2006 Scion Xb

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

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

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 WINDSHIELD HAS GOTTEN 4 OTHER ROCK CHIPS (INCLUDING ON THAT CAUSED A CRACK EXTENDING EXACTLY OPPOSITE OF THE 1ST CRACK -- COMING FROM THE TOP-PASSENGER SIDE OF CENTER, TOWARD THE DRIVER). THIS CAR HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE FOR ABOUT 2000 MILES (IT HAS A TOTAL OF 20000 MILES). IT HAS NOT DRIVEN ON ANY ABNORMAL OR INDUSTRIAL ROADS (ALL CHIPS/CRACKS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON AN URBAN INTERSTATE AT SEPARATE TIMES). I WOULD ALSO LIKE AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW MANY CHIPS/CRACKS CAN OCCUR BEFORE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AS I WILL NOT REPLACE MY WINDSHIELD WITH EVERY OIL CHANGE (ONLY WHEN THE STATE FORCES ME TO DUE TO THE FREQUENT NATURE OF THESE INCIDENTS). *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

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

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