2006 Scion Xb

I WALKED INTO MY GARAGE THIS MORNING AND FOUND A L-SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. IT STARTS FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ENDS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. MY WINDSHIELD DID NOT HAVE A CRACK WHEN I LEFT MY CAR YESTERDAY EVENING. IT IS A VERY FINE CRACK AND DOESN'T LOOK AS IF SOMETHING HIT IT (NO SPLINTERS IN THE GLASS). I CONTACTED SCION CORPORATE THIS MORNING AND THEY TOLD ME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A SCION DEALERSHIP (I AM MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW MORNING). THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEALERSHIP WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND IF THE DEALERSHIP DEEMS THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE, THEN I SHOULD GET AN ESTIMATE AND CONTACT THEM AGAIN WITH THE INFORMATION. THEY OPENED UP A CASE NUMBER FOR ME. THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING MY CAR PURCHASE, I SAW ON EDMUNDS.COM THAT THE 2006 SCION XB HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPONTANEOUS CRACKS FORMING IN THE WINDSHIELD. HOPEFULLY, TOYOTA/SCION RESOLVES THIS ISSUE IN A REASONABLE MANNER. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HOW THIS PANS OUT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2007 APP. 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY CAR THE WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK IN IT, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A ROCK HITTING NO NOISE I JUST LOOKED UP AND IT WAS CRACKED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WINDOW AND JUST YESTERDAY SEP. 14, 2008 I GOT IN MY CAR AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CRACK I HERE A POPPING NOISE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS AN L SHAPED CRACK IN IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SCION XB THAT WAS PURCHASED IN MAY 2006. LAST YEAR, IN 2007, A CRACK APPEARED THAT STARTED ON THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THEY CRACK THEN GREW FROM A LINE INTO AN L SHAPE. A MONTH OR SO AFTER THAT ANOTHER L SHAPED CRACK APPEARED COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR. I REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD ON AUGUST 29, 2008. LAST NIGHT THE WINDSHIELD WAS FINE, THIS MORNING (SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 - TWO WEEKS LATER!!) THERE IS ANOTHER L SHAPED CRACK BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR THAT APPEARED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

AROUND MARCH 2008, I PEBBLE HIT MY SCION XB WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A SMALL CRACK. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND I HAD TO GET IT REPLACED. RECENTLY, ON AUGUST 4TH, 2008, ANOTHER PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND ANOTHER CRACK. AND TODAY AUGUST 27TH, 2008, MY FRIEND WHO HAS AN XB ALSO GOT A CRACK ON HER WINDSHIELD FROM A SMALL PEBBLE. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION AND IT SEEMS THAT TONS OF SCION XB OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF SUCH A DEFECT ON THEIR WINDSHIELDS. SO I AM ALSO HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE IM GOING THROUGH MY 2ND WINDSHIELD. *TR

I PURCHASED MY SCION XB 2006 IN AUGUST OF 2006. LAST WEEK, WED. JULY 9, 2008, AN L SHAPED CRACK APPEARED ON MY FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT APPEARED OVERNIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE. I DISCOVERED IT IN THE MORNING. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE VERY TOP EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND GOES IN AN L SHAPE. THE NEXT MORNING (THUR, JULY 10) A SECOND L-SHAPED CRACK APPEARED IN MY WINDSHIELD IN THE SAME FASHION. THIS ONE IS ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE AND ALSO STARTS AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO TRAUMA TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CRACK APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE. THE TWO CRACKS ARE NOW HEADING TOWARD EACH OTHER, AND I AM WORRIED THIS DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WILL CRACK. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND TALKING TO MECHANICS, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT IN THE SCION XB 2006 MODEL. MANY OWNERS HAVE REPORTED L-SHAPED CRACKS APPEARING OUT OF NOWHERE AND FILED COMPLAINTS. THE MECHANIC I SPOKE WITH SAID THAT HE HAS REPLACED MANY CRACKED WINDSHIELDS ON SCION XB'S. HE ATTRIBUTES WHAT HE TERMED THIS DESIGN DEFECT TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR SITS SO LOW AND THE STEEP GRADE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION.*TR