2006 SCION TC

196 complaints filed with NHTSA.

196
Complaints
48
Crashes
4
Fires
42
Injuries
6
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY25
AIR BAGS20
ENGINE17
VISIBILITY14
STRUCTURE:BODY14
STEERING12
UNKNOWN OR OTHER10
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7
STRUCTURE6
TIRES5
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING4
EQUIPMENT3
SUSPENSION3

Recalls (5)

06V40800026/10/2006

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE SIDE IMPACT SEAT-BOLSTER AND CURTAIN SIDE AIRBAGS MAY INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY. THIS CONDITION CAN OCCUR IF THE DOOR FOR THAT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS CLOSED WITH A HIGH RATE OF FORCE WHILE THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION IS IN THE "ON" POSITION OR WITHIN 90 SECONDS OF TURNING THE IGNITIO

05V48300018/10/2005

VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A GLASS WIND DEFLECTOR, THE DEFLECTOR, IF IMPACTED BY A PROJECTILE, SUCH AS ROAD DEBRIS, WHILE DRIVING WITH THE WIND DEFLECTOR IN THE UPWARD-TILTED POSITION AT HIGHWAYS SPEEDS, MAY SHATTER AND SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME.

06V09600003/04/2006

AIR BAGS

ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, DUE TO IMPROPER ASSEMBLY OF THE AIR BAG INFLATOR, WHICH IS USED IN THE SIDE AIR BAG, THE CURTAIN SHIELD AIR BAG, AND THE KNEE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY, SOME INFLATORS WERE PRODUCED WITH AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF THE HEATING AGENTS NECESSARY FOR PROPER AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. IN THIS CONDIT

10V03500003/02/2010

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

GULF STATES TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2010 VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS." THESE VEHICLES WERE SOLD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 AND JUNE 2, 2008 WITHOUT THE REQUISITE LOAD CARRYING CAPA

10V03600003/02/2010

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

SOUTHEAST TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2011 PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS." THESE VEHICLES WERE SOLD WITHOUT THE REQUISITE LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY MODIFICATION LABELS.

Recent Complaints

20190325CrashAIR BAGS

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT I WAS THE PASSENGER .WE WERE ON CAR ACCIDENT WE ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE AIRBAGS NEVER COME OFF. I'M A QUADRIPLEGIC I BROKED C6. I FLEW OUT OFF THE SUN ROOF.THE CAR WAS ON MOTION ON A STREE. I WAS FOUND 62 FEET FROM THE CAR

Mileage: 160,000

20170531CrashFatalAIR BAGS

CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE FLIP/ROLLOVER IN WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO THRASH ABOUT INSIDE THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE SKULL, SPINE, AND OTHER BONE FRACTURES ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE DRIVER. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT DID LOCK AND THE PASSENGER SURVIVED. IN ADDITION TO THE SEATBELT NOT LOCKING, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I MEAN NONE OF THEM!! PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE VEHICLES IN HOPES TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!! UPDATED 09/19/

20170531CrashFatalSEAT BELTS

CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE FLIP/ROLLOVER IN WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO THRASH ABOUT INSIDE THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE SKULL, SPINE, AND OTHER BONE FRACTURES ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE DRIVER. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT DID LOCK AND THE PASSENGER SURVIVED. IN ADDITION TO THE SEATBELT NOT LOCKING, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I MEAN NONE OF THEM!! PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE VEHICLES IN HOPES TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!! UPDATED 09/19/

20170527UNKNOWN OR OTHER

THE WIND DEFELETOR SHADDERED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 8:30 PM DOING 60MPG. IT HAD BEEN OPEN ALL DAY,

Mileage: 131,000

20160217FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AS IT SPREAD TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,594.

Mileage: 186,594

20160217FireENGINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AS IT SPREAD TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,594.

Mileage: 186,594

20150731CrashAIR BAGS

OUR TOYOTA 2006 SCION TC WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHEN IT WAS PULLING OUT SLOWING ON A MAIN ROAD AND THE OTHER TRUCK INVOLVED WAS PROBABLY TRAVELING CLOSE TO 45MPH, THE CAR WAS TOTALED BUT NOT ONE AIR BAG WORKED. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BECAUSE IT HAD A HIGH SAFETY RATING, HOWEVER IT IS JUST LUCKY THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. HAD THE CAR NOT BEEN TOTALED WE WOULD HAVE INSISTED IT BE TOTALED, WOULD NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER TOYOTA AGAIN.

Mileage: 100,000

20150731CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY

OUR TOYOTA 2006 SCION TC WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHEN IT WAS PULLING OUT SLOWING ON A MAIN ROAD AND THE OTHER TRUCK INVOLVED WAS PROBABLY TRAVELING CLOSE TO 45MPH, THE CAR WAS TOTALED BUT NOT ONE AIR BAG WORKED. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BECAUSE IT HAD A HIGH SAFETY RATING, HOWEVER IT IS JUST LUCKY THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. HAD THE CAR NOT BEEN TOTALED WE WOULD HAVE INSISTED IT BE TOTALED, WOULD NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER TOYOTA AGAIN.

