So far I love everything about this car. It's fun, looks great, and rides nice. I just seem to have 2 little problems with it. First one is that I hate second gear. Every gear feels and shift into beautifully but for me it seems that second gear is a little tough and takes quite the effort compared to the others. Second thing is the USB connector for the flash drive/iPod interface. It seems that no matter what gets plugged in, whether it's an iPod, mp3 player, or flash drive, the car doesn't seem to recognize it. Matter of fact there isn't even power going to the device from what I can tell. AUX seems to be working perfectly fine, but its a basic form of connectivity and I don't want to be looking down every time to change a song. I called scion customer support and they said that it might be a bad setup where the USB cable wasn't connected properly to the head unit, I have the base pioneer HU. After taking it back to my scion dealership and taking it apart, it seems everything is fine but they don't know how to get it to work.
Want to know any other tC2 problems owners seem to be having or if you happen to have the same problems and maybe found a fix?

dealership probably forgot to plug it in.. take it back to them to plug it in or its pretty easy to DIY.. thats what happened to me so i ended up plugging it in myself...

Just for my own curiosity, can anyone tell me the model number of their pioneer head unit? It starts with a T followed by 4 numbers on the top right corner.

1. pull the radio bezel out, its held in by clips
2. unscrew the 4 bolts in the corners of the radio
3. check that there are 4 cables plugged into the back of the radio
4. if all cables are there (4 total) pop the panel that the USB connector is located on by pulling it up
5. reach under the panel and push the USB plug out
6. check that the cables are connected
7. if you still do not find an issue make sure all of the wires are connected to the plugs of all of the connections mentioned above.
8. if nothing is loose and you still can not figure out why it is not working, give up, put it all back together
9. drive to a different Scion dealer and have them look at it.
10. if they can not make it work, yell at them and be ____ed off
11. go back to your original dealer, complain
12. find your salesperson, complain

Oh awesome! Thanks I'll get to this today, really appreciate it!!! If all else fails you can bet I'll make myself heard at the dealership lol. The nicest, respectful way possible of course. :-)
Thanks again!

Honestly being a new vehicle i would tell the dealer fix it or get me a new one!!! Dont take the chance of scratching your dash or taking it apart and not being able to fix it and the dealer trying to come up with a way not to cover it since you took it apart to look at it! that my honest opinion

Posted a thread earlier about my USB not working at all. I want to thank 11whitetc for the suggestion and stating its a pretty easy fix and also WellesleyScion for putting up the instructions on how to do it. Quite honestly is really easy, don't know why my local Scion dealership couldn't figure it out and had to reschedule me for another day lol.

Just going to post WellesleyScion's instructions along with pics that I took while doing it, just in case anyone else has this problem and wants to see what's it involves.

1. pull the radio bezel out, its held in by clips
2. unscrew the 4 bolts in the corners of the radio
3. check that there are 4 cables plugged into the back of the radio
4. if all cables are there (4 total) pop the panel that the USB connector is located on by pulling it up
5. reach under the panel and push the USB plug out
6. check that the cables are connected
7. if you still do not find an issue make sure all of the wires are connected to the plugs of all of the connections mentioned above.
8. if nothing is loose and you still can not figure out why it is not working, give up, put it all back together
9. drive to a different Scion dealer and have them look at it.
10. if they can not make it work, yell at them and be ____ed off
11. go back to your original dealer, complain
12. find your salesperson, complain

Continued to finish posting the other pics :rolleyes:

Adding that I have tried an iPod nano, iPhone 3g, iPhone 4, usb flash drive, and some old no name mp3 player I found laying around and they all worked.

lol, my car has the basic pioneer unit too with the same problems with the ipod/usb connection. i brought it to the dealership and had them check it out. everything was connected but my ____ still doesnt work. they even pulled in another '11 tc with the same unit and hooked my ipod to it and everything worked fine. so now, the ordered me another stereo and i gotta drop it off again sometime next week.

Mmm burritos... That sucks they should have given you one off the other tCs lol. Now that my USB works I'm enjoying it more. Now time to do something about that single reverse light thing going on :money:

I glad you got it working :)

Thanks to you, really appreciate your help!

Hey I had the same problem with mine thanks to this tread I took care of it.

Thanks for the info.

Has anyone thought of doing this? I am debating this because I would like to just leave my iPod in my car and tucked away out of sight. I would never leave it in the car for much longer then a few hours since I know thieves love to look for them., But I hate having to take it out everytime I go somewhere. Thoughts?

I did it in my xD. I relocated it to the glove box. another super simple thing to accomplish, just pull the panels up and pop out the USB plug. then just move the wiring to a new location and your done. I dont have a part number off hand, but you can pick up a replacement plug from your local dealer.

