I bought a used '06 scion xb in aug. '07 & w/in a week my windshield(ws) was leaking bigtime. There were no cracks & the carfax report came back clean w/ no prior accidents. I called the dealer & since it was under warranty they had a local ws co. Replace the ws. That weekend I washed my car & noticed water running down the inside of the ws again by the rearview mirror. Still no obvious reason of why it should be leaking. I was extremely concerned about electrical issues w/ the water & the fact that I live in portland which meant lots of rain. I called the dealer again & this time I asked for another co. To replace the glass, thinking the other co. Had just done a bad job. After the 2nd time of fixing it I thought everything was fine until I noticed loud popping & cracking noises while driving. A couple of the pops were so loud it scared me because it sounded like the whole ws cracked, but there were no visible cracks. Just in case I was hearing things, I had my husband ride along & he heard the same noises. A week or two later, I noticed that when the ws was fogging there were stream lines from water on the left inside and I knew those shouldn't be there because the last co. Had put in a brand new ws. Later, I finally noticed water dripping in the same spot & I knew it was leaking again. Frustrated & not wanting to deal w/ it, I continued to drive the car with a leaky ws for about week, until I went through a car wash & noticed a strong stream of water running down the left inside of the ws inside the car. The following monday (today) I called the dealership. I'm taking the car in tonight. I'm suggesting, some sort of extra strength seal & possibly a sway bar to stabilize the vehicle more. If this doesn't work then I want to trade it in for a newer xb or possibly something else. My warranty is only for 100,000 miles & I'm half way there & I don't want to get to the point where I have to start paying to replace any of this when it is obviously a flaw with the car.
2006 Scion XB visibility complaints
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I am currently on my second scion xb and have had significant windshield problems. With my current xb I have had approx. 8 cracks over the last 6 months. I had the first two chips repaired through my insurance company. However the third crack went across 50% of the windshield. Shortly after I recieved another crack parallel to the first, also covering approx. 50% of my windshield. Now I have got two new chips. I travel different routes to include the interstate, country roads, and city roads. I have even recieved cracks in various states.
I have a 2006 scion xb and I love the car. For no apparent reason the windshield cracked from the top passenger side the crack started today. It is started at the top of the window at the trim and is moving down to the mid line of the window turning toward the driverside.
Cracked windshield behind mirror, no none cause. Crack about 10 inch curves towards driver side.
In mid-november 2007 I got a spontaneous crack in my windshield while running at approximately 70 MPH on I-94 in western michigan. This crack runs from under the rubber near the rear view mirror, then down and to the right. It showed up as a 5 inch crack. It is now 15 inches long. Three days later a small rock hit the windshield in the lower right part of the windshield. Within a few hours, the small crack became a multifaceted spiderweb of cracks. Over time, some of the cracks grow when the car is just sitting there.
While driving in ohio on vacation we noticed the beginning of a line crack in the windshield. It started in the middle of the windshield at the point where the glass met the frame, exactly over the rear mirror. As we drove, it traveled downward and curved toward the driver's side. We checked and found no apparent chip from any road debri, nor had we heard anything.
I own a 2006 scion xb. I noticed an l shaped crack in my windshield the morning of jan.2, 2008. The crack starts at the middle top of the windshield behind the rear view mirror. I have owed the car for 1.5 years. The night before there was no crack. The crack seems to be internal in the glass. There are no external cracks on the glass inside and out. There was no event that LED to the cracking. It just appeared. The dealership where I bought the car will not replace the glass. Many people have complained of a similar crack in these cars.
The windshield of my 2006 xb cracked on 12.29.07 while driving on the highway after a stone hit it. However, this is the second time I'll be replacing the windshield. The first time, last summer, there was no impact; there was an l-shaped crack behind the rearview mirror one morning. Based on your own complaint database and numerous postings on www.edmunds.com, xb owners have had similar problems with windshields.
I have had my xb for over a year, and the only problem I have is the windsheild. I have two cracks that started out of nowhere. I don't know what to do to prevent them from cracking.
