2006 Scion Xb

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

I WAS REFERRED TO THIS SITE BY ANOTHER WEBSITE, MYSCIOINSUCKS.COM, AND I AM SO GLAD I WAS! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MY DEALERSHIP TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND HAVE NOT BEEN IN REAL PURSUIT OF ANY JUSTICE UNTIL RECENTLY. I HAVE A CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON MY SCION 2006 XB. I REALLY WANTED JUSTICE WHEN I ALMOST GOT INTO ANOTHER SCION EXACTLY LIKE MINE THE OTHER DAY WITH THE SAME CRACK IN IT'S WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NOW BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST A YEAR ON SOMETHING TO BE SAID BY THEM ABOUT A RECALL WHEN I GO TO GET MY OIL CHANGED. NOT ONE BREATH OF ANYTHING YET. I AM A VERY PASSIVE PERSON, SOMETIMES TOO PASSIVE BUT NOT ANYMORE WITH THIS ISSUE. I GOT THE CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD IN THE END OF NOVEMBER OF 2007. I AM FINANCIALLY STRAPPED, OR CHECK TO CHECK AS MOST SAY AND COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED AND DIDN'T SEE A NEED TO IF IT WASN'T MY FAULT. AS I SAID, WHY SPEND MY MONEY WHEN TOYOTA WONT ADMIT TO ANYTHING. I WOKE UP TO FIND THIS CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD ON A VERY MILD TEMP. DAY OF ABOUT 70 I BELIEVE. NEITHER HOT NOR COLD. I REMEMBER VIVIDLY. I GOT IN MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND NOTICED THIS L-SHAPED CRACK STARTING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE CURVING DOWN AND GOING TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I DROVE ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER AFTER HAVING THE CAR LOOKED AT IN TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, ON A 5 HOURS TRIP AND ANOTHER CRACK STARTED APPEARING FROM THE BOTTOM MIDLINE.... AND PROGRESSED UPWARD AND LEFT TOWARD THE DRIVER SIDE, AND BY THE END OF THE TRIP IT WAS OVER A FOOT IN LENGTH. APPEARING TO BE STRESS FROM AN 80 MPH SPEED MAJORITY OF THE TRIP. I HAVE ASKED TOYOTA ABOUT IT MANY TIMES AND NEVER ONCE WAS IT THEIR FAULT. I JUST RECENTLY GO ONLINE AFTER SEEING MY 5TH 2006 XB CRACKED WINDSHIELD IDENTICAL TO MINE. I AM WANTING IT FIXED AND NOTHING MORE AND CANNOT GET ANY ANSWERS. *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

WENT TO MY GARAGE IN THE MORNING AND DISCOVERED AN "L"SHAPED CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD HAD FORMED OVERNIGHT. I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED AS NOTHING HAD PREVIOUS HIT THE WINDSHIELD. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB, IT'S CLEAR THE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN AS IT CAN NOT BE A COINCIDENCE THAT MANY OTHER 2006 XB OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR CRACKS IN THEIR WINDSHIELDS. THE TOYOTA/SCION SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE DSM INSPECTION IS POSSIBLE. I AM GOING TO GO THE OTHER DEALERSHIPS TO SEE IF I CAN SCHEDULE THE INSPECTION SOONER. *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

THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND CURRENTLY HAS A CRACK IN IT. THE FIRST CRACK APPEARED 6 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR AND THE DEALER REPLACED IT FREE. THE SECOND TIME IT CRACKED I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER SCION WINDSHIELDS AND REPLACED IT MYSELF 2 WEEKS LATER FOR $226.63. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD BUT HAVEN'T FIXED IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL CRACK AGAIN. *TR