2006 Scion Tc

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 SURPRISE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SCION TC. SHE DID NOT SUFFER MAJOR INJURIES, BUT DOES HAVE INJURIES TO HER ELBOW, AND BOTH FEET. SHE WAS BRUISED FROM HEAD TO TOE. SHE IS NOW OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR AND USES CRUTCHES TO GET AROUND. WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE HER TO BE ABLE TO WALK FULLY AND CORRECTLY AGAIN. *TR

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

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.

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