2006 Scion XB complaints

A CRACK APPEARED IN THE WINDSHIELD OF MY CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD PRIOR TO THIS CRACK APPEARING. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB AND PARKED THE CAR IN A PARKING LOT. UPON MY RETURN I FOUND A CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE, WENT IN ABOUT 2 INCHES, UP ABOUT 6 INCHES, AND THEN LEFT ABOUT 12 INCHES. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANY IMPACT OR ROCK CHIP TO INITIATE THE CRACK. *TR

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

2006 SCION XB CRACKED WINDSHIELD. IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SCION THAT THEY CORRECTED IN THEIR 2008 MODEL. *TR

STRESS CRACK APPEARED WHEN I RETURNED TO MY PARKED CAR IN THE MORNING. NO IMPACT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. THIS IS A REPORTED DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2006 SCION XB, AND I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR

17 INCH CRACK JUST BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. LONG CRACK STARTING AT THE RUBBER OF THE WINDSHIELD GOING 7 INCHES DOWN, CRACK TURNS IN A 90 DEGREE ANGLE 10 INCHES TOWARDS THE PASSENGER. NO IMPACT, CRACK WAS NOT THERE WHEN I PARKED MY CAR. CRACK PRESENT WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR THE NEXT MORNING. WILL BE GETTING THE WINDSHIELD REPAIRED TOMORROW. WILL NOT HAVE IT REPLACED AT THIS TIME SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ISSUE OF THE WINDSHIELD CRACKING AGAIN FROM OTHER SCION XB OWNERS. I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP REPLACING WINDSHIELD AS MANY OTHER HAVE HAD DONE. *TR

MY SCION WAS PARKED IN A GARAGE. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO GET IN THE CAR I NOTICED A 12 INCH CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THAT STARTED ON THE FAR DRIVERS SIDE AND CURVED A LITTLE THEN WENT STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR. THE DATE OF THE CRACK WAS 4/19/08. TOYOTA REPLACED THE WINDOW ON 4/22/08. I GOT INTO MY CAR ON 4/27/08 TO GO TO A FRIENDS HOUSE 1 HOUR LATER I GOT INTO MY CAR AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND CAME UP ABOUT 5 INCHES AND CURVED TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE FOR ABOUT 5 OR 6 INCHES. *TR

MY REAR WINDSHIELD HAS CRACKED AND COMPLETELY SHATTERED 3 TIME IN 6 MONTHS. I'VE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, AND IM TIRED OF IT....TOYOTA CLAIMS THERE IS NO DEFECT, BUT I'VE READ ON OTHER SITES THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. MY FRONT WINDSHIELD IS NOW CRACKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE OUTSIDE MOLDING....HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DO I HAVE TO SPEND BEFORE THEY RECALL THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK STARTING FROM THE TOP MIDDLE, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE CRACK EXTENDED DOWNWARD APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES AND THEN HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES, FORMING AN "L" SHAPE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED AS I DON'T RECALL HAVING ANY DEBRIS HIT THE WINDSHIELD. 8TR

I BOUGHT MY SCION BRAND NEW IN NOV. 2005. IT WAS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR, AND I LOVE MY XB. I HAVE BEEN HAVING UNACCEPTABLE PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD CRACKS. I AM CURRENTLY ON MY 5TH WINDSHIELD, AND TODAY I CAME OUT AND SAW A NEW CRACK. APPROX. 12" ON THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FACING THE GARAGE DOOR SINCE ABOUT 530PM YESTERDAY. SOME ONE OF THE PREVIOUS CRACK WAS DUE TO A SMALL PEBBLE LIKE OBJECT THAT LIGHTLY HIT THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS INSTANTANEOUSLY A 10" CRACK. MY FIRST TWO WINDSHIELDS WERE COVERED BY MY INSURANCE, THAT LAST ONE I PAID FOR OUT OF POCKET. WITH THE NEW CRACK I WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT UNLESS TOYOTA OWNS UP TO THE DEFECT. THE NEW CRACK SHOWS NO SIGNS OF IMPACT. IT GROWS OUT FROM UNDER THE MOLDING AND GOES UP, THEN SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT, THEN UP AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA TWICE HOPING TO GET THIS SOLVED. I'LL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED. *TR

