madpb

Some of you have an aluminum heater control **** ( the big round one in the middle of your tC console) and someof you have plastic. Just wondering if any of you have noticed.

On Scion Life tC homw page its says it should be metal. In the Car and Driver August edition it also says its metal. Mine is plastic and I emailed Toyota and they gave the brush off and told me to go see my salesman. So far he is of no help either. I dont blame him , he didn't manufacture the car.

here is my post from another Scion site
I read several reviews that said the heater control **** on the Scion tC was Aluminum but mine is clearly plastic.

Are any of yours out there Aluminum???




read here:
http://www.caranddriver.com/article...p;page_number=1

QUOTE:.....and metallic-look accents, and the large HVAC **** actually is aluminum.


and here:
https://www.scionlife.com/tc/

QUOTE: .........seams in the sporty fabric seats and paper-textured dash. The gauges on the dash self-calibrate when you turn the ignition on (zoom to max and back to zero) and the heater **** is a hefty chunk of aluminum.

UPDATE: All ***** are cast aluminum /machined faced. It appears some were clear cloated and others like mine were painted. I am very sorry for this!!

2JZ

how do you know for sure it's not aluminum? i don't think they'd switch that metal **** for a plastic one during the beginning of it's distribution. did you actually take it out and drop it on the ground to see if it gave off a metallic sound? it could just seem to be plastic... the aluminum trim on the 330Ci is plastic, but the console area, although it felt like plastic was actually a metal piece.

franktherank

just pur ur car in a hot place and set it for a while...then touch the *** and see if it burns you....if not then its plastic...and then if it is acutally plastic...thats when you sew scion/toyota for false advertisement

tcwannab

might be really thin or hollow and gives off a weird sound or light feeling like plastic but it probably is metalic

madpb

I took a sharp pen knife and shaved the edge of the **** ,then heated the small shaving with a bic lighter and it melted. Also after shaving a small piece from the **** the silver color is gone. Behind the paint is brown/sandy colored plastic.

2JZ

that is some ____ed up ____. my car BETTER not have that plastic **** or i'm gonna raise hell.

Kaeon

I think mine is plastic too!

Portablecow

Hmm, for me a plastic **** works just the same. I'd be afraid of denting the aluminum ****.

Kaeon

Hey if you guys can get me something from like the toyota website itself or something i can call scion again, i called talked to a guy he said he wasnt to sure but if we can find where it says it exactly he could help most likely....

erickjam

Mine = Aluminum.


Good times!

Kaeon

"The temperature control dial is made of genuine cast aluminum"


http://www.toyota.com/about/news/pro...1-sciontC.html
^via toyota

2JZ

madpb, definitely complain man... Scion is fu-cocked if they are switching that around. definitely a case for false advertising and even though it's just a ****, it's the principle.

NJ_05tC

mine is aluminum too (i think)...it looks hot and feels hot under sun :D

woodstock

mine's plastic... i was a little suspicious when it felt exactly the same as the rest of the dash.

maybe toyota will allow us to take it in and get it switched out?

Kaeon

Please wait for a Scion Customer Advocate to respond. You are number 1 in queue.
You are now chatting with Moe
Paul: hi moe
Moe: Hi Paul
Moe: How may I help you today?
Paul: is there any new info on the scion tc ac ****
Moe: No Sorry.
Paul: are they working on it
Paul: http://www.toyota.com/about/news/pro...1-sciontC.html
Moe: Yes.
Paul: there is the link
Paul: go to that page
Moe: ok.
Paul: go to Sophisticated Styling
Moe: ok.
Paul: 4 paragraph down
Paul: "The temperature control dial is made of genuine cast aluminum, and the front-passenger airbag is seamlessly integrated into the dash"
Moe: ok
Moe: ok
Paul: i talked to some other guy he said to send that link to you guys
Paul: so you can see it for yourself
Paul: so pass that up to your boss or whoever you have too...
Moe: Have you read the legal disclaimer?
Paul: what does that state
Moe: No Representation or Warranty
Moe: Toyota reserves the right to modify the information contained on this site at any time without notice. While Toyota makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that all material on this site is correct, accuracy cannot be guaranteed and Toyota does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of any information contained on this site. This site and all information and materials contained herein, is provided to you "as is" without warranty of any kind.
Paul: thats bs
Paul: Thats false advertisement is what it is
Paul: not only is this info on your site
Paul: but on tons of car reviewers sites/documents on the tc
Paul: etc
Moe: We don't sponsor those sites.
Moe: We can't control what they say.
Paul: but its on Toyotas own site
Paul: does Toyota not control what toyota says =)
Moe: I understand.
Moe: They are looking into the issues
Moe: But that is the legal disclosure.
Paul: i hope they do
Paul: some x number of owners are very mad
Paul: its just funny how the prototype cars did have aluminum ****
Paul: but the real car doesn’t even though it is stated in lots of doc's
Paul: question
Paul: where on that page do you see this disclosure
Moe: Go to the main page and go to legal.
Moe: privacy/legal
Moe: on the bottom.
Paul: hah
Moe: find it.
Paul: sure did
Paul: still doesn’t matter
Paul: im sure they will come up with something... if they are smart...
Paul: witch i think they are

JSVH

This is some BS if it is true. Toyota has been boasting the "cast aluminum ****" everywhere. Has anyone confronted them about this?

Edit: ah, good job getting in contact with them. now I need to go see if mine is real.

Kaeon

So i think what moe is trying to say is that they can basicly do that and get away with it.... i say everyone on this forum just bug the hell out of they with this question...

JSVH

I want to know when "they" will finish looking into it and have an answer.

GeminiTwin

Mine definitely appears to be plastic. But, it sounds like others have aluminum, why would they be different? -Jayme

IlltC

For those that have aluminum and those that have plastic what are your last four VIN #'s, maybe the changed to plastic after a while