2006 Scion Xa Airbags Problems

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Scion XA. The contact stated that while driving through a green light in second gear, another vehicle ran a light from the left and crashed into the driver's side of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The contact's head struck the side window, and the vehicle spun and was able to come to a stop. The Police arrived on the scene; however, a Police report was not filed. The contact received injuries to the ankles, back, and sustained whiplash. Medical attention was sought. The vehicle was able to be driven from the scene; however, the wheel was damaged, causing issues with the alignment. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was taken to the dealer 7 times. While the contact’s husband was driving the vehicle, there was a sudden loss of power. The driver was able to coast the vehicle in neutral to a nearby truck stop, and the vehicle was towed to another dealer. The second dealer, Vic Vaughan Toyota of Boerne (31205 Frontage Rd #10, Boerne, TX 78006); diagnosed the vehicle and determined that due to the collision, the engine had shifted, crushing the alternator up against the side of the vehicle. The alternator was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the issues. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11744799

Incident

Feb 1, 2012

The airbag warning light started flashing while driving. I checked for recalls and my model year has one for this problem but when I enter the VIN the result says that there isn't a recall for it.

NHTSA ID

11645388

Incident

Feb 26, 2025

The contact owns a 2006 Scion XA. The contact stated that while seated in the vehicle while the vehicle was parked, the front passenger’s side air bag deployed without impact and caused the windshield to shatter. No warning light was illuminated. The contact had not sustained an injury. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer to replace the air bag; however, the contact was made aware that the VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V776000 (Air Bags). The vehicle was then taken to another local dealer; however, the dealer also confirmed that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11522939

Incident

May 1, 2017

2006 scion XA The dash light indicator for pass airbag stays on, showing problem with that system. Toyota had a recall and my car was supposedly fixed this problem, only to have same problem again 4 mos past the 1 year warranty on repairs. I contacted toyota...they sent me an email saying they would get back to me, and gave me a case #[XXX]. 5 mos. later had not heard from them...so called them. They said they were sorry but I was past the 1 yr warranty on recall repair. I can't understand why NHTSA allows mfg to do temporary repairs on defective systems, and kick the can down the road until consumer is responsible for further repairs, when it should have be fixed right in the 1st place. [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11436948

Incident

May 1, 2021

NEAR 100,000 MILES, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT; LIGHT JUST CAME ON ONE DAY UPON STARTING IT UP. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LIGHT CAN REPRESENT AN ERROR IN CRASH SENSORS, AIR BAG SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS, SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR, ETC. INTERNET FORUMS SAY THAT OFTEN ONE OF THE WIRES UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT HAS JUST WORKED LOOSE. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND IT WAS NOT A LOOSE WIRE. THEY SAY A CERTAIN "BOX" IN THE SRS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING, AND THE REPLACEMENT WILL COST $1300. I NOTE THAT ~17,000 OF THESE SAME VEHICLES WERE RECALLED IN 2018 FOR A SAME/SIMILAR ISSUE, BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL.

NHTSA ID

11299168

Incident

Aug 1, 2019

Mileage

99,000 mi

MY SCION AX 2006 WAS RECALLED DUE TO A FLASHING AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. THE DEALER MADE THE LIGHT GO OUT, FIXED IT LAST YEAR 2018. NOW THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $199 TO JUST CHECK IT, NO REPAIR INCLUDED. IT APPEARS TO BE AN ADDITIONAL AIRBAG DEFECT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE WARNING LIGHT OTHER THAN A DEFECT. WHAT CAN I/YOU DO???? KIND REGARDS, [XXX] REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

NHTSA ID

11292364

Incident

Dec 13, 2019

COULD NOT GET THE FORM TO PULL UP, BUT I NEED TO COMPLAIN. MY 2 KIDS AND I WERE TURNING OFF ONE SIDE ROAD TO TURN ONTO ANOTHER. WELL I DIDNT WANT TO HIT THE DOG THAT RAN OUT IN FRONT OF THE CAR SO I DODGED THE DOG. WELL I HIT A TELEPHONE POLE AND I COMPLETELY MESSED UP THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, THEY SHOULD HAVE FROM WHERE THE CAR HIT AND HOW MUCH DAMAGE I HAVE DONE. LUCKILY NO ONE GOT HURT BUT I'M LIKE 100% POSITIVE THOSE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. I DID A GOOD $1,000 REPAIR JUST TO GET IT MOVING AGAIN

NHTSA ID

11218807

Incident

May 24, 2019

Mileage

139,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL. WHY IS THE SCION XA BEING EXCUSED FROM THE AIRBAG RECALL, WHEN IT MOST LIKELY HAS THE EXACT SAME AIRBAGS AS THE SCION XB MODEL? HAS NHTSA IGNORED THE XA JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SOLD IN LESSER NUMBERS THAN THE XB? THIS CAR HAS THE SAME ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION IN A SLIGHTLY SMALLER BODY.