AN "L" SHAPED CRACK THAT APPEARED WITHOUT INCIDENT FROM THE TOP SECTION OF MY WINDSHIELD ABOVE THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR. APPROX. 10 INCHES LONG AT THIS POINT. APPEARS TO BE GETTING LARGER DAILY. NO CHIPS IN WINDSHIELD THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRACK LIKE THIS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW TO HAVE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB. WITH ONLY 3,200 MILES ON THE CAR I STARTED NOTICING SMALL STRESS CRACKS STARTING ON THE SIDE OF HE WINDSHIELD. AFTER I WENT TO SCION THEY ATTRIBUTED THESE CRACKS FROM ROCK CHIPS. THE COMPANY THAT REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD SAID THAT THEIR WHERE NO ROCK DIVOYS IN THE CRACK LINE AND THAT THESE WAS AN STRESS ISSUE. *TR

MY 2006 SCION XB WINDSHIELD HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT AREN'T FROM A CHIP. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT RESOLVE IT FOR THE CONSUMER. *TR

ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 13, 2008 I AWOKE TO FIND A LARGE L SHAPED CRACK(APPROX. 1 FT LONG/DRIVER'S SIDE) IN THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED THE FOLLOWING DAY(COSTING ME A $50.00 DEDUCTIBLE). I COULD OFFER NO REASON AS TO HOW THE CRACK HAPPENED...IT SEEMED TO JUST APPEAR(AS MOST OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON HERE SUGGEST). IN ADDITION, I HAVE OWNED MY XB FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR AND A HALF AND IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPAIRED 2 OTHER TIMES DUE TO CHIPS/SMALL CRACKS. JUDGING BY THE DATA I HAVE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE AND ELSEWHERE, I WOULD DEFINITELY CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE 2006 SCION XB. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD, BEING THAT THE WINDSHIELD IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE'S SAFETY. *TR

WOKE UP TO FIND UNEXPLAINED CRACK IN WINDSHIELD IN SHAPE OF "L" ABOUT FOOT LONG EACH SIDE. NO PREVIOUS TRAUMA TO WINDSHIELD. A FEW WEEKS LATER SEVERAL MORE CURVY CRACKS SPRANG UP, STARTING FROM EDGE OF WINDSHIELD, AND NOT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. NO ACCIDENTS OR DEBRIS STRIKING CAR. LOTS OF TINY FLECKS IN GLASS. PAID $200 TO REPLACE. *TR

I CAME OUT TO 2006 SCION XB IN PARKING LOT AND FOUND "L" SHAPED CRACK STARTING AT THE CENTER OF THE TOP RUBBER SEAL AND EXTENDING DOWN AND TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. CRACK IS ABOUT A FOOT LONG STARTING FROM THE TOP MIDDLE OF MY WINDSHIELD INTO A "L" SHAPED TOWARDS/BEHIND MY REAR VIEW MIRROR. TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THERE WAS SNOW WHICH LEAD TO COLD WEATHER. I AM PLANNING TO TAKE MY CAR TO A LOCAL SCION DEALER FOR REPAIR. I AM HESITANT TO REPLACE MY WINDSHIELD IF ANOTHER CRACK IS GOING TO DEVELOP. NO PEBBLES/ROCKS HIT MY WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS TO AND FROM WORK. HOPEFULLY SCION WILL REPLACE THE WINDOW AT NO COST. THERE IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE 2006 SCION XB. OTHERS WHO COMPLAINED HAD CRACKS DEVELOP WITHOUT ANY MATERIAL HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

