2006 Scion TC complaints

HATCHBACK DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF IN MY HUSBAND'S HAND WHEN HE WAS OPENING THE HATCH. THE HANDLE IS MADE OF THIN PLASTIC AND BROKE OFF WITH NORMAL PRESSURE AND USE. *TR

SCION TC 2006 - TEMPERATURE WENT ALL THE WAY TO HOT ON THE GAUGE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. TOOK THE CAR TO LOCAL SERVICE STATION. THEY TOOK THE HEAD OFF. SAID THE ENGINE BLOCK BOLTS ARE STRIPPED. MECHANIC IS CHARGING $3000+ TO FIX. SEE THIS ISSUE POSTED HERE AND ELSEWHERE ON LINE WITH THE 2006 SCION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON I10 (SPEED LIMIT OF 70) AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN A LOT OF WIND. MY SUNROOF HAD SHATTERED. *TR

2006 TOYOTA SCION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS SERIOUSLY AND PERMANENTLY INJURED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS STOPPED AT AN EXIT TO A PARKING LOT, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL AT FULL SPEED, CROSSING AN AVENUE AND STRIKING A BRICK WALL HEAD-ON. THE CONSUMER ALSO HIT A PEDESTRIAN, WHO SUSTAINED A BROKEN KNEE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS CRIPPLED FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL UNCONSCIOUS, WITH A BROKEN RIGHT HIP, BROKEN RIGHT HEEL, CONCUSSION, CUTS AND BRUISES. A TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION FROM THE BLACK BOX AS IT WAS DESTROYED IN THE CRASH. *JB

ON 08/28/2012 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN I NOTICED THE RADIO WENT OUT. I EXITED THE FREEWAY. I MADE IT ABOUT 2 BLOCKS AND WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR WOULDN'T ADVANCE. A POLICE OFFICER A FEW CARS BEHIND WAS ABLE TO PUSH MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD MY CAR TOWED FOR SERVICE TO AN INDEPENDENT NON-TOYOTA MECHANIC. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ALTERNATOR. GIVEN THIS WAS A NECESSARY REPAIR I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE REPAIR DONE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING PRETTY WELL UNTIL 01/01/2013. ON 01/01/2013 I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I NOTICED THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. THINKING NOTHING OF IT, I KEPT DRIVING. ON 01/04/2013 (ABOUT 75,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE) I WAS RETURNING FROM AN ERRAND (DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH) WHEN I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD TURNED ON. I PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION TO FILL UP AND CALLED AN INDEPENDENT NON-TOYOTA MECHANIC TO SEE IF I COULD BRING MY CAR IN. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO BRING MY CAR IN ON 01/05/2013. AFTER I PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND DROVE A FEW BLOCKS I NOTICED THE NEEDLE FOR THE THERMOSTAT WAS AT THE HOTTEST LEVEL POSSIBLE. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK MY CAR IN, IT OVERHEATED IN THE 5 MINUTES IT TO ME TO ARRIVE TO THE SHOP. I WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE HAD STRIPPED HEAD BOLTS AND I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE . I CALLED TOYOTA/SCION AND THEY DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE EITHER THE ALTERNATOR OR STRIPPED HEAD BOLTS BEING AN ISSUE. THE REPRESENTATIVE, [XXX] SAID THEY WOULD OPEN UP A CASE AND I WAS GIVEN THE FOLLOWING CASE # 13010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

REAR CURTAIN AIRBAGS BEGAN SWELLING, CAUSING SEPARATION OF INTERIOR PANELS. CALLED SCION CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND WAS ADVISED THAT, BECAUSE MY VIN DID NOT MATCH THE RECALLED UNITS, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE AND THAT THE OWNER WOULD BE CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE EVEN THOUGH I WAS EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR ISSUE AS DOCUMENTED IN TOYOTA RECALL NO. SSC 60H. ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS THE PROPER REPAIRS WERE ALREADY MADE PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. EITHER THIS IS A CONTINUED DEFECT, OR THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED IMPROPERLY AS NO INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED THAT WOULD OTHERWISE COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIRBAG UNITS. *TR ..UPDATED 11/05/12 *BF UPDATED 11/14/2012 *JS