I bought my 2006 scion xb brand new in december of 2006. I've only owned my car for 1 year, but I've had 4 windshield cracks/chips. The first occurred the 2nd week of having my car. A rock hit the windshield in the middle and caused a chip, I immediately had novus stop it before it turned into a bigger problem. I had no problems through the summer and lived with a chip windshield. Then a couple of months ago another rock hit the edge of my windshield (where the frame of the car is behind the glass) and the crack immediately spread to being about 12 inches long. I placed a claim with my insurance company and had the windshield replaced with toyota manufactured glass about a week later. A couple of weeks ago, my windshield cracked again, with no cause or rock damage noticed. The crack grew quickly and is about 15 inches long. I called the insurance company and the people who replaced my windshield. I also did a bit of research and found out that the windshield is apparently cursed because owners everywhere are having the same problem. And now I have a second 15 inch crack on the same windshield. I'm waiting for the original toyota manufactured glass to come in (so that toyota is still responsible when I have to replace it a third time) and then I'll have it replaced. 4 cracks in less than a year... Seems like there could be a serious problem with this windshield.
My windshield suddenly has a crack going all the way across my windshield nothing has hit my windshield, the crack has started from the edge of the windshield and I have talked with other 2006 scion owners that it has happened to. I need to be advised on what to do.
2006 toyota scion xb cracked windshield....no apparent reason.
The was being driven under routine circumstances, to work. The windshield has cracked twice (2) due to stress. And the dealer has replaced it once, will consider it a second time. The parts being used are the same but the windshield cracked a second time.
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 federal safety agency/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.
The windshield on my 2006 scion xb cracked while the car was sitting in the driveway the temperature was about 68 degrees which was what it had been most of the week. No extreme temperatures at night. This has been a very common problem on this model and is a safety issue for which a recall should be issued.
Windshield cracks without any cause! It's from the middle bottom and it's over 10 inches long.
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 federal safety agency only, they are not to be sold or traded to anyone under the privacy protection act, to do so will result in serious consequences.**
The windshield on my 2006 scion xb cracked for no reason while parked (2 foot crack). The technician could find no cause. He said they replace these xb windshields daily. The car only has 5,000 miles on it. I have never replaced a windshield or had one crack in 30 years of owning cars.
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.
I own a 2006 scion xb and it continually has problems with the front windshield cracking. This appears to be due to a design flaw.
I wonder if the scion xb windshield is too thin. I've had my xb only about a year and a half and have had two broken windshields and each occurred on paved roads. Prior to that I'd only had one broken windshield in 45 years of driving.
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.
Windshield cracked.
Cracked windshield while parked.
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.
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.
Windshield cracks: my windshield cracked, with no one in the car, and no chip. It had less than 2000 miles when it happened. I had parked the car most of the way under a carport, where the front 2/3 was shaded as the sun rose that morning but the back 1/3 had sun shining on it. I had the front windows down a couple of inches each. The crack came from the passenger side at the seal about half way up the window, and traveled in toward the driver's side horizontally then took a turn 90 degrees upward for a couple of inches and then 90 degrees toward the driver's side again. Total length was approx 14 inches. I immediately called the dealer and asked if anyone else had this same issue. Mind you I bought the car from kerry scion in florence, ky. Where they claim the car sells itself and they can't keep them in stock- no one seemed to have reported a similar incident. The service tech laughed at me over the phone! I took a ballpoint pen like he told me and followed the crack and no chip! This was in august 2006. Over the course of one year the crack grew to almost the entire width of the windshield. Then just last week, a new crack appeared originating at the top edge of the windshield, on the drivers side of the review mirror, traveling downward then making a 90 degree turn toward the passenger side. The same day the second crack appeared, which occurred as the car was parked(same as the first crack) in the lot at work, the original crack grew approx 6 inches toward the drivers side. This is why I replaced the windshield today: I was told while registering my vehicle this past week that the state I now live in, ks, will ticket you for a crack in the windshield if in front of the drivers line of sight. So if it is safety concern for the state of kansas, then it's a safety issue that toyota need to address.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota scion xb. The contact noticed that the windshield had a 10-inch crack. The vehicle has not been inspected by a mechanic. The current and failure mileages were 11,000.
While the car was parked in the driveway during the day I came outside to find a 12 inch crack that started at the top near the rearview mirror and curved towards the 'side.there was no impact from any road elements.the crack wasn't there when we drove the car home that day.appeared while sitting outside.
Windshield developed a crack approximately 4 inches in length while vehicle was not being driven. Crack increased in length to approximately 1 1/2 feet in length the following day. Vehicle had been driven but was parked when the crack increased in length. There was never any impact from rocks or any debris. The windshield was not touched in any way that could have caused damage. Windshield was repaired by safelite glass, repair was covered by insurance claim.
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