DRIVING MY SCION XB DOWN THE FREEWAY, A CRACK DEVELOPED FROM THE EDGE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND GREW BY 18 INCHES WITHIN SECONDS. AFTER STOPPING TO INSPECT THE WINDSHIELD, I FOUND THERE WAS NO IMPACT POINT AND THIS WAS A STRESS FRACTURE. AFTER READING INTERNET FORUMS AND THIS WEBSITES COMPLAINTS, I CAN SEE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MY WINDSHIELD TWICE IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. THE FIRST TIME WAS BECAUSE OF A PEBBLE AND I WENT TO THE REPLACEMENT PLACE RECOMMENDED BY MY INSURANCE CARRIER. THE SECOND TIME THE WINDSHIELD JUST CRACKED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD THIS "CLICK". THOUGHT THERE WAS A CRACK, BUT SAW NOTHING. NEXT MORNING I GOT INTO MY CAR AND THERE WAS A CRACK ABOUT 3" LONG ON THE BOTTOM, LEFT, DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. NO LITTLE IMPACT CRATER INDICATING A DEBRIS HIT, JUST A CRACK. I WENT TO ONE OF THOSE REPAIR PLACES AND THEY DID THEIR THING, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF 2 WEEKS THE CRACK GREW UNTIL IT WAS ABOUT 18" LONG. FINALLY JUST GAVE UP AND REPLACED IT. WHEN I CALLED THE WINDSHIELD REPAIR PLACE THEY SAID THEY GET A LOT OF XB CALLS. THE WINDSHIELD DESIGN IS FAULTY CAUSING IT TO KEEP CRACKING. I LOVE MY XB AND DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT, BUT ALSO DON'T WANT TO KEEP BUYING WINDSHIELDS!!! *TR

3 WINDSHIELDS CRACKED IN 15 MONTHS DUE TO WEATHER CHANGE. LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD ALL 3 TIMES. MODEL: 2006 XB SCION. *TR

SCION XB WINDSHIELD DAMAGED REPEATEDLY. FIRST CRACK FROM THE TOP AND DOWN MOST OF THE DRIVER SIDE, L-SHAPED TOWARDS THE DRIVER-SIDE FRAME. NO APPARENT CAUSE, EXCEPT POSSIBLY EXTREME HEAT. REPLACED. SINCE THEN, HAVE HAD TWO NEW CRACKS STARTING FROM THE TOP, DOWN AND MULTIPLE (AT LEAST 5 SEPARATELY OCCURRING) ROCK IMPACTS. COMMUTE THE SAME ROUTE AS HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS, WITH NO SIMILAR DAMAGE/FREQUENCY TO PREVIOUS VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT. IN THE MORNING I NOTICED A CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD, BEGINNING AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE GLASS MEETS THE FRAME, IN FRONT OF THE APPROXIMATE MIDPOINT OF THE PASSENGER SEAT, EXTENDING VERTICALLY UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 8 - 10 INCHES, THEN TRAVELING HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE, ENDING NEAR THE ODOMETER. THE CRACK WAS DEFINITELY NOT THERE WHEN I PARKED THE CAR THE NIGHT BEFORE. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO L SHAPED CRACKS THAT DEVELOPED FROM THE SIDE PILLARS. I AM SURE IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF BEING HIT BY A ROCK. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I COULD HEAR THE CRACKING SOUND WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR(11-05-07). THE 2ND TIME, THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE & NOT DRIVEN THAT DAY. THE DAY BEFORE, IT HAD ONLY BEEN WASHED & PUT BACK IN THE GARAGE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 SCION XB IN MARCH OF 2006. I DID NOT DRIVE IT MUCH AS A STUDENT BUT NOW THAT I'VE GRADUATED I SEE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE DESIGN. I HAD ONE PEBBLE HIT THE TOP PART OF MY WINDSHIELD IN DEC 2007 AND IT CAUSED A VERTICAL VEIN DOWN THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY WINDOW. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE WINDOW AND NOW, TWO MONTHS AFTER, MY WINDSHIELD HAS AGAIN VEINED AS A RESULT OF A PEBBLE HITTING THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED ON A DAILY COMMUTE ON THE HIGHWAY. SINCE I ACTUALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS OF WINDSHIELD I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THIS IS NOT A WINDSHIELD PROBLEM, BUT RATHER A DESIGN DEFECT. THE SHAPE OF THE VEHICLE LEAVES THE WINDSHIELDS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRACKS MORE THAN OTHER VEHICLES. FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ECONOMICAL I FEEL THAT PAYING OVER 300 DOLLARS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND TOYOTA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD WARRANTY CLAIM DENIED BY SCION. NO PLAUSIBLE REASON GIVEN BY TOYOTA WARRANTY INSPECTOR AS TO THE REASON FOR CRACK. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB HAS INEXPLICABLY CRACKED IN A LARGE L SHAPE ORIGINATING FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE FRAME. THE CAR WAS GARAGED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN ONE WEEK. THERE WAS NO RECENT IMPACT FROM ANY ROCK, PEBBLE OR STONE. *TR

IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS I HAVE DEVELOPED THREE UNRELATED CRACKS IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST ONE I HAD REPAIRED. THE SECOND, A MUCH LARGER CRACK, DEVELOPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD TWO MONTHS LATER. I THEN HAD THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. AFTER ABOUT ONE MONTH WITH THE NEW WINDSHIELD A NEW LARGE CRACK HAS DEVELOPED. *TR

LAST WEEK I FOUND A FOOT LONG CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 SCION XB WHEN I WENT OUT TO MY CAR AFTER WORK. IN RESEARCHING REPLACEMENT OPTIONS I FOUND MULTIPLE POSTS ON ON-LINE FORUMS INDICATING THAT THE CRACK MAY BE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE CRACK BEGINS NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND CURVES TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 16-18 INCHES. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 SCION XB NEW. SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY ONE MORNING I GOT IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR. MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. I HAD NOT STARTED THE CAR YET, JUST CLOSED THE DOOR, AND NOT HARD. MY CAR WAS PARKED ON A SLOPE, PERHAPS 6 DEGREES. THE CRACK WAS ON THE LOWER DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER ABOUT 5 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM AND ONLY A FEW INCHES LONG. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IT GREW AND TURNED DOWN CONNECTING WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE. NOW THE SAME WINDSHIELD HAS SPROUTED ANOTHER CRACK. I JUST RETURNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP, KEARNY MESA TOYOTA (92111) WHERE THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, THAT THE GLASS WAS IMPACTED BY ROCKS. THE MANAGER CAME OUT WITH HIS BALLPOINT PEN AND TRACED THE CRACK. WHEN HE FOUND NO IMPACT CRATER HE MADE A CHIP BY RUNNING HIS PEN CROSSWISE TO THE CRACK, WHICH MADE A SMALL STAR CHIP THAT LOOKS LIKE A IMPACT MARK. HE TOLD ME THIS IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME 700 TO 900 TO FIX MY CAR. I AM STILL DRIVING WITH A BROKEN WINDSHIELD. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. *TR

WINDSHIELD BREAKS FOR NO REASON, SEEMS THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRAME AREA THAT CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD TO BREAK WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGES. *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKED AT THE TOP BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR. IT WENT DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD 6 INCHES THEN TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT 13 INCHES BEFORE STOPPING. I HAVE SEEN TWO OTHER SCIONS ON THE ROAD THAT ARE CRACKED IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT. *TR

WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK WITHOUT BEING STRUCK BY ROAD DEBRIS. *TR

THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR IN THE MORNING WHEN I WENT OUT, IT HAS SPREAD DOWNWARD AND ACROSS THE CENTER OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. *TR

I AM CURRENTLY ON MY SECOND SCION XB AND HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT WINDSHIELD PROBLEMS. WITH MY CURRENT XB I HAVE HAD APPROX. 8 CRACKS OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS. I HAD THE FIRST TWO CHIPS REPAIRED THROUGH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. HOWEVER THE THIRD CRACK WENT ACROSS 50% OF THE WINDSHIELD. SHORTLY AFTER I RECIEVED ANOTHER CRACK PARALLEL TO THE FIRST, ALSO COVERING APPROX. 50% OF MY WINDSHIELD. NOW I HAVE GOT TWO NEW CHIPS. I TRAVEL DIFFERENT ROUTES TO INCLUDE THE INTERSTATE, COUNTRY ROADS, AND CITY ROADS. I HAVE EVEN RECIEVED CRACKS IN VARIOUS STATES. *CN

I BOUGHT A USED '06 SCION XB IN AUG. '07 & W/IN A WEEK MY WINDSHIELD(WS) WAS LEAKING BIGTIME. THERE WERE NO CRACKS & THE CARFAX REPORT CAME BACK CLEAN W/ NO PRIOR ACCIDENTS. I CALLED THE DEALER & SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY HAD A LOCAL WS CO. REPLACE THE WS. THAT WEEKEND I WASHED MY CAR & NOTICED WATER RUNNING DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE WS AGAIN BY THE REARVIEW MIRROR. STILL NO OBVIOUS REASON OF WHY IT SHOULD BE LEAKING. I WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTRICAL ISSUES W/ THE WATER & THE FACT THAT I LIVE IN PORTLAND WHICH MEANT LOTS OF RAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN & THIS TIME I ASKED FOR ANOTHER CO. TO REPLACE THE GLASS, THINKING THE OTHER CO. HAD JUST DONE A BAD JOB. AFTER THE 2ND TIME OF FIXING IT I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I NOTICED LOUD POPPING & CRACKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING. A COUPLE OF THE POPS WERE SO LOUD IT SCARED ME BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE THE WHOLE WS CRACKED, BUT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE CRACKS. JUST IN CASE I WAS HEARING THINGS, I HAD MY HUSBAND RIDE ALONG & HE HEARD THE SAME NOISES. A WEEK OR TWO LATER, I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE WS WAS FOGGING THERE WERE STREAM LINES FROM WATER ON THE LEFT INSIDE AND I KNEW THOSE SHOULDN'T BE THERE BECAUSE THE LAST CO. HAD PUT IN A BRAND NEW WS. LATER, I FINALLY NOTICED WATER DRIPPING IN THE SAME SPOT & I KNEW IT WAS LEAKING AGAIN. FRUSTRATED & NOT WANTING TO DEAL W/ IT, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH A LEAKY WS FOR ABOUT WEEK, UNTIL I WENT THROUGH A CAR WASH & NOTICED A STRONG STREAM OF WATER RUNNING DOWN THE LEFT

JAN 24 2006 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK (AROUND 45 MPH) IN MY 2006 TOYOTA SCION AND MY WINDSHIELD STARTED TO CRACK. I PULLED OVER TO SEE IF IT WAS CRACKING BECAUSE OF SOME TYPE OF IMPACT (SAY A ROCK), OR JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND AT THE TIME I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING BUT THE 6-7 INCH CRACKING OF MY WINDSHIELD. I CAME TO WORK AND ASKED OTHER PEOPLE TO LOOK AND THEY DID NOT SEE ANY TYPE OF DEBRIS DAMAGE. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALER WERE I PURCHASED IT...AND THEN TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. JAN 25 2006 I TOOK MY TOYOTA IN, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE CRACK (AND CONTINUOUSLY CRACKING STILL TODAY) WAS CAUSED BY IMPACT OF A STONE (OR SOMETHING) AND MY WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT. I EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THE WINDSHIELD SHOULD CRACK LIKE THAT, AND IF IT WAS NOT A STRESS CRACK--THEN THE WINDSHIELD IS DEFECTIVE. [I MEAN WERE THE SAFETY--WHAT IF I AS IN AN ACCIDENT]. THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY AND RECOMMENDED THAT I GET IT FIXED. I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THEY TOLD ME YES. SO I CAME TO WORK. I WAS LOOKING ONLINE...ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT I AM NOT ALONE...THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF 2006 TOYOTA SCIONS...AND I FOUND THIS WEB SITE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB AND I LOVE THE CAR. FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE TOP PASSENGER SIDE THE CRACK STARTED TODAY. IT IS STARTED AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOW AT THE TRIM AND IS MOVING DOWN TO THE MID LINE OF THE WINDOW TURNING TOWARD THE DRIVERSIDE. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD BEHIND MIRROR, NO NONE CAUSE. CRACK ABOUT 10 INCH CURVES TOWARDS DRIVER SIDE. *TR

