NHTSA Complaint #10257126 — 2006 SCION XB

PARKED MY CAR (2006 SCION XB) OUTSIDE ONE EVENING. WOKE THE NEXT MORNING AND THERE WAS A LARGE L-SHAPED CRACK NEAR THE REARVIEW MIRROR. NO ROCK OR IMPACT DAMAGE OCCURRED, JUST A CRACK APPEARED. ABOUT 4 DAYS LATER, NOT ONLY HAD THAT CRACK GROWN, BUT I NOW HAD A NEW CRACK JUTTING IN FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. BOTH CRACKS EXCEED WELL OVER 18 INCHES. THERE IS NOTHING OF MY DOING OR OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVED IN THESE CRACKS. I HAVE VISITED A NUMBER OF ONLINE FORUMS, AND THIS APPEARS COMMONPLACE WITH THESE XBS AND THEIR OWNERS. IT SEEMS THERE IS TOO MUCH STRESS IN THE DESIGN ON THE GLASS, AND IT CRACKS AT WILL. ANYWAYS, IT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT, AND I DO NOT WANT TO PAY $500 FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD THAT IS ONLY TO CRACK AGAIN AT THE SLIGHTEST TEMPERATURE CHANGE. PLEASE HELP US. SCION NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THIS ISN'T A SPARK PLUG...THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE $500 AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE THEM. *TR