2006. LAST YEAR, IN 2007, A CRACK APPEARED THAT STARTED ON THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THEY CRACK THEN GREW FROM A LINE INTO AN L SHAPE. A MONTH OR SO AFTER THAT ANOTHER L SHAPED CRACK APPEARED COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR. I REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD ON AUGUST 29, 2008. LAST NIGHT THE WINDSHIELD WAS FINE, THIS MORNING (SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 - TWO WEEKS LATER!!) THERE IS ANOTHER L SHAPED CRACK BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR THAT APPEARED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

1) GENERAL USE OF VEHICLE. 2) WHEN USING RIGHT HAND SIDE DIRECTION INDICATOR, DURING CANCELING, EITHER BY HAND OR AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK INTO THE STRAIGHT AHEAD POSITION, THE LEFT HAND SIDE INDICATORS MAY BRIEFLY LIGHT UP, CAUSING POTENTIAL CONFUSING SIGNALING TO OTHER ROAD USERS. 3) TURN INDICATOR STALK HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT SAME PROBLEM RE-APPEARED. *TR

1. MAYBE A PEBBLE IMPACT 2. WINDSHIELD CRACK (ONE TIME, I HAVE NOT CHANGED THE WINDSHIELD YET) 3. NOTHING YET. *TR

AROUND MARCH 2008, I PEBBLE HIT MY SCION XB WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A SMALL CRACK. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND I HAD TO GET IT REPLACED. RECENTLY, ON AUGUST 4TH, 2008, ANOTHER PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND ANOTHER CRACK. AND TODAY AUGUST 27TH, 2008, MY FRIEND WHO HAS AN XB ALSO GOT A CRACK ON HER WINDSHIELD FROM A SMALL PEBBLE. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION AND IT SEEMS THAT TONS OF SCION XB OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF SUCH A DEFECT ON THEIR WINDSHIELDS. SO I AM ALSO HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE IM GOING THROUGH MY 2ND WINDSHIELD. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB RELEASE SERIES 3.0 ENVY GREEN AND THE HEAD REST MONITORS THAT CAME FROM FACTORY HAS FAILED. THE FIRST TIME THE MONITORS FAILED TO WORK WAS BACK ON JULY 20 AND EVER SINCE THE MONITORS WILL NOT WORK OR IT WILL TURN ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND SHUTS OFF AND WILL NOT TURN ON AGAIN. I HAVE TRIED TO TURN IT ON EVERY TIME I HAVE THE KIDS IN THE BACK BUT UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT MAKE IT WORK. I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF A NUMEROUS SCION WEBSITE FORUMS AND SPOKE TO SOME OF THE RS3.0 OWNERS AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND I WAS SURPRISE TO FIND OUT THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON THE SAME EXACT DATE I HAD MINE AND WE WERE AT THE SAME SCION EVENT. I WAS TOLD BY THAT MEMBER THAT HE HAD TAKEN HIS TO A SCION DEALERSHIP AND HE WAS INFORMED BY THAT SERVICE DEPT THAT SCION/TOYOTA KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE UNIT MODULE FOR THE MONITORS AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART FOR FREE OF CHARGE. MY PROBLEM IS THAT OF ALL 3 SCION DEALERSHIPS I HAVE CONTACTED NONE WOULD ADMIT OF SUCH ISSUE INCLUDING THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MINE. PLEASE HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND FOR OTHER RS3.0 OWNERS OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SOON TO HAPPEN. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB AND PARKED THE CAR IN A PARKING LOT. UPON MY RETURN I FOUND A CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE, WENT IN ABOUT 2 INCHES, UP ABOUT 6 INCHES, AND THEN LEFT ABOUT 12 INCHES. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANY IMPACT OR ROCK CHIP TO INITIATE THE CRACK. *TR