HEAD GASKET LEAKING FOUND 6 HEAD BOLTS LOOSE. INSTALLED NEW HEAD GASKET SET, NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD. PAID 2000 DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS, NOW HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. MAKES LOUD NOISE AND OVERHEATS. MECHANIC AND BAR AGENT ADVISED IT WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. HEADBOLTS CAME LOOSE AGAIN AND NOW I NEED NEW ENGINE. PREVIOUS TO THIS MY INSURANCE HAD PAID A TOTAL OF 5000 DOLLARS FOR SOME MECHANICAL AND BODY WORK. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS NOW. CALLED TOYOTA MANUFACTURE COMPANY THEY TOLD ME THE ONLY WAY THEY WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE IF THEY CHARGED ME. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO AFFORD THE REPAIR AGAIN AND TO BUY A NEW ENGINE. I JUST NEED IT TO BE INSPECTED ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAD A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FROM THE BUREAU OF AUTO REPAIR CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION TC. THE REAR HATCH HANDLE GARNISH BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMED TO ONLY BE HELD ON BY A FEW PLASTIC CLIPS. I CANNOT OPEN MY BACK HATCH, AND AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY. MULTIPLE REPORTS HAVE SHOWN THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD- IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT WHERE DRIVER/PASSENGER DOORS CANNOT OPEN, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE VIA THE BACK HATCH. ALSO STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THE HOLE CREATED BY THE MISSING PART MAY ALLOW CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES FROM THE EXHAUST TO ENTER THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN THE WORKS AND THIS ISSUE HAS EFFECTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SCION REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND WAS INFORMED THERE IS NO RECALL AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE COST OF REPLACING THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR

TRUNK HANDLE TO HATCH SNAPPED OFF AS I WAS TRYING TO OPEN MY TRUNK. NOW I CAN'T ACCESS MY TRUNK. *TR

THESE ARE REPLACEMENT PIRELLI TIRES FOR MY DAUGHTER'S 2006 SCION TC. 235/40R18 H PIRELLI P ZERO NERO A/S 91H TIRES INSTALLED NEW ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. 1 TIRE ON LEFT REAR DEVELOPED LARGE BULGE/BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL - IDENTIFIED DURING SERVICE AT SERVICING TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. CONTACTED PIRELLI USA - WAS ADVISED TO HAVE TIRE REPLACED AND RETURN INCIDENT TIRE TO PIRELLI FOR EVALUATION AND ANY POSSIBLE CREDIT TOWARDS PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT. TO DATE, AND AFTER SEVERAL CONTACTS WITH BIG O TIRES WHO PERFORMED THE REPLACEMENT - NO ANSWER. PLEASE NOTE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SPLIT OR DAMAGE TO INSIDE CASING OPPOSITE THE BULGE - THIS TIRE WAS NOT DAMAGED AGAINST A CURB. COULD HAVE LED TO A BLOW OUT. *TR

TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I FELT SOMETHING POP UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE STEERING BOOMERANGED TO THE LEFT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER AS IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LOCKED.UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT, I APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR AS IT ACCELERATED . THE CAR CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO A RESIDENTIAL YARD HITTING A TREE HEAD ON. I ENDED UP WITH FACIAL, CLAVICLE, RIB, PELVIS AND HIP FRACTURES. THE PHYSICIANS SAY IT WILL BE A YEAR BEFORE I WILL BE ABLE TO WORK AND I MAY END UP WITH A PERMANENT LIMP. *JS

I OWN A 2006 SCION TC. WHEN I GRABBED THE HANDLE TO RAISE THE TRUNK THE ENTIRE REAR HANDLE RIPPED COMPLETELY OFF THE CAR. UPON RESEARCH I SEE THAT THIS A COMPLETELY COMMON ISSUE. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY CLAIMED THIS WAS ENTIRELY MY RESPONSIBILITY TO REPLACE. HOWEVER CLEARLY THIS IS MALFUNCTION IN THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN ROOF GLASS WINDOW DEFLECTOR SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V483000 (VISIBILITY: SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

