2006 Scion Xb

I JUST REPLACED MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB ON 11/30/07 AFTER 2 CRACKS DEVELOPED AFTER ONLY TINY PEBBLES FROM THE ROAD HIT IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND CREATED A CRACKS THAT SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE. THIS OBVIOUSLY MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR REPAIR BECAUSE EVEN IF THE GLASS COMPANY CAME WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS, THE CRACK HAD ALREADY SPREAD FROM MAYBE 3-4 INCHES TO OVER 12 INCHES! ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE IMPACT POINTS WERE NO MORE THAN 1 INCH FROM THE MOLDING EDGE IN THE BLACK AREA OF THE GLASS. ANY OTHER TIME THAT I HAVE HAD ANYTHING HIT IN THE MIDDLE/IN MY LINE OF VIEW, IT JUST BOUNCES OFF LIKE A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH NO DAMAGE. ALL IN ALL, IT HAS ONLY BEEN ABOUT 2 1/2 WEEKS SINCE I PAID ABOUT $250 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HAVE THE THING REPLACED, AND I ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER CRACK!!! SAME AS THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES... A VERY SMALL PEBBLE/ROCK HIT ABOUT AN INCH FROM THE MOLDING IN THE "BLACK AREA" OF THE GLASS ON MY WAY IN TO WORK THIS MORNING (12/18/07). AND WITHIN MY HOUR COMMUTE TO WORK, IT HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO ABOUT 3-4 INCHES. THAT WAS AT ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. IT IS NOW 10:20AM, AND WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN AT 9:30AM, IT HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO ABOUT 12 INCHES!!! I GUESS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT!!! IF IT'S LONGER THAN A DOLLAR BILL, THEY CAN'T FIX IT ACCORDING TO MY GLASS COMPANY THAT I USUALLY CALL. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TOYOTA CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN MANY MANY MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET AND A VERY CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE NHTSA/ODI. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE LEMON LAW AND HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING IT BACK TO THEM FOR A FULL REFUND OF ALL PAYMENTS I HAVE MADE TO DATE SINCE MY PURCHASE BACK IN AUG 2006 OR A NEW VEHICLE UNDER MY CURRENT FINANCING OPTION. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB, THE WINDSHIELD HAS ABOUT 8 CRACKS IN IT, DUE TO EITHER UNKNOWN FORCES OR THE TINIEST ROCKS HITTING IT. MY CAR CANNOT PASS INSPECTIONS WITH THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD NOT ONLY THAT BUT REPLACEMENTS FOR THE XB'S COST AT LEAST 500 DOLLARS. BY READING ABOUT MANY OTHER CRACKED WINDSHIELDS FROM THE SCION XB'S I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT ONLY ME BUT MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE WINDSHIELDS.** MY ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER ARE FOR THE NHTSA ONLY, THEY ARE NOT TO BE SOLD OR TRADED TO ANYONE UNDER THE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT, TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.** *TR

ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING MY SCION XB, A PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD AS OFTEN HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY. THIS MADE A SMALL "SPIDERY" DING IN THE WINDSHIELD. A WEEK LATER, THAT DING GREW TO BE OVER 24" LONG. EVERYWHERE I GO, I SEE SCION XB'S AND PROBABLY 85% OF THEM ALSO HAVE A HUGE CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION XB. HE STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES DUE TO CRACKS AND STRESS. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THERE A DESIGNED FLAW WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DESIGN FLAW AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 30,200 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1500. UPDATED 02/01/08. *LJ