By year
Owner complaints about Scion vehicles peaked at 292 in 2017
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2004 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Scion
The complete NHTSA record for Scion vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Scion recalls are filed by Toyota.
Owner complaints in the last five years1092,247 on file in all, across 10 models
Recall campaigns350 in five years
Severity index16.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations4686 service bulletins
Components
Airbags draws the most owner complaints about Scion vehicles, 17% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The XB has the most complaints of any Scion model
Every Scion model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XB | 2002 to 2016 | 1,048 | 11.9 | 79 | 8 |
| TC | 2005 to 2016 | 693 | 22.9 | 30 | 4 |
| FR-S | 2013 to 2016 | 201 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| XA | 2004 to 2011 | 125 | 26.4 | 14 | 0 |
| XD | 2004 to 2015 | 117 | 17.1 | 17 | 0 |
| IQ | 2012 to 2016 | 24 | 29.2 | 2 | 0 |
| IA | 2016 to 2018 | 23 | 26.1 | 0 | 0 |
| IM | 2016 to 2017 | 12 | 8.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Scion | 2011 to 2012 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| IC | 2006 to 2015 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Scion product
- 19V-741 Oct 17, 2019
These vehicles had their driver or passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design
Airbags · 928k vehicles - 19V-005 Jan 9, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Toyota 4Runner, 2014-2015 Scion xB, Lexus IS350C, IS250C, 2014…
Airbags · 1.3M vehicles - 18V-776 Nov 1, 2018
Air bag control module for the supplemental restraint system (SRS ECU) may experience an internal short, possibly causing the air bags to…
Airbags · 17k vehicles - 18V-772 Nov 1, 2018
Engine valve springs in these vehicles may fracture causing an engine malfunction or a possible engine stall
Engine and cooling · 166k vehicles - 18E-091 Sep 20, 2018
Over time, the brake hoses in these kits may fatigue and fail
Brakes · 544 vehicles - 18V-024 Jan 9, 2018
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation…
Airbags · 628k vehicles - 17V-006 Jan 9, 2017
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
Airbags · 578k vehicles - 16V-420 Jun 9, 2016
Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed accessories
Equipment · 4,253 vehicles - 16V-340 May 23, 2016
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
Airbags · 1.75M vehicles - 16V-236 Apr 22, 2016
Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed accessories
Equipment · 94 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.