Door locks will unlock half way unable to exit car. Door locks will click open and close independently while driving and when parked, using key remote to lock car and while walking away I hear car locks click. I walk back to car to find all doors unlocked? Rear hatch handle assembly very flimsy. Is not strong enough to pull door open. Mine came off in my hand squeezing the release then pulling it open! Cannot open from outside without it or in an emergency. Also without the handle there is no illumination of the license plate which gets you pulled over and gets you a ticket!
Scion XB door locks problems
25 of the 1,049 owner complaints about the Scion XB describe doors won't lock, open or latch, most of them for the 2005 model year.
- owner complaints
- 25
- worst model year
- 2005
- typical mileage
- 72,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 scion xb. The contact stated that the fuse box underneath the steering wheel was malfunctioning and the wire was hot, which created a possible fire hazard. The failure also caused the light switch, mirror switch, traction control switch, air bags, and door locks not to work after the failure. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 174,000.
The power door locks and windows work sporadically. This has been going on for at least 7 years. Sometimes the door lock won't unlock manually either. The windows seem like they run out of power and the back passenger one stopped going down.
Over the past 4 years I have had the door locks malfunction on four separate occasions, some parts even malfunctioning after they were replaced at toyota service centers. Locks do not engage when locked via door switch button, through keyless fob, and when manually attempting to engage it is jammed and physically hard to engage lock. Has occurred twice on front passenger side and twice on left rear side. 2014 - front passenger, 2015- rear left, 2016-rear left, 2018-front passenger. Began happening intermittently, now is permanently jammed.
When car is stationary and our intention is to exit the vehicle, the electronic door locks intermittently do not work and cause driver and passengers to be locked inside the car. Cannot manually unlock the car from the inside, but rather, have to open the window, reach outside through the window and insert key in the outside door lock, and then cause unlock from the key outside. Put aside the fact that if we dropped the key outside while reaching through the window from the inside, we would be wrought with more problem - the primary concern is that we cannot escape the vehicle in case of an emergency due to the door lock problem.
05 xb trunk release handle broke loose. It was attached by 2 small studs that were friction fitted to the handle, the trunk is too heavy for this handle. Power door lock for driver and both rear are not functioning. Rear passenger window is not functioning.
The door locks failed to operate. I was trapped inside and could not open the doors. The key was also prevented from unlocking the doors. After considerable effort I was able to unlock a rear door and exit there. Later I could neither lock or unlock any of the doors. The car was parked. It did not matter if the engine was running or not or if the "key bob" or door lock switch or manually pulling/pushing the lock lever; nothing would alter the locked status. Grateful there was not an emergency such as a fire.
Electric door locks have increasingly become a problem. First, the front passenger side stopped working and now has to be manually locked and unlocked. Then the same happened to the passenger side rear, which has to be locked and unlocked manually. Finally, the driver's door has on three occasions, locked me in, forcing me to roll down the window and use my key to get out of the vehicle. I've never had anything like this happen w/ any of the other vehicles I've owned.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 scion xb. The contact stated that the rear hatchback handle fractured causing the other four door locks to become disabled. In addition, there were holes where the hatchback handle was fractured and there was a strong fuel odor. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 94,120.
The electronic door locks on the car will often open only halfway, preventing the occupant from exiting the vehicle. Both front doors are affected, but the drivers door is affected more often. It is difficult if not impossible to unlock the door manually when this happens. Repeating the unlock process several times is the only way to get the lock to open. This was taken to the dealer for repair, but they told us that the locks were working fine when they had it and that they could not work on it unless they saw the problem actually occurring. I keep a window hammer in the car now.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which Scion XB years have doors won't lock, open or latch problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2005 (10 complaints), 2006 (10 complaints) and 2004 (3 complaints).
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