Thread of tC FAIL!
09-26-2009 | 07:28 AM
#123
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 21
From: College Station, TX
Cracked windshield 2x
Hit and run accident
Scraped front lip
Scraped 600 dollar exhaust
Dents and scratches in various places
Back bumper has burn marks from running too rich
A nail punctured my rim and tire
MAF adapter didn't fit
Oil line gasket was bad and leaking oil
Oil pressure switch went bad also so more oil leaking out
Blown motor
Car rubs like hell when I went ahead and put on spacers
Got screwed over when I had someone try to put on a momo steering wheel then I had the stock one put back on except the horn doesn't work and the airbag
Hit and run accident
Scraped front lip
Scraped 600 dollar exhaust
Dents and scratches in various places
Back bumper has burn marks from running too rich
A nail punctured my rim and tire
MAF adapter didn't fit
Oil line gasket was bad and leaking oil
Oil pressure switch went bad also so more oil leaking out
Blown motor
Car rubs like hell when I went ahead and put on spacers
Got screwed over when I had someone try to put on a momo steering wheel then I had the stock one put back on except the horn doesn't work and the airbag
09-26-2009 | 07:09 PM
#124
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 14
From: California
FAILED
Bought my scion 3 weeks ago from private seller
1. On my way driving back from seller's house i hit a pothole, bent one of my rims.
2. I was parked in the garage and my brother lifted the trunk to check out the back, the pedestal spoiler hit the garage door and took a small piece of it off.:?
3. was drying my car with shamwow...thats a SHAM NO!!!!
After dried and parked in the sun, tiny scratches everywhere. (I used Meguirs Scratch remover, Luckly it helped fill in the scratches)
NOTE: All within the first three weeks of getting my car.
Bought my scion 3 weeks ago from private seller
1. On my way driving back from seller's house i hit a pothole, bent one of my rims.
2. I was parked in the garage and my brother lifted the trunk to check out the back, the pedestal spoiler hit the garage door and took a small piece of it off.:?
3. was drying my car with shamwow...thats a SHAM NO!!!!
After dried and parked in the sun, tiny scratches everywhere. (I used Meguirs Scratch remover, Luckly it helped fill in the scratches) NOTE: All within the first three weeks of getting my car.
10-02-2009 | 04:31 PM
#126
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 135
From: Glendale, AZ
10-03-2009 | 04:10 PM
#127
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Posts: 71
From: Colorado Springs CO
10-05-2009 | 03:47 PM
#128
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 144
From: Bossier City/Lafayette LA
This list should not be to bad...
1 Cracked winshield
2 Shattered the Sun Roof Visor piece when driving on the interstate.
3 Cracked 3 out 4 peieces with turbo kit. Pulled out the pistons and they fell apart.
4 Hit a huge dent in the road on the interstate and put lumps in all 4 of me Racing Hart Pro rims
5 Got the rims fixed and two weeks later hydroplaned into a huge like 75ft curb (really only like 3 ft.) Scrateched and dented rims again.
6. Blew transmission.
I'm sure more is to come.
1 Cracked winshield
2 Shattered the Sun Roof Visor piece when driving on the interstate.
3 Cracked 3 out 4 peieces with turbo kit. Pulled out the pistons and they fell apart.
4 Hit a huge dent in the road on the interstate and put lumps in all 4 of me Racing Hart Pro rims
5 Got the rims fixed and two weeks later hydroplaned into a huge like 75ft curb (really only like 3 ft.) Scrateched and dented rims again.
6. Blew transmission.
I'm sure more is to come.
10-06-2009 | 11:47 AM
#129
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 215
From: Royal Oak, MI
In order of occurrence:
1. Bottomed my car out on a ditch that was filled with water while parking, scraped the crap out of the front bumper.
2. Hit a piece of Angle Iron on the Ohio Turnpike at 80, blew the tire and bent a rim (Was on the same trip)
3. CAI came off of throttle body, wasn't tight enough. Drove around like this for a while before I noticed why my engine sounded so bad ___.
4. While doing my spring job, one of my buddies who was helping had opened my hatch. When we jacked it up off the stands, we jacked it into the garage door putting a nice scratch in the hatch.
5. Passenger-side side skirt got keyed front to back, two days after I broke up with a girl.....
6. Managed to curb 3 out of 4 Enkie OR52s in six months of use.
7. Had a Dezod end link fall off my front sway bar while driving in traffic.
8. Installed a 2008 STI antenna on my way to a Scion show in Indiana, antenna was stolen after the show by another Scion owner.
9. Slid into a snow bank, popping my lower grille out for the first time.
10. When installing my Koni Yellow realized I had used a windshield Wiper arm bolt on the passenger side strut instead of the strut bolt.
11. Screwed up the OEM strut body modifications, when installing the front Koni, and had to pay a shop to fix my screw ups. That strut still rattles to this day.
12. When doing my second LED swap in my dash, positioned the gas needle wrong, so it shows a 1/4 of a tank when it's empty. Still haven't fixed it.
13. Snapped one of the bolts off of the mid-pipe resulting in a huge exhaust leak and lots of rattling. Had to pay a shop to fix this one too...
14. Didn't use Loc-tite on the water pump pulley while swapping out to NST pulleys, pulley fell off on the way to the movies on a date.
15. Redline tuning Hood Prop keeps popping off the mount, took it off.
16. OEM rear sway bar end links keep loosening up on me and creak over bumps.
17. Stripped one of the seat bolts installing Corbeau seats. Got a replacement, it won't tighten up all the way ;)
18. Curb checked the front end getting breakfast and popped the lower VRD grille out, it's been haiging in the trunk ever since. Fiancee was nagging me about where I was parking and I got annoyed, also tore a chunk out of the bottom of the front bumper.
19. My Check Engine light comes on whenever it rains hard because my old 18s rubbed a hole in the fender liner and water gets splashed onto the CAI filter.
None of this is major stuff, and it doesn't include the 8 or 9 door dings I've got....
-Sean
1. Bottomed my car out on a ditch that was filled with water while parking, scraped the crap out of the front bumper.
2. Hit a piece of Angle Iron on the Ohio Turnpike at 80, blew the tire and bent a rim (Was on the same trip)
3. CAI came off of throttle body, wasn't tight enough. Drove around like this for a while before I noticed why my engine sounded so bad ___.
4. While doing my spring job, one of my buddies who was helping had opened my hatch. When we jacked it up off the stands, we jacked it into the garage door putting a nice scratch in the hatch.
5. Passenger-side side skirt got keyed front to back, two days after I broke up with a girl.....
6. Managed to curb 3 out of 4 Enkie OR52s in six months of use.
7. Had a Dezod end link fall off my front sway bar while driving in traffic.
8. Installed a 2008 STI antenna on my way to a Scion show in Indiana, antenna was stolen after the show by another Scion owner.
9. Slid into a snow bank, popping my lower grille out for the first time.
10. When installing my Koni Yellow realized I had used a windshield Wiper arm bolt on the passenger side strut instead of the strut bolt.
11. Screwed up the OEM strut body modifications, when installing the front Koni, and had to pay a shop to fix my screw ups. That strut still rattles to this day.
12. When doing my second LED swap in my dash, positioned the gas needle wrong, so it shows a 1/4 of a tank when it's empty. Still haven't fixed it.
13. Snapped one of the bolts off of the mid-pipe resulting in a huge exhaust leak and lots of rattling. Had to pay a shop to fix this one too...
14. Didn't use Loc-tite on the water pump pulley while swapping out to NST pulleys, pulley fell off on the way to the movies on a date.
15. Redline tuning Hood Prop keeps popping off the mount, took it off.
16. OEM rear sway bar end links keep loosening up on me and creak over bumps.
17. Stripped one of the seat bolts installing Corbeau seats. Got a replacement, it won't tighten up all the way ;)
18. Curb checked the front end getting breakfast and popped the lower VRD grille out, it's been haiging in the trunk ever since. Fiancee was nagging me about where I was parking and I got annoyed, also tore a chunk out of the bottom of the front bumper.
19. My Check Engine light comes on whenever it rains hard because my old 18s rubbed a hole in the fender liner and water gets splashed onto the CAI filter.
None of this is major stuff, and it doesn't include the 8 or 9 door dings I've got....
-Sean
Last edited by SilverCFtC; 10-06-2009 at 11:55 AM.
10-07-2009 | 08:32 PM
#132
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Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 202
From: Houston, TX
wasnt really tc fail...mostly i failed at driving but whatever here goes
1. within the first month of having my car i took a turn too fast, understeered, oversteered and ran the front wheel into a curb hard. messed up a bunch of stuff there.
2. maybe half a year later? i rear ended a toyota suv because i wasnt paying attention. my whole front end was screwed up and the suv had some minor scratches on the bumper.
3. not long after getting that front end fixed my mom backs up into my car and slightly dent my hood and pushed in the passenger side light a bit. i banged out the hood but the passenger light is still slightly tilted and i havent fixed it because i have to get a whole new bracket.
4. sigh...maybe a little less than half a year later i merge lanes into a mitsubishi suv because a car in front of me stopped hard and i wanted to avoid rear ending someone again. anyways my passenger side got screwed up.
5. still have some problems from the first accident and havent had time to get it checked out.
but so far...the tc is still doing great despite my screwing it up so much. hopefully i can get it mostly fixed all the way.
1. within the first month of having my car i took a turn too fast, understeered, oversteered and ran the front wheel into a curb hard. messed up a bunch of stuff there.
2. maybe half a year later? i rear ended a toyota suv because i wasnt paying attention. my whole front end was screwed up and the suv had some minor scratches on the bumper.
3. not long after getting that front end fixed my mom backs up into my car and slightly dent my hood and pushed in the passenger side light a bit. i banged out the hood but the passenger light is still slightly tilted and i havent fixed it because i have to get a whole new bracket.
4. sigh...maybe a little less than half a year later i merge lanes into a mitsubishi suv because a car in front of me stopped hard and i wanted to avoid rear ending someone again. anyways my passenger side got screwed up.
5. still have some problems from the first accident and havent had time to get it checked out.
but so far...the tc is still doing great despite my screwing it up so much. hopefully i can get it mostly fixed all the way.
10-14-2010 | 07:02 AM
#134
1. Curb rash on all four rims
2. Cracked fog lense
3. Cracked the LCD on HVAC control
4. Pedestal Spoiler was half stolen (only got one side off the bolt)
5. Little dents on Door driver and pass
6. Striped the S pipe bolts
7. Guy sent me wrong HIDS ended up getting one blue and pink.... smh
Probably more..... lol all i can think off
2. Cracked fog lense
3. Cracked the LCD on HVAC control
4. Pedestal Spoiler was half stolen (only got one side off the bolt)
5. Little dents on Door driver and pass
6. Striped the S pipe bolts
7. Guy sent me wrong HIDS ended up getting one blue and pink.... smh
Probably more..... lol all i can think off
10-14-2010 | 03:45 PM
#135
2005 Scion TC 122k
- Paint chips here and there but thats expected being its cheap paint
- Side mirrors paint is faded down to the paint no clear coat.. (repainting and clearing soon)
- Hit a dog, killed dog, bottom grill shaped to the dogs head called insurance fixed, 2 days later someone hits my newly painted shiney front bumper with a shopping cart from publix.. HATERS! lol
- Installed Raceland Coils, car drives okay for the first 4 months 5 months into, the car pulls to the left when going 80mph+, uninstalled, sold and now TRD springs and Struts - I can drive 120+ with no problems :D
-OEM clutch replaced after 120k - impressive considering my driving style and autocross days
- Just recently I guess the miami heat has taken its toll, drivers side headlight is fogging up during when it rains
- overall im still happy with mah TC
- Paint chips here and there but thats expected being its cheap paint
- Side mirrors paint is faded down to the paint no clear coat.. (repainting and clearing soon)
- Hit a dog, killed dog, bottom grill shaped to the dogs head called insurance fixed, 2 days later someone hits my newly painted shiney front bumper with a shopping cart from publix.. HATERS! lol
- Installed Raceland Coils, car drives okay for the first 4 months 5 months into, the car pulls to the left when going 80mph+, uninstalled, sold and now TRD springs and Struts - I can drive 120+ with no problems :D
-OEM clutch replaced after 120k - impressive considering my driving style and autocross days
- Just recently I guess the miami heat has taken its toll, drivers side headlight is fogging up during when it rains
- overall im still happy with mah TC
10-14-2010 | 05:44 PM
#136
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 651
From: Fontana, CA
I'll just go ahead and consider myself fortunate.
1) seal leaks on the 1st edition supercharger
2) 'curb rash' on all four rims
3) 1 nasty scratch/ding in the passengers door
4) cracked winshield from Colorado's winter cold
1) seal leaks on the 1st edition supercharger
2) 'curb rash' on all four rims
3) 1 nasty scratch/ding in the passengers door
4) cracked winshield from Colorado's winter cold
10-15-2010 | 02:37 AM
#138
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Scikotics
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 229
From: Yorktown, VA
My Fails with owning a tC.
2007: None
2008:None
2009: None
2010:
1. Bent rim
2. 3 crack windshields
3. Dented fender
4. Cracked front bumper
5. both mirrors paint flew off car while washing it.
6. Exhaust has dent and leak
7. muffler gotten a hole in it
8. suspension blown running on racelands
9. rear ended cracked bumper
10. car is broken into the other night GPS and Ipad stolen.
2007: None
2008:None
2009: None
2010:
1. Bent rim
2. 3 crack windshields
3. Dented fender
4. Cracked front bumper
5. both mirrors paint flew off car while washing it.
6. Exhaust has dent and leak
7. muffler gotten a hole in it
8. suspension blown running on racelands
9. rear ended cracked bumper
10. car is broken into the other night GPS and Ipad stolen.
10-15-2010 | 04:22 AM
#140
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,613
From: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
lol
1. tricked my dad by saying that im allowed to drive with my permit by myself :/ on the way to work on a turn i crashed into the curb, bent axle and more
2. tryed to get the easy way out, paid $800 for a friend of the family mechanic to fix it
3. 1 month later i realize my car drives really rough
4. turns out the mechanic friend fixed it wrong = $3000
5. 3 weeks later turns out there was a broken right arm and all the tires were worn out because of it = $2000
6. 6 months later Try to get my friend who works in a liquor store to get me some through the back, some old guy hits me while reversing from a parking spot, then runs
7. Have my friend install a Cai= on the way home it turns out he forgot to tighten the fender lining so it all falls off and my tire shreds it to pieces
8. Try to peel out while in hurricane weather, hydrolocked my engine because of not having the fender wall
9. Put some Jets sticker on my car= get my front windshield broken while at work= coincidence?
10. 3 months after buying a glowshift gauge pod it decides to warp
11. Run over a branch and tear my front underbody leds off
12. Somebody writes Happy birthday on my rear windshield and it runs all over my trunk and now my trunk is fading
hmmm idk what else
1. tricked my dad by saying that im allowed to drive with my permit by myself :/ on the way to work on a turn i crashed into the curb, bent axle and more
2. tryed to get the easy way out, paid $800 for a friend of the family mechanic to fix it
3. 1 month later i realize my car drives really rough
4. turns out the mechanic friend fixed it wrong = $3000
5. 3 weeks later turns out there was a broken right arm and all the tires were worn out because of it = $2000
6. 6 months later Try to get my friend who works in a liquor store to get me some through the back, some old guy hits me while reversing from a parking spot, then runs
7. Have my friend install a Cai= on the way home it turns out he forgot to tighten the fender lining so it all falls off and my tire shreds it to pieces
8. Try to peel out while in hurricane weather, hydrolocked my engine because of not having the fender wall
9. Put some Jets sticker on my car= get my front windshield broken while at work= coincidence?
10. 3 months after buying a glowshift gauge pod it decides to warp
11. Run over a branch and tear my front underbody leds off
12. Somebody writes Happy birthday on my rear windshield and it runs all over my trunk and now my trunk is fading
hmmm idk what else