2005 Scion tC Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATION ON REAR TIRE, PASSENGER SIDE, WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. REPORTED TO DEALER AND TIRE MANUFACTURER. *JB”

“BOUGHT 4 YOKOHAMA TIRES HAD 3 BLOW OUTS. HAD 31950 WHEN TIRES WERE PUT ON. DROVE 1500 MILES HAD FIRST BLOWOUT. REPLACED TIRE PAY OUT POCKET. HAD 2ND BLOW OUT IN DEC 2010 CAR HAD 51000 HAS 3RD BLOW OUT JAN 24 2011 CALLED YOKOHAMA TOLD THEM THEY SAID MY TIRES WERE ON RECALL SO”

“I BOUGHT A 2005 SCION XA ON NOVEMBER 15, 2004. ON DECEMBER 20, 2004 THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE TIRE HAD 3,966 MILES ON IT. THE SIDE WALL BLEW . AS WE MY CHILDREN AND I PROCESSED TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THE JACK SLIDE SIDEWAYS, CAUSING”

“WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 SCION TC ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP. AFTER THE POP I HEARD GLASS SHATTERING AND FLYING OFF THE TOP OF THE CAR. THE ONLY THING PROTECTING ME FROM SHATTERING GLASS WAS THE SUN SHADE. YET, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GLASS STARTED COMING THROUGH THE”

“I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY DURING A SOMEWHAT COLD, WET EVENING WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SUNROOF SHATTERED. AT THE TIME I WAS NOT USING MY SUNROOF AND IT WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED. UNFORTUNATELY MY SUN SHADE WAS NOT CLOSED AND AS A RESULT I EXPERIENCED A SHOWER”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE SUN ROOF GLASS EXPLODED AND SHATTERED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE”

“DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION THAT OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE SEAT BELT WAS WORN AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE MANUFACTURER”

“TAKATA RECALL?? AIRBAGS FAILED, DURING ACCIDENT. AFTER BEING CUTOFF AND GOING DOWN ROUTE X. LOST CONTROL HIDING CONCRETE. CAR FLIPPED, WAS DRAGGED A FEW FEET'S - NO AIRBAGS. PASSENGER STILL HAS ANXIETY WHEN GETTING INTO VEHICLES-THE ONE THING YOU'D THINK WOULD RESPOND DIDN'T”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE LOADING ITEMS INTO THE REAR LIFT GATE, THE LIFT GATE FELL AND STRUCK THE CONTACT IN THE FACE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED NOSE BRIDGE AND INJURIES TO THE FACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH AND THE HANDLE MECHANISM FRACTURED AND BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000”

“I HAVE A 2005 SCION TC THAT I PURCHASE BRAND NEW FROM THE FACTORY. RECENTLY I HAD MY HANDLE LATCH BROKEN FROM NORMAL USE. I LIFTED IT LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO AND IT JUST SNAPPED (BROKE). I THEN REALIZED THAT IT WAS FRAMED OR MADE WITH THIN PLASTIC THAT WOULDN'T LAST LONG ON”

“DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND HIT A BUMP WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO THE CONTACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT AN AUTO BODY SHOP. NO LIGHTS”

“I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WAS APPROX. THREE CAR LENGTHS BEHIND HER (WHICH IS PLENTY OF DISTANCE AT 25MPH) WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES THOUGH NOTHING HAPPENED. THEY MADE A GRINDING NOISE (LIKE THE PADS WERE GONE, BUT THEY ARE”

“I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE WAS WEARING FASTER THEN THE LEFT BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN BRAKE DUST ON THAT RIM. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TEAR. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR ANOTHER”

“THE THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN CAUSING IT TO REV TO EXCESSIVE RPMS AND THEN WOULD FINALLY DIE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN 7/08. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND THEN ONCE AGAIN IT FAILED, THIS TIME STICKING CLOSED CAUSING THE CAR TO DIE IN AN INTERSECTION”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE CONTACT PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND IT FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A CRASH AND 3 INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE”

“THE CAR WOULD STALL WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE MORE QUICKLY THAN NORMAL. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS. THIS OCCURRED TWICE ON TOWN ROADS, AND THE THIRD TIME WHILE ENTERING THE INTERSTATE TO DELIVER THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE”

“ACCORDING TO TOYOTA SERVICE THE ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE DUE TO NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THIS WAS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. THE CAR STOPPED ON”

“I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY TOYOTA KNOWS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THEIR ENGINES ON THESE CARS BUT THEY WOULD NOT RECALL THEM. THEY RECALLED THE CAMRY WITH THE SAME ENGINE BUT NOT THE SCION TC. THEY REDESIGNED THE ENGINE IN 2007 TO FIX THE DEFECT. THE KNOWN DEFECT IS THE HEAD BOLTS”

“THE CAR BURNS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND ONLY HAS 163000 MILES”