NHTSA ID

11032182

Incident

Oct 7, 2017

Mileage

66,000 mi

IS MY CAR SAFE?

NHTSA ID

10876089

Incident

May 17, 2016

Mileage

195,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 SCION XA WESTBOUND I80 UTAH ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT MILE MARKER 150 WHILE TAKING A LEFT HAND TURN PASSENGERS FRONT TIRE ENCOUNTERED BLACK ICE SENDING THE CAR INTO THE CEMENT BARRIER. BOUNCED OFF THAT CEMENT BARRIER INTO THE OPPISITE BARRIER ON THE PASSENGER FRONT BOTH WERE BLOWN OUT AND A FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS COLLAPSED IN THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK OR ENGAGE. RESULTING I IMPACTED WINDSHIELD WITH FOREHEAD CRACKING IT, THEN AS I WAS COMING BACK INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATE AND RESULUTING HIT ME IN THE LEFT SIDE OF JAW RESULTING I WAS SHOT ACROSS THE CAR AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FACE SHATTERED THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW ON TO THE ROAD. I LANDED ACROSS THE GEAR SHIFT AND BROKE MY BACK AS A RESULT. OF THE SAFETY SYSTEMS FAILING TO FUNCTION PROPERLY I WAS THROWN AROUND THE CAR LIKE A RAG DOLL I BLEW OUT THE MCL IN MY LEFT KNEE AND SUFFERED THREE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES WITHIN 30 SECONDS. RESULTING FROM THE CRASH COMATOSE FOR 6 HOURS I HAVE NO CLEAR MEMORIES FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. ALSO A FRACTURED BACK, HOW MUCH IS AND BY THE AGE OF 24 AND HAD TO HAVE ALL MY TEETH PULLED AND RECIEVE DENTURES. TO THIS DAY THIS ACCIDENT AFFECTS MY DAILY LIFE AND LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THE 3 TBI ARE STILL DEVELOPING. I WAS 20 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. I'M 27 NOW. I FOUND OUT ONLY A YEAR AGO THAT RECALLS SHOUKD BE INPLACE.

NHTSA ID

10808550

Incident

Dec 15, 2008

Mileage

10,000 mi

IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY HIT BLACK ICE DRIVING 55 MILE PER HOUR SAFE FOR CONDITIONS THAT DAY DRIVERS FRONT IMPACTED CEMENT BARRIER AIRBAGS DEPLOY ON IMPACT SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER IN PROPER SEAT DUE TO SEAT BELTS AND AIRBAG FAILURES , SEVERE BRAIN TRAUMA RESULTED

NHTSA ID

10808549

Incident

Dec 15, 2008

Mileage

10,000 mi

I WAS ALONE, PREPARING TO GET ON THE TURNPIKE ACCESS ROAD WHEN A CAR/VAN HIT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT WERE RECORDED MANY HOURS AFTER THE CRASH. I WAS NEVER ASKED TO PROVIDE DETAILS. MY CAR ROLLED OVER TWICE DOWN A STEEP-ANGLED BUT SHALLOW EMBANKMENT AND THEN RIGHTED ITSELF UPRIGHT. MY SEATBELT WAS FASTENED AND SNUGGED BUT AT NO TIME DID THE RETAINING FUNCTION ENGAGE.THE SEATBELT FUNCTIONED LIKE A BUNJI CORD. AND THE AIRBAGS (NEITHER FRONT AIRBAG) DEPLOYED UNTIL MANY MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH, AS I WAS SLIDING ACROSS THE FRONT SEAT AND CONSOLE AS I BEGAN TO EXIT THE PASSENGER SIDE. I WAS AND AM STILL INJURED, HAVE LOST MUCH USE OF MY LEFT WRIST AND HAND, SUFFERED A BLOW TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD WHICH TEMPORARILY LEFT ME DEAF. I STILL HAVE SEVERE CONTUSIONS OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT LEGS, AND ABDOMEN BOTH EXTERNALLY AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10673067

