Scion problems by model
Owners have filed 1,977 complaints with NHTSA about the 4 Scion models with enough data to profile here, covering 10 model years from 2005 through 2013. The XB draws the most at 1,019, 51.5% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Scion against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every Scion model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XB | 4 2005–2009 | 1,019 | 2008 424 | Air bags (31.4%) |
| TC | 4 2005–2008 | 648 | 2005 203 | Visibility (23.2%) |
| FR-S | 1 2013–2013 | 210 | 2013 210 | Engine (67.1%) |
| XD | 1 2008–2008 | 100 | 2008 100 | Service brakes (19.0%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every Scion model year on the site, visibility is the system named most often — 320 complaints, 20.9% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
The three most-reported Scion models — XB, TC and FR-S — account for 94.9% of the make's complaint volume. That is a concentrated picture: most of what gets reported about Scion here comes from three nameplates. Bear in mind that a nameplate selling in the millions will out-file a niche one whatever its record.
Of the 1,977 complaints, 257 describe a crash, 42 describe a fire and 20 report a death.
Most-reported Scion model years
The single heaviest model year of each Scion nameplate, 2005–2013. Heaviest is not worst — read it alongside the model page.