2009 Scion XD problems
NHTSA has received 35 complaints about the 2009 Scion XD, and 20% of them involve electrical system. Next are cruise control (14%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 53,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 25 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 53,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My sister's toyota scions xd was involved in a multi cars accident on sept. 9, 2010 around 6:00 pm. The scions was first involved into 1 sudden and right afterward the car suddenly accelerated closed to 100 MPH and it went about quarter mile before it hit another car. It finally stopped when the car hit a road guide.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota scion xd. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the contact struck an animal in the middle of the road and immediately swayed off of the road over an embankment. The vehicle went airborne and landed at an 90 degree angle where the front end crashed towards the ground. The driver suffered from a broken nose and sustained bruises to the face. The air bag failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed to a collision center.
While car running on the local road, approx. 40 MPH, rear window from driver side rolled down itself and a lot of smoke started coming out from power window master switch controls and from driver side window, inside. Two of four switches from master switch control then melted and pushed all the way down, seems like the bottom part of those switches caught fires or something, however, no fire was visible from the exterior. Was then pulled to the business parking lot and turned off the engine.
When I tried to roll the passenger window down, a plume of smoke came out of the master control panel. At first, I thought I was imagining it, but the button froze into place. I took my scion into a dealership for 2 recall notice repairs (driver's seat railing and intake manifold assembly) and mentioned the window control panel problem and my concern as to whether or not there was a risk of a fire. The service tech said that my car was not part of the recall?
Other model years of the XD
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