NorthEast Warning

[nosocoeckodoz]

There is currently a Fatal Warning for the 08 xB's due to the weather dropping below freezing while using the Emergency Brake. Scion engineers are currently working on a solutions. However, car dealer ships will replace wheel barrings, brakes and calipers. The problem will cause the ebrake to stick and lock up the wheels even after it is disengaged. Therefor causing a fatal error.

I have had the issue with mine on a few occasions and they put me in some POS Corolla, free of charge however. When I did some troubleshooting myself I just left my car in gear when I knew the weather was going to drop intensely.

[Admin]

Well thats a little scary.. Has there been a recall or service bulletin for this yet?

[onemorescion]

I haven't had any problems with mine yet. Hasn't gotten that cold in MD yet either. I also keep my car in 1st gear when parked anyway.

[nosocoeckodoz]

No recall due to this just affecting the North East area. Here in South Central PA it has dropped below freezing on a few occasions and I have had the issue and my passenger side rear wheel locked up while I was driving about 10-15 mph and I've got a bald spot on my tire. Luckily the dealership where I bought my car goes above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to customer service. They put me in a loaner car for free (enterprise) and obviously everything is covered under warranty, they are going to replace the tire (only about 4500 miles on them) and the first action is for new brakes and calipers. I typically put my cars in first gear as well but i am not always parked on flat surfaces...

Unfortunately the parts are on back order so I will be in this loaner a bit longer, which is upsetting because I just got the kenwood DNX 7100 installed (GPS touchscreen DVD player w/ sirius)....

From what I understand the knowledge of this just pertains to the NorthEast region as I said before but I do not believe that the information is given to the public or to anyone who has bought a 2008 xb.... I am unsure of the politics of why but I still have not been told a root cause "scion engineers are working to solve the problem" is what my one buddy at the dealership told me.

[xbalidocious]

Interesting... It's been cold and it hasn't froze up yet, but I've only used it a couple times.