SAFETY PROBE: Toyota's Scion tC cars are being investigated by U.S. safety regulators because of reports that glass ``moonroofs'' on 2005 and 2006 models can shatter, Bloomberg reported. Toyota has pledged to step up quality. "The world-class quality that we've built is our lifeline," Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...aQ&refer=japan

might be old news, but important none the less.

 

hasn't this been taken care of in a recall for the 05?

 

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=88591
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61122

 

The vouluntary campaign* to put a film on the back side of the sunroof wind deflector (not a recall) to prevent glass from falling into the tC when the deflector broke did NOT address any potential problems with the sunroof itself shattering and raining glass into the car. That is what the NHTSA is looking into at this time.

Tomas
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* Brief description:
SSC 50S 2005 AND EARLY 2006 MODEL YEAR SCION tC MOONROOF WIND DEFLECTOR LAMINATE INSTALLATION
2005, 2006 model year Scion tC vehicles. Toyota will initiate a Special Service Campaign to apply a protective laminate to the Wind Deflector on certain 2005 and early 2006 model year Scion tC vehicles.

The Scion tC vehicle is equipped with a glass Wind Deflector which tilts upward when the moonroof is opened. In certain 2005 and early 2006 model year Scion tC vehicles, there is a possibility that if impacted by a projectile, such as road debris, while driving with the Wind Deflector in the upward-tilted position at highway speeds, the Wind Deflector may shatter and separate from the frame. In the worst case, pieces of the Wind Deflector glass which have separated from the frame may fall upon the vehicle occupants causing driver distraction and/or injury.

http://tijil.org/tsb_list.html

T

 

thanks tomas. i linked the voluntary recall threads earlier. here are the threads discussing the july 11 investigation announcement.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=128913
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=129020
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=128974

i'm gonna lock this one because there are already a significant number of pages to read on the topic in the tC forums.