2006 Scion Xb

TOYOTA SCION XB, 2006: WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN CRACKING ONGOING BEGINNING 2 WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS CAR. TOYOTA/SCION REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ONGOING PROBLEM, AND OFFERS NO REPLACEMENT. I REPLACED 2 WINDSHIELDS WITHIN A YEAR AND LIVED WITH ANOTHER CRACK FOR 3 YEARS UNTIL NOW, AS I HAVE ACCUMULATED 3 CRACKS. TOYOTA OFFERS ME THE CHANCE TO PAY TWICE AS MUCH FOR THEIR GLASS AS THE COST FOR AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT. *TR

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT AROUND THIS ISSUE. MY 2006 SCION XB HAS A CRACKED WINDSHIELD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME! MY RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL AND I NOTE THAT THIS WILL BE THE 89TH COMPLAINT OF THIS TYPE ON THIS SITE. I HAVE TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES IN MY LIFE AND MY WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN HIT BY ROCKS ON MANY OCCASIONS. NOT ONCE HAVE THOSE STRIKES RESULTED IN A FATALLY CRACKED WINDSHIELD UNTIL MY SCION. A SMALL NICK WILL ALMOST INVARIABLY END UP IN MAJOR CRACK. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OF HOW THE WINDSHIELD IS SLOPED. I BELIEVE IT IS A CHEAP PIECE OF GLASS OR A DESIGN FLAW OF SOME KIND. AT $500 A WINDSHIELD IT IS BECOMING AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION TO OWN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV UP SO THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING. HE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER RE-STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE NO LONGER OCCURRED.THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT DID CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER; SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V017000. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,717. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000

MY CAR, A 2006 SCION XB, WHILE DRIVING ON SURFACE STREETS BEGAN TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. WHEN I TAPPED ON THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, IT SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED THE ACCELERATION. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO BEV SMITH TOYOTA & SCION, WHERE THE TECHNICIANS DETERMINED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL SOFTWARE MALFUNCTIONED. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE SOFTWARE CAUSED THE ISSUE. *TR

ON TUESDAY JANUARY 19, 2010 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK IN THE CENTER OF MY WINDSHIELD RIGHT BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR OF MY 2006 SCION XB. I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO A SHOP TO BE REPAIRED ON WEDNESDAY, ON WEDNESDAY MORNING I SAW THE CRACK HAD DOUBLED IN SIZE AND WAS IN THE SHAPE OF AN L GOING TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SIDE AND WAS BEYOND ABILITY TO REPAIR. I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A ROCK THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE, BUT I COULD NOT RECALL A ROCK CAUSING SUCH DAMAGE IN SO LITTLE TIME. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE TO SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE L SHAPE CRACK IN THE 2004 - 2006 SCION XB WINDSHIELD. I DID MORE RESEARCH AND I WAS TOLD TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA IN HOPE IT COULD BE RESOLVED SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB HAS DEVELOPED A LARGE CRACK AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN NEITHER INSTANCE DO I RECALL ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. *TR THE CURRENT CRACK DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THIS FREQUENCY OF WINDSHIELD CRACKING IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. I THINK THE WINDSHIELDS (OR PERHAPS THE WINDSHIELD MOUNTS) MUST BE DEFECTIVE.

WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB CRACKED OVERNIGHT WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I DISCOVERED A CRACK STARTING FROM THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD, APPROX EYE-LEVEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE CRACK EXTENDS ABOUT 10 INCHES DOWNWARD AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A ROCK CHIP OR OTHER EXTERIOR DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD. THIS CRACK WAS NOT PRESENT THE EVENING BEFORE THEN THE CAR WAS PARKED. *TR