2009 Scion XD Electrical system Problems

“When I tried to roll the passenger window down, a plume of smoke came out of the master control panel. At first, I thought I was imagining it, but the button froze into place. I took my Scion into a dealership for 2 recall notice repairs (driver's seat railing and intake manifold assembly) and mentioned the window control panel problem and my concern as to whether or not there was a risk of a fire. The service tech said that my car was not part of the recall? …”

“While car running on the local road, approx. 40 MPH, rear window from driver side rolled down itself and a lot of smoke started coming out from power window master switch controls and from driver side window, inside. Two of four switches from master switch control then melted and pushed all the way down, seems like the bottom part of those switches caught fires or something, however, no fire was visible from the exterior. Was then pulled to the business parking lot and turned off the engine. The smoke then slowly stopped. …”

“A reca for my power switch master control was issued on sept 15th 2015 and a fix for this still has not been established. This defect could cause a fire in my vehicle.”

“The dealer that would be able to perform the repair only does recall work during the week I unfortunately work monday through friday during normal business hours. Which I can not take time off for as they say it might take all day and I depend on my car for business I asked to speak with the manager at autonation toyota in fort myers florida but was told that is the only option. This is completely unacceptable as there are 2 safety recalls one involving my seats and the other involving a window switch that could catch fire. I originally tried in november to schedule this but to no avail.”

“About a year after I bought the car (at concord toyota, concord, ca), my power locks started malfunctioning one by one. They fixed it because I was still on the factory warranty, but a year later, the front locks stopped working again. They were fixed. In 2013, the two front locks stopped working again. The problem is, now I don't have any warranty coverage and they want to charge me around $500 to fix each lock. Not only is it not fair because it's been something that's been happening continuously for years, but now the back door locks stop and start working at random all the time. …”