THE TRUNK HANDLE ON MY BROKE OFF. SCION REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DESIGN DEFECT. MY HUSBAND GLUED IT DOWN, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE PIECE BREAKS OFF OR DETACHES IT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE OR INJURY. SCION REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT IT ISN'T A DESIGN FLAW, BUT RATHER USER ERROR FROM FAILURE TO OPEN THE LATCH PROPERLY. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AS I AM NOW EVEN MORE CAREFUL NOW THAT THE LATCH IS GLUED ON. EVEN NOW WHEN I AM OVERLY CAUTIOUS TO OPEN THE LATCH CORRECTLY, IT STILL GETS STUCK AND I'M CONCERNED IT WILL BREAK AGAIN. NOW THAT I HAVE HAD THE INCIDENT HAPPEN, I HAVE SEEN 4 OTHER SCIONS IN VARIOUS PLACES THAT HAVE THEIR HANDLE TAPED UP, MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE SAME REASON. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SCION BELIEVES IT IS THE CONSUMER WHO IS AT FAULT WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A FLAW IN THE DESIGNS OF THEIR VEHICLE, AND THEY REFUSE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE UNLESS YOU HAVE DROPPED HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WITH THEM AT THEIR DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGES OR OTHER SERVICES. *TR

I PURCHASED MY TC IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010... I NOTICE AFTERWARDS THAT IT RATTLES IN THE BACK,LOUD WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD... AND IT IS SO ANNOYING. I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET IT TO STOP. ALSO, SITTING STILL WITH THE CAR NOT IN NEUTRAL IT MAKES THIS LOUD RATTLE ON THE LEFT SIDE CLOSE TO THE GAS TANK.. WHAT THE HECK??? *TR

THERE IS A RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT AREA AROUND THE HATCH. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS, AND JUST REALIZED MANY HAVE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO TOYOTA ONLINE AND A FEW COMPLAINTS ON YOUR SITE. THE RATTLE OCCURS WHEN IDLE ON A STOP LIGHT, OR IDLE SOMEWHERE. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING LOOSE AS YOU CAN HEAR A LOOSE OBJECT WHEN GOING OVER A POT HOLE OR UNEVEN ROAD. THE NOISE IS A DISTRACTION AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AS I TRY TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM. THE NOISE CAN BE VERY LOUD AT TIME. PLEASE MAKE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE SINCE THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT ON THE WAY THE FRAMING / BODY OF THE SCION'S WAS BUILT. *TR

THE ENGINE COVER IS CRACKED, THIS COVER HAS NEVER BEEN REMOVED FOR ANY TYPE OF REPAIR. WONDERING IF THE HEAT OF THE ENGINE CAUSED IT TO CRACK. *TR

THE HATCH BACK TRUNK HANDLE IS VERY FLIMSY AND MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. THE TRUNK NEVER OPENS JUST BY PRESSION THE RELEASE LATCH, IT ALSO REQUIRES TO PULL ON THE FLIMSY LATCH, WHICH COULD CAUSE IT TO BREAK. I HAVE HAD TO ALREADY REPLACE IT ONCE. I HAVE SEEN MANY REPORTS HERE AND ONLINE OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS. *TR

TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND FOUND OUT THAT MY CAR WAS LEAKING COOLANT OUT OF THREE HEAD BOLTS ON BACK OF ENGINE BLOCK. THEY WERE STRIPPED OUT BECAUSE OF TOYOTA IMPROPER DESIGN OF THE BLOCK. 4 1/2" HOLE WITH 4" BOLT WITH ONLY THE BOTTOM 1 1/2" THREADED WHICH IS ONLY AN INCH TO INCH THREAD. POUR DESIGN FOR AN ALUMINUM BLOCK FOR THAT TENSILE STRENGTH. ITS AN 06 SCION TC THEY WANTED 6000 TO REPLACE BLOCK. EVEN CALLED CORPORATE BUT THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE ITS OUTSIDE OF POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WHEN THEY KNOW ITS A KNOWN ISSUE. THEY EVEN ISSUED A TSB OUT IN 3/2/2011. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE I HAVE SEEN MANY CASES ON THIS ISSUE AND TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR PROBLEM AND THEIR POUR DESIGNS. SERVICE BULLETIN: S-SB-0004-11. *KB

