NHTSA Complaint #10212210 — 2006 SCION XB

I JUST REPLACED MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 2006 SCION XB ON 11/30/07 AFTER 2 CRACKS DEVELOPED AFTER ONLY TINY PEBBLES FROM THE ROAD HIT IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND CREATED A CRACKS THAT SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE. THIS OBVIOUSLY MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR REPAIR BECAUSE EVEN IF THE GLASS COMPANY CAME WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS, THE CRACK HAD ALREADY SPREAD FROM MAYBE 3-4 INCHES TO OVER 12 INCHES! ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE IMPACT POINTS WERE NO MORE THAN 1 INCH FROM THE MOLDING EDGE IN THE BLACK AREA OF THE GLASS. ANY OTHER TIME THAT I HAVE HAD ANYTHING HIT IN THE MIDDLE/IN MY LINE OF VIEW, IT JUST BOUNCES OFF LIKE A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH NO DAMAGE. ALL IN ALL, IT HAS ONLY BEEN ABOUT 2 1/2 WEEKS SINCE I PAID ABOUT $250 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HAVE THE THING REPLACED, AND I ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER CRACK!!! SAME AS THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES... A VERY SMALL PEBBLE/ROCK HIT ABOUT AN INCH FROM THE MOLDING IN THE "BLACK AREA" OF THE GLASS ON MY WAY IN TO WORK THIS MORNING (12/18/07). AND WITHIN MY HOUR COMMUTE TO WORK, IT HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO ABOUT 3-4 INCHES. THAT WAS AT ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. IT IS NOW 10:20AM, AND WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN AT 9:30AM, IT HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO ABOUT 12 INCHES!!! I GUESS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT!!! IF IT'S LONGER THAN A DOLLAR BILL, THEY CAN'T FIX IT ACCORDING TO MY GLASS COMPANY THAT I USUALLY CALL. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TOYOTA CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN MANY MANY MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET AND A VERY CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE NHTSA/ODI. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE LEMON LAW AND HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING IT BACK TO THEM FOR A FULL REFUND OF ALL PAYMENTS I HAVE MADE TO DATE SINCE MY PURCHASE BACK IN AUG 2006 OR A NEW VEHICLE UNDER MY CURRENT FINANCING OPTION. *TR