2005 Scion TC Tires Problems

“I love my Scion however I bought brand new from expressway toyota in dorchester ma in 2005 and with all the recalls I see on here I've only done one, and that the glass windshield. Every other time I go the dealer and tell them that there are recalls, they ignore me and say that there isn't . …”

“Car: 2005 Scion TC purchased: mcgee toyota of hanover, ma in may 2007. -emergency brake failing 2 weeks after purchase, which caused an accident. -the dealership misdiagnosing the wheel bearing (2-3 times, finally fixing it). -we've been to mcgee toyota probably 5+ times now, and woburn toyota twice, all for problems with a 2005 Scion TC. One of the other issues was when my wife bought the car, she bought a toyota extended warranty. …”

“Now feeling compelled to document this issue only because it is the 2nd failure of these tires. Failure in the rear drivers side tire side wall bubble was seen as I entered my Scion TC 2005 that was on 1/30/13 mileage 57786. That would make it 7400 miles for the first failure. The original tires purchased (all 4) 12/10/11 mileage 50320. Now after almost a year the 2nd failure of these tires inside wall where tread belt meets side wall has peeled off. This was on a day when we had our 2 grandsons in the car. Mileage now 64395. Different tire front drivers side. …”

“My 2005 Scion TC surges/lurches forward when resuming from a stop. The amount of pressure you apply to the gas pedal has no effect on how the car is going to move forward. The problem was very intermittent and hard to notice but started happening more and more often as of aug./sept. 2008. In mid sept. I almost rear ended the car in front of me taking off from a stop light. I took the car to the selling dealership and the service mgr. Went on a test drive and said he noticed the problem at least 5 times in a few mile drive. …”

“Purchased my 2005 Scion TC on june 3rd, 2005 and noticed on june 4th when driving the car for the first time on cement highways with rainchannel grooves cut into them that the tires were a serious safety hazard! The tires are pirelli p-zero nero m/s tires, and have a five ribbed design to them that happens to be the same pattern that the rainchannels are! The tire grooves grab the rainchannels in the road and pull the car all over the road! Some places I have referenced refer to this problem as tramlining. …”