Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 12/30/2012 | 78000 | 1 | |
| While driving on snowy and salted roads, the brake, abs, and vsc lights all came on at the same time. they remained on while driving on those same snowy and salty roads. the next day they eventually went off. weeks later they came on again in wet weather and remained on. the local toyota service center duplicated the issue and pulled the diagnostic codes c0210 & c1238. the toyota service center said the entire hub and bearing assembly had to be replaced as the internal abs sensor which they said was at fault was not sold separately and only came as part of the hub and bearing assembly kit. their quote to repair this issue was $915 for the replacement of one hub and bearing kit! this is ridiculous. brake sensors should not fail due to snow, salt, or water coming into contact with them. this is a dangerous flaw in the design of this vehicle and one that is not commonly found with other makes and models, but is commonly reported all over the internet from other owners of toyota's scion xb. toyota should issue a safety recall for this vehicle and cover the cost to replace the sensors with ones that do not fail due to weather conditions. *tr | |||
| 08/08/2010 | 15300 | ||
| Driving on u.s 23 in michigan, trying to slow down from 55 mph to 35 due to approaching au gres, mich. could not slow down, started weaving in and out of traffic to avoid cars then turned off engine, took car out of gear, car kept going. the only way the car could be stopped was to hit a tree. the car was totaled. the air bag did not deply. | |||
| 10/06/2009 | 8232 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota scion xb. the contact stated while stopped with her foot on brake the vehicle surged forward and accelerated on its own hitting another vehicle in front of her. there were no injuries and there was no police report. the vehicle was then taken to the dealer and they diagnosed it stating it was a power surge within the computer mechanism. they repaired and reset it. the failure has not occurred since the repair was done . they also checked the brake and stated that it was not an issue. the failure mileage was 8232 and current mileage was 31570. | |||