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A LONG STRAIGHT ROAD AT 55MPH. SUDDENLY THE STEERING PULLED RIGHT AND LOCKED. THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED BACK LEFT. IT ALL HAPPENED SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY. THIS ROAD HAS POWER POLES ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE. SINCE THE STEERING COULD NOT BE CORRECTED, THE CAR WENT HEAD ON INTO A POWER POLE. THE TOP OF THE POWER POLE BROKE OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING A FOOT AWAY FROM THE CAR, WITH 5 DOWNED POWER LINES LAYING ALL OVER THE GROUND. MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS DRIVING COULD NOT BREATHE DUE TO THE FUMES INSIDE THE CAR, AND WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE DOOR OPEN AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. FORTUNATELY AS SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR SHE DID NOT TOUCH ANY OF THE LIVE POWER LINES. THE POWER POLE ENDED UP ALMOST TO THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT. THE MOTOR BROKE IN HALF, AND THE CAR WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. IT IS A MIRACLE MY DAUGHTER SURVIVED THIS CRASH, INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT, THE POLE FALLING NEXT TO THE CAR, NOT ON THE CAR, AND THE FACT SHE DIDN'T TOUCH THE LIVE POWER LINES WHEN SHE HOBBLED OUT OF THE CAR. I RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE, AND HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL CAR. THE OTHER INCIDENTS DIDN'T CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. MY DAUGHTER ACCIDENT WAS NEAR FATAL. WITH OTHER COMPLAINTS ALREADY MADE FOR THE SAME THING, SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS. THE NEXT ACCIDENT WITH THIS CAUSE MAY CAUSE SOME SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE. TOYOTA HAS THIS PROBLEM ON ANOTHER MODEL SO IT SHOULD NOT BE A SURP

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO WORK THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO IDLE. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY, LUCKILY I WAS ON THE ROAD IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN TRAFFIC WAS SPARSE. UPON CONSULTING MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER THEY STATED IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH IS COMMON IN THIS MOTOR. I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE THIS ISSUE AND REALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

FAILURE TO HIT UNLOCK MULTIPLE TIMES ON KEYLESS REMOTE WHEN ACCESSING REAR HATCHBACK TRUNK WILL PUT UNDUE STRESS ON THE POORLY DESIGNED ENTRY POINT. EVEN WITH USING THE UNLOCK FEATURE WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS ARE UNLOCKED THE TRUNK LID REMAINS LOCKED. SINCE THIS IS SUCH A POOR DESIGN IT HAS BROKEN AND THE ONLY WAY TO REPLACE IS 800 REPAIR BILL FOR NEW PART AND HAVE IT PAINTED. I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT THE HATCHBACK IS OPENED AND ACCESED BY AN ELECTRIC PRESSURE POINT WITH KEYLESS ENTRY ONLY, SINCE THIS IS A PLASTIC PART AND IS VERY WEAK, IT ONLY TAKES A FEW VISITS TO THE CAR WASH OR DEALER TO HAVE SOMEONE ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE HATCHBACK WITH THE CAR UNLOCKED TO WRENCH ON THIS PART AND CAUSE IT TO FAIL. MOST MODERN VEHICLES HAVE A TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON, OR KEYED ENTRY WHICH WOULD PREVENT THIS OBVIOUS AND COMMON FAILURE, ITS COMMON BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SCION TC'S WITH THIS PART HANGIN FROM THE HATCHBACK AND BLOCKING VIEW OF THE VEHICLES LICENSE PLATE, WHICH IN MOST STATES IS AN OFFENSE AND A SAFETY VIOLATION.

I WAS DRIVING UP SPRUCE STREET IN MANCHESTER NH. AS I WENT THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF SPRUCE ST AND BEECH ST, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT I WAS NOT AT FAULT FOR, BY SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH MY GREEN LIGHT. I WAS HIT VERY HARD (ALL THE IMPACT WAS TO THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE) AND I AM THANKFUL I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON BECAUSE MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE WAS SO BAD MY CAR WAS ALMOST TOTALED ($7,200 IN REPAIRS). I WAS TOLD BY THE COLLISION CENTER THAT "THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING AND NOT DEPLOYING" I ALMOST FELT AS THOUGH I WAS BRUSHED OFF FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED ME MY LIFE. THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING DONE WITH MY AIRBAGS, I WAS ONLY TOLD THAT THEY "SHOULD" BE FINE. *TR

