NHTSA Complaint #10216305 — 2006 SCION XB

I BOUGHT A USED '06 SCION XB IN AUG. '07 & W/IN A WEEK MY WINDSHIELD(WS) WAS LEAKING BIGTIME. THERE WERE NO CRACKS & THE CARFAX REPORT CAME BACK CLEAN W/ NO PRIOR ACCIDENTS. I CALLED THE DEALER & SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY HAD A LOCAL WS CO. REPLACE THE WS. THAT WEEKEND I WASHED MY CAR & NOTICED WATER RUNNING DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE WS AGAIN BY THE REARVIEW MIRROR. STILL NO OBVIOUS REASON OF WHY IT SHOULD BE LEAKING. I WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTRICAL ISSUES W/ THE WATER & THE FACT THAT I LIVE IN PORTLAND WHICH MEANT LOTS OF RAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN & THIS TIME I ASKED FOR ANOTHER CO. TO REPLACE THE GLASS, THINKING THE OTHER CO. HAD JUST DONE A BAD JOB. AFTER THE 2ND TIME OF FIXING IT I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I NOTICED LOUD POPPING & CRACKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING. A COUPLE OF THE POPS WERE SO LOUD IT SCARED ME BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE THE WHOLE WS CRACKED, BUT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE CRACKS. JUST IN CASE I WAS HEARING THINGS, I HAD MY HUSBAND RIDE ALONG & HE HEARD THE SAME NOISES. A WEEK OR TWO LATER, I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE WS WAS FOGGING THERE WERE STREAM LINES FROM WATER ON THE LEFT INSIDE AND I KNEW THOSE SHOULDN'T BE THERE BECAUSE THE LAST CO. HAD PUT IN A BRAND NEW WS. LATER, I FINALLY NOTICED WATER DRIPPING IN THE SAME SPOT & I KNEW IT WAS LEAKING AGAIN. FRUSTRATED & NOT WANTING TO DEAL W/ IT, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH A LEAKY WS FOR ABOUT WEEK, UNTIL I WENT THROUGH A CAR WASH & NOTICED A STRONG STREAM OF WATER RUNNING DOWN THE LEFT INSIDE OF THE WS INSIDE THE CAR. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY (TODAY) I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. I'M TAKING THE CAR IN TONIGHT. I'M SUGGESTING, SOME SORT OF EXTRA STRENGTH SEAL & POSSIBLY A SWAY BAR TO STABILIZE THE VEHICLE MORE. IF THIS DOESN'T WORK THEN I WANT TO TRADE IT IN FOR A NEWER XB OR POSSIBLY SOMETHING ELSE. MY WARRANTY IS ONLY FOR 100,000 MILES & I'M HALF WAY THERE & I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE TO START PAYING TO REPLACE ANY OF THIS WHEN IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FLAW WITH THE CAR. *TR