2008 Scion Xd problems, complaints & recalls

2026-02-18 · Exterior Lighting

“this complaint is about other cars affecting me while i’m driving at night. around 50% of oncoming traffic is using dangerously bright headlights. it is so bright that it’s physically painful to my eyes and leaves a blind spot in my field of vision that lasts for several minutes after each encounter. the head lights are so bright that when highbeam…”

2023-09-26 · Suspension

“the rear axel beam on the vehicle cracked on the drivers side. it separated at a weld and caused the entire wheel assemble to lean inward (extreme negative camber) and rub against the wheel well. fortunately i was off the highway when the incident occurred and barely made it safely to my work place. if this had happened at a greater speed i fear fo…”

2020-09-13 · Electronic Stability Control (Esc) · 86,000 mi

“my warning lights on the dash are coming on and causing the car to lock up, jerk, and stall while in motion in slower speeds usually when at a street sign and going into a turn, a stop light also going into a turn on main hwys and worse of all in neighborhoods prior to my getting to the hospital. i'm not in good health and go for testing and treatm…”

2020-08-28 · Suspension · 140,000 mi

“noticed right rear tire was leaning inward. found the rear axle assembly cracked. we then had it welded and checked the other side. nothing was visible, but was informed that assembly could be rusting from inside out. several weeks later, while traveling the highway, car started making noise and had a hot tire smell. pulled over and left rear tire …”

2018-09-04 · Seats

“tl* the contact owns a 2008 scion xd. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v169000 (seats). the contact called an unknown dealer and was informed that the parts were not available. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. the contact had not experience…”

2018-08-31 · Structure:body

“takara recall letter received among other 2. after checking on airbagrecall.com and verifying that my car definetaly have a recall, i called dealer, after being transferred to 5 different reps, i was told that only one recall was found only for master switch. please contact me asap as i am very concern for my family safety. my driver seat moves bac…”

2018-03-08 · Service Brakes · 120,000 mi · 💥 crash

“i had an accident in june 2016. airbag failed. the brake has been giving me problems. it would randomly work and sometimes it doesn't where the car just skids with the pedal on the floor.…”

2018-02-20 · Air Bags · 72,000 mi

“takata recall - toyota dealerships are refusing to replace airbags. they are stating that letter i received from tk holdings inc. and the web-site they referred me to (www.airbagrecall.com) are frauds. their statements suggest that everyone is "getting on the bandwagon" to defraud consumers. they stated that since the toyota web-site is not indi…”

2017-12-28 · Visibility/Wiper

“tl* the contact owns a 2008 scion xd. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v169000 (seats), 12v491000 (visibility), and 09v338000 (service brakes, hydraulic). the parts to do the repair were unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the dealer (steve l…”

2017-09-19 · Service Brakes

“received recall notice april 2017. called local toyota dealer for appt. was told 3-5 day timeframe for parts. no response so called again june 2017. was told parts would be in on the 23rd. july 2017 with no response went to next level & called scion customer service center. person i voiced my concerns to put me on hold & called my local dealer who…”