Scion XA

Owners filed 125 complaints across 4 model years of the Scion XA. The 2006 drew the most (71).

Model years4
Complaints125
Recalls14
Fires4
Deaths1

Which Scion XA years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Scion XA model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Scion XA model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20070
3———Routine
200671
6313Air BagsRoutine
200540
3—13Air BagsRoutine
200414
212Unknown or OtherFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.