I OWNED A 2006 SCION TC. IT WAS RECENTLY TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH OVER 11,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. THE IMPACT WAS ON THE PASSENGER FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND REAR PASSENGER PANEL. THE IMPACT ALSO WAS ON THE BUMPER. THIS IS THE FOURTH IMPACT ON THE FRONT AND NO AIRBAGS HAVE EVER DEPLOYED. THANKFULLY, EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. *KB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 SCION TC, STEERING ABILITY WAS COMPLETELY LOST. STEERING WHEEL WAS FREE SPINNING A COMPLETE 360 DEGREES. I HIT THE BRAKES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP BECAUSE I WAS DOING ABOUT 30 MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING, JUST SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING. THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH WHEN HE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN STERNUM, A BROKEN LEFT WRIST, LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 07/08/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SUNROOF GLASS UNEXPECTEDLY SHATTERED INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE METAL SUPPORT FRAME ALSO DISENGAGED. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE BROKEN PIECES OF GLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PREVIOUSLY WHENEVER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, A CLICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE SUNROOF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC HAS THIS VERY FLIMSY HATCH BACK TRUNK HANDLE(PLASTIC) THAT BROKE. I HAVE SEEN MANY SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME MODEL TC ON THE ROAD. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN PROBLEM AND TOYOTA SHOULD FIX THIS. LOOKING AT HOW THIS SYSTEM WAS PUT TOGETHER, I CAN TELL WHY THIS PIECE IS NOT LASTING. *TR

WAS DRIVING MY 06 SCION TC THAT I BOUGHT IN NOV OF 2010, HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE STEERING LOCKING UP SO I COULDN'T COMPLETE MY TURNS, ANDMY TC WOULD JUST KEEP GOING IN THE DIRECTION IT WAS LOCKED IN. BUT WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP IT WOULD BE FINE AGAIN. BUT TODAY, APRIL 13 OF 2011, I WAS TURNING LEFT IN AN INTERSECTION ONTO A ROAD, AND MY STEERING LOCKED UP MID TURN AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A VAN THERE THAT I SMASHED INTO! MY WHEEL HAD LOCKED UP AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED TO TURN IT, IT WOULDN'T BUDGE! UNTIL I WAS WRECKED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN. THIS WAS NO PROBLEM OF MY DRIVING I WAS JUST TURNING ONTO A STREET AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR, WASN'T TEXTING, DISTRACTED OR ANYTHING. SCION/TOYOTAS NEED TO FIGURE OUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY HURT SOMEONE! NOT TO MENTION NOW I HAVE A CITATION AND INSURANCE MONEY TO WORRY ABOUT. ONLY HAVING BOUGHT THIS CAR A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM A DEALERSHIP , THIS IS DISAPPOINTING, AND REALLY SCARED ME. I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT PAYING MY WAY THROUGH SCHOOL AND DON'T JUST HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT I HAD NO WAY CONTROL OVER. *TR

BRAKING IRREGULARITIES. STRANGE SOUND COMES FROM THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

ON 1/21/2011, 10:30 PM, I WAS DRIVING A 2006 SCION TC ON THE HIGHWAY, 70 MPH, I SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AFTER JUST FINISH CHANGE LANE. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE STEERING, IT WENT LEFT AND RIGHT, LEFT AND RIGHT AND SUDDENLY SWAYING ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF RIGHT SIDE (ACROSS 2-3 LANES), I COULD NOT SEE WHAT I AM GOING TO HIT, BUT I SAW THE WALL BEFORE I HIT SOMETHING ( IT WAS CAR AFTER I FOUND OUT), IT'S HAPPENED TOO FAST, AFTER THE HIT IN FRONT OF MY RIGHT SIDE OF CAR, I SWAYING BACK TO LEFT, ACROSS 3 LANES, MY CAR FINALLY STOP ON CAR POOL LINE. EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENED IN 5 SECONDS. THE CAR IS DAMAGED,I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED TO SCION, HOPE THEY CAN DO THE INSPECTION SOON. *TR

