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Take your car straight to the dealer! (If that's not obvious enough already)

I was talking to my dad, who works in the service center for Cherry Hill Toyota, and they've had three tCs that have come in (one with only 5 miles) for the windows not working. Turned out to be a bad switch. He was telling me that Scion knows about it and they're telling them to just replace the switch, which they thought was odd. Must have been a batch of bad switches at the factory.

Just giving everyone a heads up so I don't see any "OMFG!!11 TC SUX0RS NO WINDOWS!!!11one"

Rivulent

Oh don't worry, you'll see those posts.

Cybergypsy

who rolls the windows down anyways?

MrJohnson

Yeah, who uses moon roofs? Who uses power locks? Who uses the rear reclining seats?


You're such a troll.

ScottTC

I don't have a problem with my switches but I discovered another problem that probably effects all Tc's. :? I'm sure you have all noticed that with the windows open and the sun roof open there is a lot of turbulance in the car. Try using the auto roll up on the windows while traveling about 80 with the sun roof open. There seems to be so much turbulance that the window shakes and hits the frame of the door which then causes the window to automatically roll down. I have repeated this problem numerous times and even at lower speeds around 55, but it can easily be duplicated at 80+. Give it a whirl guys. I'd like to see if anyone else has this problem. Sad but I'm sure you will.

CDX8

I only open my moonroof when im going bellow 55. I think its hard on the moonroof as well when your going that fast.

RussianTC

Yeah that happened to me too. It was real windy and as I was closing the window it hit the metal part of the door and then rolled down again. I mean that makes sense, at least the pinch protection works. I don't think it's a good idea opening the windows on the freeway...that's why the A/C is there. Oh and if you want to open the sunroof on the freeway, don't open it all the way do it half way, it will reduce the turbulance.

spwolf

its a little tradeoff for antipinch protection you get - it simply has to happen on auto up.
Imagine your passanger having out of the window (possibily holding roof?) when you press auto up...

They could set it up so it reacts to more force, but Toyota's are already set it up to react to more force than some other cars and this might be why.

Diluvium

ummm... yea. i got a problem with me powered windows...


its suppose to have pinch protection in it but it still hurts... i mean it still literally pinches me.... it pinched me once then roll back down...

ScionLawyer

I think I may have a bad switch. Periodically, I cannot roll down the passenger side window from the driver side switch. Guess I will have the dealer replace it next time I am in.

SweetDaddyDelicious

pinch protection. haha.

Embarrassing story: Someone was in my BMW with me once and was talking about how some new car had pince protection windows. I was like "Oh man, they all have that now, even this thing has it- watch" and like a total dumbass I proceded to roll the window up (don't think I used the auto up feature) and almost sever my finger off. Hurt like hell. We were both laughing pretty good. Guess it doesn't have it unless on auto up.

sciontc_mich

yeah even toyota has defective stuff the first year.. all manufacturers do! it's just that toyota has less than other makers.. and it's first year.. so hey at least it wasn't something major like an fuel tank (ford's f-150s) or wheel hubs (ford's freestars) coming loose! sheesh..

i agree it shouldn't be bad, but guess what? welcome to an imperfect world.. and that's why we have a warranty lol..

chris0

this one's easy...
the windows are calibrated so that when they sense a certain amount of resistance they roll back down about half way. my guess is that at 85+mph the wind resistance fools the window into thinking something is in the way of it's closing. I'd read about this on another post . I also read in my owner's manual how to recalibrate the windows.
often times my commute home from/to work has me on the highway almost alone at midnight or 4 am, so I can play around with speed. the other night I was doing 85 or so with the moonroof open all the way and deciced to check out this window thing. sure enough when it reached the top it rolled back down about halfway. both windows did this. I recalibrated them at speed and since then the auto rollup works perfectly at 0 mph or at 90 mph.
to recalibrate them, simply roll the window(s) down half way. then, one at a time, roll the window up and hold the button in the up position for about 8-10 seconds after the window has rolled up. do this for each window. be sure to do it at speed, though, so it calibrates with the added wind resistance. I did mine with almost no traffic on a striaght stretch of highway, just to avoind distractions and to be safe. the official instructions are in your manual somewhere in the windows section.
I would assume that the pinch protections is now somewhat compromised, it'll probably pinch harder now, but you've got to be a little "special" to pinch your own fingers in the window. anyone else should keep their dirty paws off my car.
hope this helps everyone

Silly_tC

yup its been done to me a few times....oh and other only problem is my brakes locked up once too,.....

jubster781

this morning i drove my car the light for one of the doors was on, but all my door were close it so then i went to check the trunk so i stopped at a parking lot to close my trunk it would not lock or close to keep it down...help!!! does this cover in the warranty?

pfaudi_a4

It's actually the pressure inside the car...the higher speeds push the windows inboard. This has happened to me with the moon both open and closed, but if you put the driver side up first with the passenger down, it will go up..then put the passenger up and it works...for me atleast. This also used to happen with my old riviera and I would put the pass side down, raise the drivers side and then the pass side and it worked fine...

JasonH

I had that happen once. I think I just didn't close the trunk hard enough. I just opened it and closed it again and it was fine. Yes, it is covered under warranty.

ScionTech

Can't believe there's so many problems with the tC... When I get one, I hope it doesn't have the problems like most of you guys.

JasonH

Yeah, all these problems. Like: people not knowing how the windows work, people not knowing how to drive, people not knowing how to shift, people not knowing what kind of sounds cars make, etc. Yep, thay're all lemons, all right. You should steer clear of the tC (and most of the drivers, apparently.)

chris0

this is not a problem. it's a user adjustment issue. the windows simply need to be adjusted. end of story.