Does this happen to anyone else. On the furtherst left air vent on the dashboard; whenever i have my ac up real high the vent moves on it's own. It will move all the way to the right ( going towards the steering wheel ). Moves all by itself, anyone else notice this?

 

yes, quite a few ppl have this problem.

 

It's just the way the tubing to the vents is laid out. It's angled coming into the vent, so the fins tend to turn with the force of the air.

 

Yes, I've had this problem too. I've even had two dealers try and fix it without a solution. Anyone successfully fixed it yet? My warranty will be out soon and I want this fixed.

 

When I originally worked for toyota back when the tC was first launched the air vent problem was FAR worse . All of them if the vehicles sat in the sun for prolonged periods of time all the vents would "close themselves" if the ac was put on high . The center vents were the worse of them all , they woudl completely close all togather till the vents got cooled by the ac and then they would stay open . From what I have seen with the 05's they have improved it and made the vents with more resistance to them so they dont move as easily as they did before . What model year is it you have ? If its one of the first few then yeah you probably got a batch of the vents that was loose . Mine the vents are fine and they dont move at all . Just take it to you Scion dealer and they SHOULD replace it under warrenty .

 

maybe ur car is haunted ... i heard alot of scion employees were injured and some killed during the making process of our cars !! My cars stock radio use to say KILL KILL KILL for no apparent reason while i listened to the radio. Thats why i swithed it to the kenwood head unit.

 

This just started happening to me as well... It's not cool... I guess I should have the dealer look at mine too.

 

This just started happening to me as well... It's not cool... I guess I should have the dealer look at my air vents too.

 

How can your warranty possibly run out soon? The oldest the car could be is less than 1 yr... and if I'm not mistaken, the bumper to bumper is much longer than that.

 

what a cool car!! stephen king would probably like to see that car.. make a movie about it.. oh yeah that's why there was a movie like that called "Christine"..

okay back to laughing..

 

My buddy Scoobyroo has that problem, i havent had it though, im sure it's coming though.

 

Ya, ive noticed it - bugs me but i doubt anything can be done...

 

I have this problem also... A couple times all the vents completely closed like you mentioned in your post. Not to mention the a/c takes forever to start blowing cold air. But what are they going to replace under warranty? The whole vent?

 

"How can your warranty possibly run out soon? The oldest the car could be is less than 1 yr... and if I'm not mistaken, the bumper to bumper is much longer than that"

I've got 23K on it and add about 3K a month. I figure I've got about 4 months, give or take a month, before my b2b warranty expires. The air vent is only one of the problems.

 

Does anyone have an answer to exactly what is required in order to fix this problem?

 

I dont know i am in the situation with my dealer right now. He said he is going to order the vent and start from there. He said not to worry it's all under warranty. So we'll see.

 

all of my vent are difficult to direct by either wheel. i think they may have just tightened everything up. also, inside the vent at the left there are two angled flaps that redirect the air flow from coming directly out. it's an odd design and as a result, i can't actually get any vent to hit me directly.

 

what my dad did to his hyundia dimmer **** that kept switching down when he hit a bump, effectly dimming all the instruments with each bump. he took some stiff wax, some stuff that can handle a temperature rise (he's a dentist, so i guess he knows his wax) and that holds the **** for over 2 years now. maybe we could take a wax and shove it in there, on the slider ****, that should help it stay more put

 

I have the same problem and I took it in the dealer and they told me they will have parts ordered to fix it. I will update when I get it fixed.

 

Same here..they just called me today, My part is here, so now i have to find time to take it in to have it installed...which is gonna be awhile they picked the wrong week to call..i am booked at work!!