I PURCHASED MY SCION XB 2006 IN AUGUST OF 2006. LAST WEEK, WED. JULY 9, 2008, AN L SHAPED CRACK APPEARED ON MY FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT APPEARED OVERNIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE. I DISCOVERED IT IN THE MORNING. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE VERY TOP EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND GOES IN AN L SHAPE. THE NEXT MORNING (THUR, JULY 10) A SECOND L-SHAPED CRACK APPEARED IN MY WINDSHIELD IN THE SAME FASHION. THIS ONE IS ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE AND ALSO STARTS AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CRACK APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE. THE TWO CRACKS ARE NOW HEADING TOWARD EACH OTHER, AND I AM WORRIED THIS DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WILL CRACK. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND TALKING TO MECHANICS, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT IN THE SCION XB 2006 MODEL. MANY OWNERS HAVE REPORTED L-SHAPED CRACKS APPEARING OUT OF NOWHERE AND FILED COMPLAINTS. THE MECHANIC I SPOKE WITH SAID THAT HE HAS REPLACED MANY CRACKED WINDSHIELDS ON SCION XB'S. HE ATTRIBUTES WHAT HE TERMED THIS DESIGN DEFECT TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR SITS SO LOW AND THE STEEP GRADE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION.*TR

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A SEATTLE BOULEVARD AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT. INSTEAD OF SLOWING, THE ENGINE SPED UP. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO STOP BY STOMPING ON THE BRAKE, BUT AT FULL STOP THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING TOWARD 5000 RPM, THE CAR WAS STRAINING FORWARD, AND THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WAS TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION. ON RESTARTING THE CAR, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. I CALLED THE DEALER, WHOSE SERVICE FOLKS SAID THERE WERE NO SERVICE NOTICES ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE NEXT TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN, THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES IN THE ELECTRONICS. THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECURRENCE. BUT THE INCIDENT WAS MORE THAN UNSETTLING; IT WAS DOWNRIGHT SCARY. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKS ON ITS OWN (NOT DUE TO ROCKS OR ANYTHING) THERE IS AN L SHAPED CRACK WHICH STARTS AT THE TOP CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD WHICH IS CAUSED MOST LIKELY BY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN WHICH CAUSED THE BODY TO FLEX. *TR

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. THEY USED A BALL POINT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A PIT. I AM PLANNING TO REPLACE THE GLASS SOON. *TR

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

REAR RIGHT LIP OF THE BUMPER FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

FOUND A L-SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTS FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ENDS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. MY WINDSHIELD DID NOT HAVE A CRACK WHEN I LEFT MY CAR THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT IS A VERY FINE CRACK AND DOESN'T LOOK AS IF SOMETHING HIT THE GLASS. TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP . THE SERVICE MANAGER PROCEEDED TO RUN A BALLPOINT PIN THROUGH THE CRACK AND TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THERE WAS PITTING. *TR

A CRACK APPEARED IN THE WINDSHIELD OF MY CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD PRIOR TO THIS CRACK APPEARING. *TR

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 SAME LOOK. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB AND APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO HAD THE ACCELERATED STICK TO THE FLOOR MAT AFTER ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON PASSING I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK IN THE WINTER FLOOR MAT I HAD. IT REQUIRED ME TO USE MY FOOT AND PULL UP ON THE GAS PEDAL TO RELEASE IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CAUTIOUS OF THIS AND HAVE NOT HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AFTER READING ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH TOYOTA AND LEXUS I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH SCION VEHICLES. FELT I SHOULD REPORT THIS TO SOMEONE. *TR

2006 SCION XB CRACKED WINDSHIELD. IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SCION THAT THEY CORRECTED IN THEIR 2008 MODEL. *TR

MY CAR HAS SEVERAL DEFECTS. I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SCION. I PURCHASE THIS CAR FROM CARMAX BUT THEY TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT A TOYOTA CAR DEALERSHIP PLACE. THIS PLACE HAS BEEN GIVEN ME A RUN AROUND ABOUT FIXING MY CAR EVER SINCE JANUARY. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR ONE THING TO BE REPAIRED. AND THE TOLD ME THAT THE ELECTRICAL AIR BAG AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACE IN MY CAR AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET MY CAR REPAIRED AT THIS PLACE AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO HAVE THEM TO REPAIRED WHAT THEY SAID I NEEDED REPAIRED ON MY CAR. I HAVE NOT HEARD NO RESPONDS FROM THIS COMPANY IN REGARDS TO MY CAR. I HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT WORK. *TR