MY 2006 SCION TC TRUNK LATCH WAS HARD TO OPEN. THEN ONE DAY THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY FELL OFF. IN CHECKING WITH NHTSA IT WAS REVEALED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE. HOW DO WE GET A RE-CALL?? *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN HIGHWAY A LADY PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS DOING 35MPH I COULD NOT STOP AND T-BONED HER. MY CAR HIT HER DIRECTLY IN THE SIDE AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD HAVE. IT CAUSED ME TO SLING FORWARD IN THE CAR SPRAINING MY NECK, SPINE, LOWER LUMBAR, BRUISING RIBS AND PINCHED NERVES. *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA SCION TC HATCHBACK 2006. LAST YEAR WHEN OPENING THE HATCHBACK WHICH MUST BE MANUALLY OPENED THE LATCH TO OPEN THE HATCHBACK FELL OFF I WAS USING NO EXCESSIVE FORCE I OPENED IT LIKE NORMALLY THE PANEL IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE WIRE THAT GOES ON THE INSIDE I HAVE TAPED IT BACK ON BUT IT CONSTANTLY FALLS OFF WHEN IT RAINS DANGLING WHILE I AM DRIVING UNTIL I CAN RE-TAPE IT. I HAVE GONE TO TWO DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS IN TWO DIFFERENT STATES (TEXAS AND LOUISIANA) AND BOTH HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME. IF IT IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE TOYOTA SHOULD ORDER A RECALL CONSIDERING IT HAS HAPPENED TO SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS OF THE SCION TC. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION TC WITH 57,828, MILES. MY WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND WARNING ABS LIGHT CAME ON; STAYED ON AND IS STILL ACTIVATED ON MY DASHBOARD FOR ABS AND BRAKE. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN CONFIRMED THAT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM IS SOLELY AN INTERNAL DEFECT OF THE ABS ECU SYSTEM. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN LAFAYETTE, LA. THE CERTIFIED TOYOTA/ SCION AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING WITH A VEHICLE WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. FURTHER, THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT IF I CONTINUED DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IT COULD RESULT IN INACTIVE ABS, AND THE CEASING OF BRAKES IF THE SYSTEM WERE TO ENGAGE. BOTH OF THESE OUTCOMES ARE SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE CAUSE OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. IT WAS NOT CONCLUDED WHETHER THIS DEFECT WOULD ENGAGE THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHT FOR ALL VEHICLES; I AM LUCKY THAT MY LIGHT WENT ON AND THAT I WENT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I AM NOT SURE IF OTHER PEOPLE WOULD DO THE SAME, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALERTED TO HAVE THIS ISSUE CHECKED OUT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC AND THE REAR HATCH HANDLE HAS COMPLETELY COME OFF FOR THE 4TH TIME IN 5 YEARS. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THE 2ND AND 3RD TIME IT WAS COVERED BY THE DEALERSHIP AS A COURTESY BUT, AS THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WANT TO CHANGE ME $260. JUDGING BY WHAT I HAVE READ, THERE IS CERTAINLY A PROBLEM IN THE DESIGN TO EXPECT TWO CLIPS TO HOLD A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE LATCH THAT OPENS THE TRUNK. THERE IS A TSB IN JANUARY THIS YEAR THAT COVERS THE BACK DOOR HANDLE GARNISH THAT IS LOOSE OR BROKEN, BUT MY DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT IS NOT THE SAME. FOR ME TO SPEND MONEY ON AN OBVIOUS TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PROBLEM THAT WILL OCCUR AGAIN IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE IT TAPED ON WITH DUCT TAPE THAT IS REALLY A NICE COLOR. HOW DO I GET SATISFACTION FROM TOYOTA? IS THERE A TSB THAT I CAN'T FIND? *TR

I OWN A SCION XA, MY DEALER INSISTS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THE CAR LUNGES AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AND SOMETIMES, IT IS HARD TO GET IT TO SLOW BACK DOWN THE TACHOMETER LUNGES PAST 4. I DO NOT HAVE FLOOR MATS. THE DEALER INSISTS IT IS ME NOT THE CAR. THIS CAR ACCELERATES SUDDENLY AND IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THIS CAR. ONE TIME I COULDN'T CONTROL THE SPEED AT ALL NOR WOULD THE BRAKES WORK. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. *TR

