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Scion air bags problems

Across all Scion models in NHTSA's complaint database, 491 complaints involve air bags. The XB accounts for the largest share (70%). The single worst model year is the 2008 XB with 133 air bags complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
491 about air bags, all Scion models
Most affected
XB 70% of these complaints
Typical mileage
66,000 miles 194 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
146 and 3

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Scion models

ModelComplaintsShare
XB34170%
TC8818%
XA337%
XD112%
IA61%
IQ61%
FR-S41%

Worst model years for air bags

  1. 2008 Scion XB133 complaints
  2. 2009 Scion XB74 complaints
  3. 2011 Scion XB41 complaints
  4. 2010 Scion XB27 complaints
  5. 2012 Scion XB27 complaints

Air bags complaints by model year

Scion air bags complaints by model year 0 100 200 2004: 10 '04 2005: 49 '05 2006: 48 '06 2007: 9 '07 2008: 152 '08 2009: 84 '09 2010: 30 '10 2011: 43 '11 2012: 36 '12 2013: 10 '13 2014: 6 '14 2015: 8 '15 2016: 6 '16
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
200410
200549
200648
20079
2008152
200984
201030
201143
201236
201310
20146
20158
20166

Among the 194 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.