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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Scion Recalls

Scion has 103 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 6 models and 2003–2016 model years. The model with the most is the Xb, with 57.

Owners have filed 1,638 complaints with NHTSA about the Scion model years listed here; the most, 339, concern the 2008 Xb.

2 Scion models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 1 of them has at least one year that stands out.

Complaints about Scion vehicles most often name the air bags (at least 349), then the engine (326).

The Scion model with the most owner complaints is the Xb: 864 across 10 model years listed here.

The newest Scion recall here, 19V741000, was reported on October 17, 2019 and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module.

Scion recalls most often concern the equipment: other: labels (30 model-year listings), then the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module (17).

Models
6
Recall listings
103

campaign × model year

Model years
2003–2016
Pages on file
30

year + model

Scion models, most recalls first

Scion models ranked by total NHTSA recalls
ModelRecallsYears covered
Scion Xb572003–2015(10)
Scion Tc232005–2016(10)
Scion Fr-S122013–2016(4)
Scion Xd82006–2011(3)
Scion Iq22012–2013(2)
Scion Im12016–2016(1)

What gets recalled most on Scion vehicles

  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS30
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE17
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC13
  • VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS6
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING5
  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL4
  • EQUIPMENT4
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH4
  • AIR BAGS3
  • TIRES3
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS2

Scion years to avoid, by model

Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.

Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted