Because this 2006 Scion tC service and repair manual is matched to the exact year, engine and trim in your driveway, every specification and torque sequence it gives is the one written for the 2.4L four (2AZ-FE) as Scion built it for 2006, not a figure averaged across the tC's production run.
Engines
- 2.4L l4 GAS Naturally Aspirated
Trims
- Automatic
- Standard
Known issues on the 2006 tC. Five recalls are on federal record for this model year. Two are label compliance actions: certain vehicles recalled by Gulf States Toyota and by Southeast Toyota were sold without the load carrying capacity modification labels required by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 110, which does not meet the standard requirements, and a driver may overload a vehicle, which may increase the risk of a crash. A third covers the sun and moon roof assembly, where pieces of the wind deflector glass may separate from the frame and fall upon the vehicle occupants, causing driver distraction and/or injury. The fourth covers the air bags: inflators assembled with an insufficient amount of the heating agents needed for proper deployment may increase the risk of injury to the occupant in the involved seating position in the event of a crash. The fifth covers the side impact seat-bolster and curtain side airbags, which may inadvertently deploy if the door on that side is closed with a high rate of force while the ignition is in the on position or within 90 seconds of turning the ignition from on to off, and could cause personal injury to an occupant seated on that side of the vehicle. Owners have filed 196 complaints for the year and Scion has issued 37 technical service bulletins. The diagnostic and repair procedures behind each of those systems are here.
Whether the job is an air bag system diagnosis, a moonroof assembly inspection or a routine service interval, it keeps you on the OEM procedure and the correct specification for your specific 2006 tC.
APR 4, 2007 4:06 AM US/PACIFIC 3 KILLED IN SINGLE-CAR CRASH IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A CAR LOST CONTROL IN WHITTIER AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE. POLICE SAID WEDNESDAY THAT THE VICTIMS OF A SOLO-VEHICLE CRASH IN WHITTIER THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS HOSPITALIZED RANGED IN AGE FROM 18 TO THEIR EARLY 20S. THE CRASH OCCURRED ABOUT 7 P.M. TUESDAY ON COLIMA ROAD NORTH OF MAR VISTA STREET, WHITTIER POLICE OFFICER DIANA SALAZAR SAID. JENNIFER UNZUETA, ALBERT VEL
OUR TOYOTA 2006 SCION TC WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHEN IT WAS PULLING OUT SLOWING ON A MAIN ROAD AND THE OTHER TRUCK INVOLVED WAS PROBABLY TRAVELING CLOSE TO 45MPH, THE CAR WAS TOTALED BUT NOT ONE AIR BAG WORKED. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BECAUSE IT HAD A HIGH SAFETY RATING, HOWEVER IT IS JUST LUCKY THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. HAD THE CAR NOT BEEN TOTALED WE WOULD HAVE INSISTED IT BE TOTALED, WOULD NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER TOYOTA AGAIN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED CHEST AND A PASSENGER'S TOE WAS LACERATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
2006 TOYOTA SCION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS SERIOUSLY AND PERMANENTLY INJURED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS STOPPED AT AN EXIT TO A PARKING LOT, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL AT FULL SPEED, CROSSING AN AVENUE AND STRIKING A BRICK WALL HEAD-ON. THE CONSUMER ALSO HIT A PEDESTRIAN, WHO SUSTAINED A BROKEN KNEE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS CRIPPLED FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. SHE W
CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE FLIP/ROLLOVER IN WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO THRASH ABOUT INSIDE THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE SKULL, SPINE, AND OTHER BONE FRACTURES ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE DRIVER. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT DID LOCK AND THE PASSENGER SURVIVED. IN ADDITION TO THE SEATBELT NOT LOCKING, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I MEAN NONE OF THEM!! PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE VEHICLES IN HOPES TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!! UPDATED 09/19/
VINCENT BUTTO (20) OF MAGNOLIA, DELAWARE WAS KILLED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF TOYOTA SCION ON JANUARY 15TH, 2009. PRELIMINARY INVESTATION BY THE DELAWARE STATE POLICE STATE VINCENT FAILED TO STOP GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND THAT EXCESSIVE SPEED WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN HIGHWAY A LADY PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS DOING 35MPH I COULD NOT STOP AND T-BONED HER. MY CAR HIT HER DIRECTLY IN THE SIDE AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD HAVE. IT CAUSED ME TO SLING FORWARD IN THE CAR SPRAINING MY NECK, SPINE, LOWER LUMBAR, BRUISING RIBS AND PINCHED NERVES. *TR
VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A LONG STRAIGHT ROAD AT 55MPH. SUDDENLY THE STEERING PULLED RIGHT AND LOCKED. THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED BACK LEFT. IT ALL HAPPENED SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY. THIS ROAD HAS POWER POLES ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE. SINCE THE STEERING COULD NOT BE CORRECTED, THE CAR WENT HEAD ON INTO A POWER POLE. THE TOP OF THE POWER POLE BROKE OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING A FOOT AWAY FROM THE CAR, WITH 5 DOWNED POWER LINES LAYING ALL OVER THE GROUND. MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS DRI
I OWNED A 2006 SCION TC. IT WAS RECENTLY TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH OVER 11,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. THE IMPACT WAS ON THE PASSENGER FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND REAR PASSENGER PANEL. THE IMPACT ALSO WAS ON THE BUMPER. THIS IS THE FOURTH IMPACT ON THE FRONT AND NO AIRBAGS HAVE EVER DEPLOYED. THANKFULLY, EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. *KB
TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I FELT SOMETHING POP UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE STEERING BOOMERANGED TO THE LEFT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER AS IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LOCKED.UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT, I APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR AS IT ACCELERATED . THE CAR CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO A RESIDENTIAL YARD HITTING A TREE HEAD ON. I ENDED UP WITH FACIAL, CLAVICLE, RIB, PELVIS AND HIP FRACTURES. THE PHYSICIANS SAY IT WILL BE A YEAR BEFORE I WILL BE ABLE T
I WAS IN A SEVERE COLLISION IS NOV 2006 (IN PALMDALE, CA) IN MY 2006 SCION TC. THE CAR WAS APPROX. 3 MONTHS OLD. DURING THE COLLISION MY CAR ROLLED OVER AN EMBANKMENT "HEAD OVER HEALS" AND THEN SIDEWAYS BEFORE RESTING UPSIDE DOWN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL (LUCKILY I WAS OK). THE FRONT END OF THE CAR SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE. I NOTIFIED TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE AN ISSUE AND DID NOTHING ABOUT MY COMPLAINT (EXCEPT BLOCK MY ACCESS TO MY AC
TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I FELT SOMETHING POP UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE STEERING BOOMERANGED TO THE LEFT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER AS IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LOCKED.UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT, I APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR AS IT ACCELERATED . THE CAR CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO A RESIDENTIAL YARD HITTING A TREE HEAD ON. I ENDED UP WITH FACIAL, CLAVICLE, RIB, PELVIS AND HIP FRACTURES. THE PHYSICIANS SAY IT WILL BE A YEAR BEFORE I WILL BE ABLE
I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND ON THE 105 FWY AND WAS KEEPING A SAVE DISTANCE GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH SINCE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO, WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED ON FRONT OF ME. I STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH LITTLE TO NO RESPONSE AND COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE ON FRONT OF ME. A FEW MINUTES BEFORE AND PRIOR TO ENTERING THE FREEWAY I HAD FELT SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE STREET AND THOUGHT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, HOWEVER THE BRAKES FELT AS IF THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING. THE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SCION TC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. HER VEHICLE THEN SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED DIRECTLY INTO THE FRONT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE CONTACT AND CAUSED HER TO STRIKE THE STEERING COLUMN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICL
Showing the 15 most serious of 161 complaints filed with NHTSA.