2006 WHITE SCION TC SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL AND SPUN OUT WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 55 MPH. THIS LEAD TO THE CAR FLIPPING AND TOTALING THE CAR. AFTER THE CRASH, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD ON 2006 SCION XB. THE WINDSHIELD IS EXTREMELY PRONE TO CHIPS AND HAS ACQUIRED AT LEAST A DOZEN IN ROUTINE DRIVING SITUATIONS. NOW THERE IS A LONG SQUIGGLED CRACK ACROSS THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD, NOT RELATED TO ANY CHIPS. I HAVE SEEN THE SAME EXACT DISTINCTIVE CRACK IN OTHER SCION XB CARS. MY VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT RELATED TO THIS DEFECT BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE, EVEN THOUGH THE DEFECTS SURFACED WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. *TR

I WAS IN A SEVERE COLLISION IS NOV 2006 (IN PALMDALE, CA) IN MY 2006 SCION TC. THE CAR WAS APPROX. 3 MONTHS OLD. DURING THE COLLISION MY CAR ROLLED OVER AN EMBANKMENT "HEAD OVER HEALS" AND THEN SIDEWAYS BEFORE RESTING UPSIDE DOWN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL (LUCKILY I WAS OK). THE FRONT END OF THE CAR SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE. I NOTIFIED TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE AN ISSUE AND DID NOTHING ABOUT MY COMPLAINT (EXCEPT BLOCK MY ACCESS TO MY ACCOUNT ON THEIR WEBSITE). *TR

I TOOK A 2006 SCION TC IN FOR A MECHANIC TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF A "CHECK ENGINE" WARNING LIGHT. DURING HIS TEST DRIVE, THE VEHICLE REPORTEDLY UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND RACED ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. PER THE MECHANIC, FEEDBACK FROM TOYOTA SUGGESTED THE INCIDENCE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY/SENSOR. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THE REPLACEMENT PART NOW OFFERED BY TOYOTA REFLECTS SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS WHEN COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *TR

EXITING HIGHWAY, OIL LIGHT ON MY 2006 SCION TC FLICKERED ON. I PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK, ALL THERE WAS IS A BLACK GOOP. I REGULARLY CHANGE MY OIL. *TR

ON MY WAY HOME FROM DRIVING MY PARENTS TO THE AIRPORT ON MAY 18TH, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM MY CHECK ENGINE AND LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. I RETURNED HOME AND WAS THERE FOR A FEW HOURS. AROUND 7:00PM I WENT OUT TO DINNER WITH A FRIEND. I RETURNED BACK HOME SHORTLY AFTER 10:00PM. AT APPROXIMATELY 1:10AM ON MAY 19TH, 2010 I HEARD THE SOUND OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS FIRE CRACKERS FROM THE FRONT OF MY HOME. I WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE THE NOISE AND TO MY COMPLETE SHOCK MY ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE AND SAID THEY BELIEVED IT WAS ELECTRICAL. I CALLED THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR THAT SAME DAY AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR HIM TO COME BACK OUT. ON MAY 20TH, 2010 AROUND 9AM MICHAEL BURKHART FROM CAPE CORAL FIRE, RESCUE & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES CAME TO MY HOME TO INVESTIGATE THE FIRE. HE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS CAUSED AROUND THE WIRE HOUSING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE ENGINE AS HE POINTED OUT WHERE THE MOST HEAT WAS LOCATED. ALSO THE WIRING THAT GOES TO THE HOUSING IN THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY BURNED TO THE METAL UNLIKE THE WIRING INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH STILL HAD SOME PLASTIC COATING OVER IT. THE REPORT NUMBER IS [XXX] FOR THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE WENT OVER EMBANKMENT, FRONT END OF CAR RIPPED OFF, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2006 SCION TC ( MADE BY TOYOTA ) AND THE THROTTLE BODY STARTED LOCKING, MAKING THE CAR CUT OUT ( THIS STARTED AROUND APRIL 1ST )AND THIS CONTINUED FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL AROUND APRIL 5TH AND THEN THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD LOCK COMPLETELY AND SHUT THE CAR OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE REAL DISTURBING PART IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK, AND THIS HAPPENED NOT ONCE NOT TWICE BUT THREE SEPARATE TIMES. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN DENISON TEXAS AND MCKINNEY TEXAS AND THEY SAID THAT THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT NOT ONLY CAN IT HAPPEN BUT IT DID HAPPEN 3 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME SHE WAS DOING 70 MPH AND LUCKILY SHE RAN OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CURVING TO THE RIGHT INSTEAD OF INTO THE ONCOMING DIESEL TRUCK. I ASKED MY DAUGHTER REPEATEDLY IF THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JUST HARD TO STEER BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND SHE SAID NO THAT SHE TRIED WITH ALL OF HER MIGHT AND THE WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND SHE COULDN'T TURN IT, AND SHE IS A STRONG YOUNG LADY THAT COULD TURN THE WHEEL WITHOUT POWER STEERING. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON ONLINE FORUMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SCIONS ( THE THROTTLE BODY GOING OUT ON THEM ) AND I HAVE DRIVEN FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF A THROTTLE BODY GOING OUT ON A CAR AND IF THEY DID THEY SURE WOULDN'T ALLOW THE STEERING WHEEL DO LOCK DUE TO THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. THIS IS / WILL BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF IT IS NOT ADDRESS AND I CERTAINLY HOPE I DON'T HAVE

