2006 Scion Xa

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFTER MADE A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

2006 SCION XA CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH DIAGNOSTIC CODES: P2401, P043E, P043F, P2419, P2402 INDICATING "EVAPORATION LEAK/EMISSION PROBLEMS." THERE APPARENTLY ARE SERVICE BULLETINS OUT ON THIS ISSUE AND TOYOTA WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THE XA MODEL. TOYOTA WANTS OVER $700 TO REPAIR A KNOWN DEFECT AND WILL NOT HELP WITH COST OF REPAIR. TOYOTA IS CHARGING CONSUMERS THE COST OF REPAIRING A DEFECTIVE EVAPORATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH EPA STANDARDS THEREFORE THE NHTSA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT(S) - SEE TSB #: EG047-06. UPDATED 02/04/14.

HAWAII IN THE HOUSE ...I OWN A 2006 SCION XA AND RECENTLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AT HILO TOYOTA.."P2401 EVAPORATE LEAK DETECTION PUMP CONTROL CIRCUIT". THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AND SOME OTHER PARTS ARE RUINED DUE TO WATER LEAKAGE. I AM ONE OF MILLIONS SCION OWNERS WHO NOW HAS TO PAY MAJOR PARTS AND LABOR CHARGES TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I LIVE IN HAWAII AND IT RAINS ALOT HERE, I FIND THIS AS A DEFECT AND TOYOTA SHOULD TAKE THE RIGHT ACTIONS TO FIX THIS ON GOING ISSUE. I LOVE MY SCION BUT I HATE KNOWING THIS WILL RE-OCCUR AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN... AS MANY POSTS HAVE PAID FOR NEW PARTS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AND I PAYED OVER $1,000 IN REPAIRS FOR THIS CODES. "TOTOTA" HANDLE THIS ISSUE ALREADY. WE ARE LOYAL CUSTOMERS, BUT U GUYS NEED TO TAKE ACTION. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A FEW THOUSANDS TO FIX THIS ON GOING ISSUE.

OUR 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT. SHE WAS EXITING A SHOPPING CENTER COMPLEX AND ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS SLIGHTLY PRESSED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND ACTED AS THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED IN PLACE OF THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD OUT OF CONTROL AND WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND HEADED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION STRIKING A TREE HEAD ON WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE ACCELERATION SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN DENIED BY TOYOTA. THERE ARE NO FLOOR MATS IN THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED THE CAR TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT HER INTENDING TO.

THIS HAPPENED JUNE 28, 2016. WHILE DRIVING UNDER 35 MPH SPEED LIMIT, CAR SPEED SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD SEVERAL TIMES, NO RESPONSE, VEHICLE CONTINUED AT HIGH SPEED, VEHICLE NOW RUNNING LEFT AND RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLY, GOT HOLD OF THE HAND BRAKE AND PULLED IT UP HARD, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN JUST IN TIME BEFORE THE ROAD ENDED TO A SHARP LEFT TURN. I WAS ON CITY ROAD AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE AT THE TIME.

BOUGHT A 2006 SCION XA THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD THE CHARCOAL CANISTER ASSEMBLY AND FUEL FILLER PIPE COVER REPLACED UNDER TSB EG047-06. CEL WAS ON WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND THE CODES P043E, P043F, P2401, P2401, P2419 INDICATED THE SAME COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED AGAIN. I REPLACED THE COMPONENTS AFFECTED BY THE TSB, WHICH INCLUDED UN UPDATED PART NUMBER FOR THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE COVER HOLDER (77248-52050). AFTER CLEARING THE CODES, THE CAR WAS FINE FOR SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MILES UNTIL THE CEL CAME BACK ON WITH THE SAME CODES. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE REPLACING THE CHARCOAL CANISTER EVERY TIME THESE CODES REAPPEAR. I CANNOT FIND ANY NEW INFORMATION TO INDICATE TOYOTA HAS A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS RECURRING ISSUE, AND I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ANY ALTERNATE FIX ON THE INTERNET THAT RESOLVES IT. I AM CONTEMPLATING SOME SORT OF WORK AROUND TO SEAL THE CANISTER AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO PREVENT THE WATER INTRUSION INTO THE CANISTER, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DOING ANYTHING THAT WILL PREVENT THE CANISTER FROM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THE CEL IN THE EVENT THE CEL STORES OTHER CODES UNRELATED TO THIS ISSUE.