NHTSA Complaint #10395783 — 2006 SCION TC

WAS DRIVING MY 06 SCION TC THAT I BOUGHT IN NOV OF 2010, HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE STEERING LOCKING UP SO I COULDN'T COMPLETE MY TURNS, ANDMY TC WOULD JUST KEEP GOING IN THE DIRECTION IT WAS LOCKED IN. BUT WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP IT WOULD BE FINE AGAIN. BUT TODAY, APRIL 13 OF 2011, I WAS TURNING LEFT IN AN INTERSECTION ONTO A ROAD, AND MY STEERING LOCKED UP MID TURN AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A VAN THERE THAT I SMASHED INTO! MY WHEEL HAD LOCKED UP AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED TO TURN IT, IT WOULDN'T BUDGE! UNTIL I WAS WRECKED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN. THIS WAS NO PROBLEM OF MY DRIVING I WAS JUST TURNING ONTO A STREET AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR, WASN'T TEXTING, DISTRACTED OR ANYTHING. SCION/TOYOTAS NEED TO FIGURE OUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY HURT SOMEONE! NOT TO MENTION NOW I HAVE A CITATION AND INSURANCE MONEY TO WORRY ABOUT. ONLY HAVING BOUGHT THIS CAR A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM A DEALERSHIP , THIS IS DISAPPOINTING, AND REALLY SCARED ME. I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT PAYING MY WAY THROUGH SCHOOL AND DON'T JUST HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT I HAD NO WAY CONTROL OVER. *TR