VINCENT BUTTO (20) OF MAGNOLIA, DELAWARE WAS KILLED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF TOYOTA SCION ON JANUARY 15TH, 2009. PRELIMINARY INVESTATION BY THE DELAWARE STATE POLICE STATE VINCENT FAILED TO STOP GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND THAT EXCESSIVE SPEED WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT

APR 4, 2007 4:06 AM US/PACIFIC 3 KILLED IN SINGLE-CAR CRASH IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A CAR LOST CONTROL IN WHITTIER AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE. POLICE SAID WEDNESDAY THAT THE VICTIMS OF A SOLO-VEHICLE CRASH IN WHITTIER THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS HOSPITALIZED RANGED IN AGE FROM 18 TO THEIR EARLY 20S. THE CRASH OCCURRED ABOUT 7 P.M. TUESDAY ON COLIMA ROAD NORTH OF MAR VISTA STREET, WHITTIER POLICE OFFICER DIANA SALAZAR SAID. JENNIFER UNZUETA, ALBERT VELASQUEZ AND JOSH GUTIERREZ WERE KILLED, SALAZAR SAID. UNZUETA WAS AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHITTIER RESIDENT; VELASQUEZ, 19, WAS FROM WHITTIER; AND GUTIERREZ WAS A 19-YEAR-OLD PICO RIVERA RESIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE. THE DRIVER, AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS XENIA GUERRA, REMAINED HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION AT UCI MEDICAL CENTER, SALAZAR SAID. HECTOR SAENZ, IN HIS EARLY 20S, WAS AIRLIFTED TO COUNTY-USC MEDICAL CENTER, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION, SALAZAR SAID. GUERRA, WHO HAD FOUR PASSENGERS IN THE TOYOTA SCION, TOLD POLICE SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE COMPACT CAR. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, BUT SALAZAR SAID THE TOYOTA WAS COMING DOWN A HILL FROM A WILDERNESS AREA WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH, BUT DRIVERS OFTEN COME DOWN THE HILL AT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SPEEDS, SALAZAR SAID. THE SCENE WAS CLEARED AROUND 3:10 A.M. WEDNESDAY, WHITTIER POLICE SGT. A. RUIZ SAID.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION TC. WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH USING THE CRUISE CONTROL THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY ACCELERATED,CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY DIRT EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED DURING THE CRASH AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED BUT NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 26000.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH, THE SUNROOF SHATTERED WITHOUT ANYTHING HITTING IT. SUNROOF COVER WAS CLOSED PREVENTING GLASS FROM COMING INTO THE CABIN AND PREVENTING POSSIBLE INJURY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SCION THEY ARE UNWILLING TO COVER REPAIR COSTS SIGHTING THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEBRIS FROM THE ROAD. CLEARLY, I HAVE NO PROOF EXCEPT FOR THE NUMEROUS OTHER CLAIMS THROUGH NHTSA. REGARDLESS, THEY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN HELPFUL IN RECTIFYING THE SITUATIONS AND SOLVING THE ISSUE. *TR