I did it in my xD. I relocated it to the glove box. another super simple thing to accomplish, just pull the panels up and pop out the USB plug. then just move the wiring to a new location and your done. I dont have a part number off hand, but you can pick up a replacement plug from your local dealer.

kinda what i did. i popped the usb plug out and put a blank panel in. reconnected the plug under the center console. ran a usb extension cable and a male to female 3.5mm aux cable to the armrest, cutting a tiny hole in the corner. now i have both connections in the armrest and can leave my ipod connected and out of sight. i checked out how much a replacement usb plug was and they wanted like $90. the way i did it cost me like $5 for the blank plug and i already had the other two wires (they can't be much more than $10 for both). makes me feel much better about leaving my car anywhere lol

So far I love everything about this car. It's fun, looks great, and rides nice. I just seem to have 2 little problems with it. First one is that I hate second gear. Every gear feels and shift into beautifully but for me it seems that second gear is a little tough and takes quite the effort compared to the others. Second thing is the USB connector for the flash drive/iPod interface. It seems that no matter what gets plugged in, whether it's an iPod, mp3 player, or flash drive, the car doesn't seem to recognize it. Matter of fact there isn't even power going to the device from what I can tell. AUX seems to be working perfectly fine, but its a basic form of connectivity and I don't want to be looking down every time to change a song. I called scion customer support and they said that it might be a bad setup where the USB cable wasn't connected properly to the head unit, I have the base pioneer HU. After taking it back to my scion dealership and taking it apart, it seems everything is fine but they don't know how to get it to work.
Want to know any other tC2 problems owners seem to be having or if you happen to have the same problems and maybe found a fix?

Had the same problem, just fixed mine a few minutes ago works now!

does it recognize droid phones? or is mine screwed up too...

In first gear at 4k rpm, it almost feels like it hesitates at WOT for about half a second. Maybe thats the traction control

does it recognize droid phones? or is mine screwed up too...

I gave the Alpine HU, but I'll check when I get my car back. It's in fir its 10k service.

I gave the Alpine HU, but I'll check when I get my car back. It's in fir its 10k service.

i'll most likely pop it off and check tonight when i get the chance...

for the ppl who fixed it when u hit ur usb button does it do anything if u have nothing connected?

like does it switch from the radio to usb if u dont have something connected?

if it does switch, then i know mines not connected


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actually, is their a usb icon that is supposed to show up on the screen?

I have a Classic Silver '11 TC with almost 5k miles that makes a whining noise whenever I turn the steering wheel. Is this normal? It's most noticeable when the car is still and I steer the wheel.

USB works just fine with my Droid X. Have to hit the USB button once it's plugged in. Takes a few seconds and will display all the info an iPod does (Song, Artist, Album).

And, no, radio won't do anything unless you have something plugged in to the USB.

Ty wellesleyscion and obie. Just went and did this myself with my premium radio. Took me bout 15 to do it

USB works just fine with my Droid X. Have to hit the USB button once it's plugged in. Takes a few seconds and will display all the info an iPod does (Song, Artist, Album).

And, no, radio won't do anything unless you have something plugged in to the USB.

Does it also charge you phone when it is plugged in?

Yes

hey mighty i also have a droid x and i went down to try it and i couldnt get it to switch, now my phone started to charge which it didnt do previously so i know i connected it correctly

do i need to run an app?

so is that usb port on the back of the HU a standard female usb input so you could just run a usb extension from that to the glovebox or is it something specific that you have to relocate the usb/aux inputs

so is that usb port on the back of the HU a standard female usb input so you could just run a usb extension from that to the glovebox or is it something specific that you have to relocate the usb/aux inputs

No it's not a standard USB. Weird connections to USB.

No it's not a standard USB. Weird connections to USB.

thats not cool, i wonder if you could split it and have multiple usb devices for say your ipod chillin in the glove compartment or use your phone where it normally is, obviously not having them both connected at the same time

Seems like the USB port issue is a reoccuring theme here...
Mine didn't work when I first got the car either, so I took it back to the dealership to have them take a look. After a long run around with folks who were obviously not familiar with how to test it, they fixed it. I didn't get a straight answer, but it sounded like it wasn't connected properly to the HU.
The only other thing was the 2nd reverse light which I thought had just blow the bulb, but later found out it was missing. (Thanks forum!) Only 1 guy at the dealership even knew the tC2s where shipped that way. I took care of that with the 2nd light install. (Another thanks forum!)
With so many USB port issues popping up on this thread, I would recommend that Scion needs to check the person on the assembly line in charge of hooking up the cables to the HU, and make sure they're not asleep! :yawn:

@obie Even though the connector to the HU is proprietary, I bet you could splice in a longer cable with a USB female end if you knew what wires went where.

@citystars14 The manaul for the Pioneer HU states that a USB HUB won't work.