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

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 BEEN A LOT OF ISSUE OF THE WINDSHIELD CRACKING AGAIN FROM OTHER SCION XB OWNERS. I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP REPLACING WINDSHIELD AS MANY OTHER HAVE HAD DONE. *TR

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 RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE WINDSHIELD. AS OF 6/16/08 THE WINDSHIELD HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. *TR

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB DEVELOPED A CRACK WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NO OTHER CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME TO TOSS ROCKS. THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM A ROCK OR ANYTHING BEFORE THE CRACK APPEARED. I HEARD A POP AND DISCOVERED THE CRACK. THE POP SOUND WAS NOT THE NORMAL ROCK ON THE WINDSHIELD SOUND. THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY IMPACT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD IN THIS AREA. THE CRACK DEVELOPED IN THE AREA BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND IS AN "L" SHAPED CRACK. THE FIRST DAY THE CRACK WAS ABOUT 8-10" IN LENGTH AND HAS PROGRESSED ANOTHER 2-4" OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS VEHICLE THAT IS CAUSING SO MANY XB OWNERS TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR

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 WAS ANOTHER CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND CAME UP ABOUT 5 INCHES AND CURVED TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE FOR ABOUT 5 OR 6 INCHES. *TR

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 WAS DUE TO A SMALL PEBBLE LIKE OBJECT THAT LIGHTLY HIT THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS INSTANTANEOUSLY A 10" CRACK. MY FIRST TWO WINDSHIELDS WERE COVERED BY MY INSURANCE, THAT LAST ONE I PAID FOR OUT OF POCKET. WITH THE NEW CRACK I WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT UNLESS TOYOTA OWNS UP TO THE DEFECT. THE NEW CRACK SHOWS NO SIGNS OF IMPACT. IT GROWS OUT FROM UNDER THE MOLDING AND GOES UP, THEN SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT, THEN UP AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA TWICE HOPING TO GET THIS SOLVED. I'LL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED. *TR

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. *TR

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

THIS HAS TO DO WITH FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKING. OUR WINDSHIELD HAS SEVERAL CRACKS FROM A COUPLE OF MINOR HITS BY WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER SMALL PEBBLES. SEVERAL CRACKS HAVE FORMED AND THEY ARE NOW JOINING TOGETHER. I HAVE READ ON LINE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE CAR'S AND THEREFORE MAY BE A DEFECT. *TR

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

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

I CAME OUT TO 2006 SCION XB IN PARKING LOT AND FOUND "L" SHAPED CRACK STARTING AT THE CENTER OF THE TOP RUBBER SEAL AND EXTENDING DOWN AND TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

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 THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON HERE SUGGEST). IN ADDITION, I HAVE OWNED MY XB FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR AND A HALF AND IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPAIRED 2 OTHER TIMES DUE TO CHIPS/SMALL CRACKS. JUDGING BY THE DATA I HAVE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE AND ELSEWHERE, I WOULD DEFINITELY CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE 2006 SCION XB. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD, BEING THAT THE WINDSHIELD IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE'S SAFETY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED (AT THE EDGE) FOR NO APPARENT REASON IN MARCH 2008, AND IT WAS INDICATED BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS DUE TO INSTALLATION. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. IT HAS CRACKED ONCE AGAIN, DECEMBER 2008, ONCE AGAIN ALONG THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT TO SEE IF THE DEALER WILL REPLACE IT ONCE AGAIN FOR NO CHARGE. THIS IS ALSO AN INCONVENIENCE AS THE DEALERSHIP IS ONE HOUR FROM MY HOME. *TR