IN MID-NOVEMBER 2007 I GOT A SPONTANEOUS CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD WHILE RUNNING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON I-94 IN WESTERN MICHIGAN. THIS CRACK RUNS FROM UNDER THE RUBBER NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, THEN DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT. IT SHOWED UP AS A 5 INCH CRACK. IT IS NOW 15 INCHES LONG. THREE DAYS LATER A SMALL ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD IN THE LOWER RIGHT PART OF THE WINDSHIELD. WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THE SMALL CRACK BECAME A MULTIFACETED SPIDERWEB OF CRACKS. OVER TIME, SOME OF THE CRACKS GROW WHEN THE CAR IS JUST SITTING THERE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION XB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 50 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMED AND VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED. THE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE AGAIN MOMENTS LATER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 60 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT WOULD NOT FUNCTION UNLESS THEY WERE ENGAGED AT A RAPID PACE. OCCASIONALLY THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF, THE FRONT END SHAKES WHILE DRIVING 20-50 MPH, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BURN AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FUEL AFTER THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE RADIO FAILED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT WHEN THE PARTS ARRIVE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BACK OF THE BUMPER WAS SPLIT, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FALL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO OFFERED HER $14,000 FOR THE VEHICLE ONLY IF SHE PAID THEM $5,000. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE ELECTRICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 02-14-08. *KB

WHILE DRIVING IN OHIO ON VACATION WE NOTICED THE BEGINNING OF A LINE CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD. IT STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE POINT WHERE THE GLASS MET THE FRAME, EXACTLY OVER THE REAR MIRROR. AS WE DROVE, IT TRAVELED DOWNWARD AND CURVED TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WE CHECKED AND FOUND NO APPARENT CHIP FROM ANY ROAD DEBRI, NOR HAD WE HEARD ANYTHING. *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION. SQUEAKY NOISE WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAD THE LEFT SUSPENSION REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE RIGHT SUSPENSION IS NOW SQUEAKY. *CN

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB. I NOTICED AN L SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THE MORNING OF JAN.2, 2008. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE MIDDLE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. I HAVE OWED THE CAR FOR 1.5 YEARS. THE NIGHT BEFORE THERE WAS NO CRACK. THE CRACK SEEMS TO BE INTERNAL IN THE GLASS. THERE ARE NO EXTERNAL CRACKS ON THE GLASS INSIDE AND OUT. THERE WAS NO EVENT THAT LED TO THE CRACKING. IT JUST APPEARED. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR WILL NOT REPLACE THE GLASS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED OF A SIMILAR CRACK IN THESE CARS.*CN

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2006 XB CRACKED ON 12.29.07 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER A STONE HIT IT. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'LL BE REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST TIME, LAST SUMMER, THERE WAS NO IMPACT; THERE WAS AN L-SHAPED CRACK BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR ONE MORNING. BASED ON YOUR OWN COMPLAINT DATABASE AND NUMEROUS POSTINGS ON WWW.EDMUNDS.COM, XB OWNERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELDS. *TR