Incident

Aug 9, 2014

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON A FEW TIMES AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT HALF A DAY, OR A FULL DAY, BEFORE GOING OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BECAUSE THE LIGHT GOES OFF, I HAVE FIGURED IT WAS JUST AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BUT I AM CONCERNED AFTER SEEING YESTERDAY'S RECALL NOTICE ABOUT OTHER TOYOTAS IN WHICH A PROBLEM WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STEERING AND AIR BAGS HAS MEANT THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. A WARNING LIGHT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM. DO 2006 SCION XAS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? *TR

NHTSA ID

10578842

Incident

Apr 2, 2012

Mileage

15,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SCION XA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH IN SNOWY CONDITIONS ON DECEMBER 20, 2009, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLID OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000.

NHTSA ID

10332374

Incident

Dec 20, 2009

Mileage

45,000 mi

WAS DRIVING 2006 TOYOTA SCION XA TO WORK IN MORNING GOING AROUND CURB I HAVE DRIVEN FOR 8 YEARS. AFTER BRAKING TO TAKE CURB NO LONGER HAD CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DROVE LONG WAY ON CURVY ROAD AND COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF CAR. ENDED UP GOING OFF ROAD AT APPROX 40MPH HIT A TREE STUMP AND THEN FLIPPED VEHICLE. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED OR SEAT BELTS LOCKED UP. CALLED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD THAT AIRBAGS ONLY GO OFF IF VEHICLE REACHES A CERTAIN RATE OF DECELERATION AT POINT OF IMPACT. THIS HAPPENED 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO NEWS OF ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. I HAD NO CLUE WHY I LOST CONTROL OF CAR AT CURB. EVERYONE AROUND ME SAID IT WAS PROBABLY BLACK ICE FROM FOG BUT MY SON WHO WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME DID NOT HIT ICE OR LOSE CONTROL. AFTER RESEARCHING THE WEB, I FIND HUNDREDS OF TOYOTA OWNERS WHOSE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF AND THEY WERE ALL FED THE SAME LINE I WAS. DID OUR SENSORS NOT DETECT DECELERATION BECAUSE OF BAD ACCELERATION SENSORS? DID I LOSE CONTROL BECAUSE MY CAR DID NOT DECELERATE WHEN I PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AT CURB. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR. I WAS LUCKY AND MY INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING OR CRIPPLING; BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY I WAS NOT PROTECTED BY MY AIRBAGS WHEN MY CAR HIT A TREE DEAD ON. I DO HAVE PHOTOS FROM THIS ACCIDENT AND THIS VEHICLE IS STILL AVAILABLE AT INSURANCE TOW LOT FOR VIEWING AND TESTING. PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10304427

Incident

Dec 22, 2009

Mileage

50,000 mi

1. STARTED THE CAR AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. THE CAR NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, NEVER HAD ANY DAMAGE AND WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED. STILL UNDER 60,000 MILES AND IS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR 2. IT WOULD FLASH NON STOP WHEN THE CAR WAS OPERATING 3. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE WIRE UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT BECAME LOOSE. I WAS TOLD THAT A WATER BOTTLE UNDER THE SEAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE WIRE TO DISCONNECT, BUT BEFORE I CHECKED THE CAR IN THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE SEAT. APPARENTLY MOVING THE SEAT BACK AND FORTH CAN CAUSE THE WIRE TO DISCONNECT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN BOTH CASES. I FEEL THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS. THE DEALER RECONNECTED THE WIRE AND RESET THE SYSTEM

NHTSA ID

10299519

Incident

Jan 10, 2010

Mileage

58,110 mi

OUR SCION XA WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT RESULTING TO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, BUT IN PARK WHEN IT WAS HIT IN THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKED VAN WHICH THEN DID SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE DRIVER'S HEAD BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND RESULTED IN DENTAL, FACIAL INJURIES. A CONCUSSION AND BACK INJURIES. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED EVEN WHEN BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE SEAT BELTED IN THE FRONT SEATS. A CALL TO SCION ON THE 14TH WAS NOT RETURNED UNTIL TODAY WHEN I MADE A FOLLOW UP CALL. I WAS TOLD THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING A CERTAIN SPEED. I THINK THAT IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10218547

Incident

Feb 13, 2008

Mileage

6,000 mi