2006 Scion Xb

MY FIANCE AND I WERE ON OUR AY HOME FROM PLAYING POOL IN MORPARK, CA FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN WE GOT ON THE 118 FREEWAY GOING THE WRONG WAY. WHEN WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO GO WEST INSTEAD OF EAST, MY FIANCE GOT ON THE ERRINGER RD. EXIT TO TURN AROUND. BY THIS TIME I WAS ASLEEP AND DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM WHEN WE GOT ON THE FREEWAY TO WAKING UP SATURDAY MORNING. BUT,HIS EXPERIENCE WAS THIS, WE GOT OFF ON THE ERRINGER RD. EXIT, HE WENT TO MAKE THE U-TURN TO GET ON THE 118 WEST. HALFWAY THROUGH THE TURN, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR I WAS RESTING ON POPPED OPEN AND I WAS SUCKED OUT OF THE CAR GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND NO DOOR ADJAR LIGHT WAS ON, I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE. MY FIANCE QUICKLY PULLED THE CAR OVER AND CARRIED ME TO THE CAR. HE SAID I LOOKED DEAD. HE KNEW I WAS ALIVE BECAUSE HE SAID HE HEARD "CRYING LIKE" NOISES. I VERY WELL COULD BE DEAD. THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK PICTURES WITH THE NEWSPAPER. THE PICTURES ARE VERY GRAPHIC AND THEY EXPLAIN THE DANGER OF THIS DEFECT MORE THAN WORDS. *JB

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

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD 5 TIMES ON MY 2006 SCION XB WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN MAY 2006, I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT THIS IS THE MOST REPLACED GLASS WINDSHIELD FROM OUR LOCAL SAFELITE GLASS DEALER, SEARCHING THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH ISSUE, THIS APPEARS TO BE NATIONWIDE. ALTHOUGH TOYOTA/SCION WILL NEVER ADMIT TO A DESIGN FLAW I AM WONDERING WHAT IF ANYTHING IS BEING DOME TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED YET, I AM SURE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WILL FAIL COMPLETELY. *JB

I OWN A 2006 SCION XB. THERE SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S FLAW ON THE WINDSHIELD DESIGN. LESS THAN 8 MONTHS THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I THEN HAD TO REPLACED IT WITH A BRAND NEW FRONT WINDSHIELD. ABOUT A WEEK LATER A NEW CRACK APPEARED, THERE WAS NO ROCKS THAT HAD HIT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT JUST SLOWLY STARTED TO CRACK FROM THE DRIVER'S EDGE FRAME AND SLOWING INCREASED IN LENGTH. TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD TWICE IN 8 MONTHS WAS NOT REGULAR. I SEARCHED ONLINE FORUMS AROUND, AND IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TOYOTA SCION WINDSHIELD DEFECTS. I THINK SCION SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE CRACKED WINDSHIELDS THAT OCCRURED WITH THEIR DEFECTIVE DESIGN. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK