Just received a "limited service campaign" notice about the ignition coil circuit board cracking under high temps.

Guess I'll be getting new ignition coils for free!

Hope they don't try to worm their way out of it because I have a wrapped header .

 

I had my coils replaced last week, all went well, took about 1/2 hour.

The problem is with the parts Scion put in the car, not something the consumer did, so I don't believe you will have any problem.

Now just waiting for Scion/Toyota to fix the oil consumption because of bad pistons/rings installed at the factory and stop hiding behind the restrictions in the TSB.

Good luck!

 

Also got the letter, gotta taker my baby to the dealer again!

 

Got it a month or so ago. Effortless and painless. They didn't really give me any problems even though I've clearly modified my car a bit.

 

Got mine about a week ago. I plan to pull my Ebay coil and reinstall the defective OE, but probably not until after winter. My biggest reluctance is fear they'll scratch my paint again (or other) -- one bad experience out of one (an oil change no less) is enough !

 

got mine right after i changed my coilpacks.. lame

 

do you need letter or can you just take it it?
i got but forgot where put it haha

 

sp2 I called my dealer before the letter arrived and they checked my VIN number,told me to just bring it in and they would replace the coils. Within a couple of days the letter arrived so I took it with me and they just handed it back.

So you shouldn't need the letter.

 

Is this for certain model years or all gen 2's? I haven't got a letter but I have moved like 5 times since I bought my car.

 

The letter says.....Certain 2008 -2009 Models Year Scion xB Vehicles.

 

I just received it, and it had my VIN number on it. How do you know your coils went bad? Im taking it in anyways, but was just curios.

 

My coils never went bad or acted up, but I took it in for the fix because I know that there is a problem. I didn't want to be left stranded or limping home one dark rainy night!

 

ok cool probably take in end of the month after get car back from shop new clutch/lsd/flywheel done

hopefully don't give me crap cuz turbo

 

Hey guys I'm also taking mine today to get them change and one of the guys said that they haven't seen anything wrong with them.

 

I called my dealer (Brown's Scion) and asked about getting replacement coils. I was told "no-problem", just schedule an appointment and they would order the coils and install them free. I made the appointment and 15 minutes after I dropped the car off they called to say that my car isn't eligible for replacement coils. WTF? Why couldn't they tell me that before I went to so much trouble?

Now I'm trying to find the actual TSB again. I've seen it before but can't remember where. I suspect that my early 2008 is covered by the TSB but can't be sure.

 

I just spoke with Scion corporate and they explained what's going on. For whatever reason my VIN was not included in the coil replacement recall. Since my XB is covered by the TSB but not the recall the only way for me to get new coils is if one or more coils fail first. Because I bought my XB in June 07 I believe it has the defective coils but perhaps because of it's age at the time the recall was issued, Scion excluded it. Then again, maybe it doesn't have the defective coils.

Anyway, I haven't had a coil fail yet so I can't complain too much. If nothing else I learned how Toyota handles TSBs. A TSB is only for the use of their dealer service departments and only applicable if the service dept. determines that it is and Toyota agrees. So if I went in with a bad coil and the service dept. concluded that it's failure was unrelated to the TSB, I'd have to pay for the replacement. Not sure I like that.