Hi All,

After months of research and difficult decision making I bought a used '05 xB and for the moment I couldn't be happier.

Everything just kinda fell in place. The car was super clean (one owner I presume), low mileage, the color that I wanted (TCM) and came with extended warranty (7yr/100k mi) was icing on the cake. Not to mention stuff that I wouldn't have paid to have put on but I'm not going to take off like neon, spoiler, cold air intake, auto dimming mirror with compass and outside temp, rear bumper cover, weathertech ventvisors, and armrest.

However there were a few things I needed the dealer to do:

1) reattach the rear view mirror - I guess it had the windshield replaced and since it's an aftermarket mirror they needed to glue it to the windshield. It took them a day to track down a part.

2) fix low buzzing noise at idle - turns out the cold air intake was rubbing against something and they simply readjusted it

3) missing lug wrench - when i bought the car i noticed the jack, and tools where thrown in the trunk. when i figured out where everything went i realized the lug wrench was missing so they have one on order from me.

Stick with me... here's where it gets strange...

4) the car has rear floor mats and the trunk mat but NO front mats. The original invoice I found in the glove box shows the previous owner paid for them. The dealer says I'm out of luck and have to order them. Which also means I will have an extra set of rear mats (dumb).

5) the passenger headrest was loose - the service guy told me it's not even a scion headrest! what the heck?! who would go and do that?! why?! he said it's from a toyota but not a scion headrest so I can't adjust it, it just slides up and down freely! Annoying! He told me it's like $300 for a new headrest -gah!

What do you all think?

 

Get the replacement parts but don't go through the dealer to do it.

 

Yeah, you may be able to get a headrest from a junkyard or online. I wouldn't worry about the mats- probably the previous owner messed them up. I'd just get some generic ones from the auto parts store (or Target, Walmart, etc), not the Scion ones.

 

My advise would be get a set of weathertech all weather frontmats for winter time ... I don`t know if the weather get bad around winter like it does where i am ?? And look for the headrests and mats on EBAY some person that put some headrest monitors will be selling some one of these weeks . You might be able to score both for about $100.00 to $150.00 . Hope this helps you . & welcome to the family !!

 

I have a Scion xB headrest that is for sale. I bought it because I was installing headrest monitors and wanted to have a spare in case I messed up. Its mint, nothing wrong with it. Ill sell it for what I paid for it which is $45 shipped. Let me know if your interested since its alot less than what the dealer wants...

Carlos - L3g3nd33@gmail.com

 

I think there's a set of stock headrests for sale in the classified section over at www.clubxb.com - get on 'em quick!

 

yeah, but no shipping - seller is in Cali, he is in ILL, plus they are sold to ThunderGod...

for what he was selling them for, I wouldve bought them too, and I dont even need them, lol!!!

 

Thank you all for your words of wisdom. I didn't even think headrests are something I could get, floor mats sure but headrests seemed odd.

I went to the dealer to pick up my xB tonight and I'm happy to say:

1) auto dimming mirror/compass/temp rear view mirror has been re-attached.

2) found the missing lug wrench has been replaced!

3) buzzing noise at idle was traced to the cold air intake rubbing against something so they adjusted it

AND... I ran into my sales guy and he said he would track down some mats and a headrest for me, what a guy. must have made a killing on me

Anyway, thanks for all the offers of the headrest. If the sales guy doesn't pull through, I'll be contacting one of you.

Side note - did you know the rear headrests don't fit in the front in the front seats?

 

Did you get a carfax for the car? Some of that stuff is a little weird, it may have been wrecked or flooded or something.

 

You can get replacement OEM Scion mats on Ebay, usually half price. Or they're at least half of what the dealer wants for them.