Mileage: 100,000

20150202ENGINE

2006 SCION TC -BATTERY LIGHT ON -ENGINE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR NO WORKING -WHINING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE TRY TO JUMPSTART MAKES THIS BURNING SMELL AND WONT START STARTED SEEING SMOKES FROM JUMPER CABLES SO TURN EVERYTHING OFF NOW IT'S TOTALLY DEAD. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

20150202ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

2006 SCION TC -BATTERY LIGHT ON -ENGINE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR NO WORKING -WHINING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE TRY TO JUMPSTART MAKES THIS BURNING SMELL AND WONT START STARTED SEEING SMOKES FROM JUMPER CABLES SO TURN EVERYTHING OFF NOW IT'S TOTALLY DEAD. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

20140730CrashAIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED CHEST AND A PASSENGER'S TOE WAS LACERATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

20140601CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY

I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND ON THE 105 FWY AND WAS KEEPING A SAVE DISTANCE GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH SINCE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO, WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED ON FRONT OF ME. I STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH LITTLE TO NO RESPONSE AND COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE ON FRONT OF ME. A FEW MINUTES BEFORE AND PRIOR TO ENTERING THE FREEWAY I HAD FELT SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE STREET AND THOUGHT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, HOWEVER THE BRAKES FELT AS IF THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING. THE

Mileage: 63,669

20140601CrashSERVICE BRAKES

I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND ON THE 105 FWY AND WAS KEEPING A SAVE DISTANCE GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH SINCE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO, WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED ON FRONT OF ME. I STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH LITTLE TO NO RESPONSE AND COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE ON FRONT OF ME. A FEW MINUTES BEFORE AND PRIOR TO ENTERING THE FREEWAY I HAD FELT SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE STREET AND THOUGHT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, HOWEVER THE BRAKES FELT AS IF THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING. THE

Mileage: 63,669

20140502VISIBILITY

AS TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY ON WAY TO WORK, I HEARD A SOUND THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A GUNSHOT OR EXPLOSION OF SOME KIND. GLASS STARTED TO FLY IN MY FACE AND ALL OVER THE CAR BARELY MISSING MY EYE. IT CUT MY ARM AND HAND. THE INJURY WAS NOT SERIOUS, MY WIFE SAID IF SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CRASHED WHEN IT HAPPENED. WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED THE BOTH THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR AND TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS IN TORRANCE. THEY ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED AND I SAID I JUST WANT IT FIXED

Mileage: 110,000

20140304FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM

SHORTLY AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE CAPT. STATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE NEAR THE ALTERNATOR FRONT SIDE OF THE ENGINE CABIN.

20130816CrashELECTRICAL SYSTEM

I HIT A DEER AND THE HOOD BUSTED, THE BATTERY BUSTED AND THE RADIATOR BUSTED. ROCCO'S COLLISION IN TURNERSVILLE LIED, PROGRESSIVE IN MOUNT LAUREL LIED, COPART IN TRENTON OR GLASSBORO GOT IT FROM A AUTO IN SEWELL NEW JERSEY. THESE 4 PLACES SPUN MY CAR IN A CIRCLE PRETENDING TO FIX IT, WHILE THEY STOLE PARTS AND PRETENDED IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. IT WAS LESS THAN 1000 DOLLARS REPORTED AS $8500 IN DAMAGE. I LOST $17,000 AND GOT PAID $10,300....THEY EVEN STOLE THE DEDUCTIBLE AND FIXED NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 101

20130816CrashEXTERIOR LIGHTING

I HIT A DEER AND THE HOOD BUSTED, THE BATTERY BUSTED AND THE RADIATOR BUSTED. ROCCO'S COLLISION IN TURNERSVILLE LIED, PROGRESSIVE IN MOUNT LAUREL LIED, COPART IN TRENTON OR GLASSBORO GOT IT FROM A AUTO IN SEWELL NEW JERSEY. THESE 4 PLACES SPUN MY CAR IN A CIRCLE PRETENDING TO FIX IT, WHILE THEY STOLE PARTS AND PRETENDED IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. IT WAS LESS THAN 1000 DOLLARS REPORTED AS $8500 IN DAMAGE. I LOST $17,000 AND GOT PAID $10,300....THEY EVEN STOLE THE DEDUCTIBLE AND FIXED NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 101

20130729CrashSERVICE BRAKES

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 T

Mileage: 90,000

20130729CrashSTEERING

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 T

Mileage: 90,000

20130131CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

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 W