Scion XB: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Scion XB, model years 2003 to 2015. NHTSA has 989 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 13 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Scion XB: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2015 Scion XB	2	5	7%	1,303,406
2014 Scion XB	2	5	7%	1,303,406
2013 Scion XB	2	5	7%	1,927,466
2012 Scion XB	3	38	50%	2,805,543
2011 Scion XB	5	50	66%	5,803,994
2010 Scion XB	7	48	63%	6,849,322
2009 Scion XB	10	129	170%	8,674,320
2008 Scion XB	8	335	440%	6,232,018
2007 Scion XB	3	3	4%	155,506
2006 Scion XB	5	246	323%	454,003
2005 Scion XB	1	88	116%	271,417
2004 Scion XB	0	36	47%
2003 Scion XB NHTSA page	0	1	1%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,211 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Scion XB: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Air Bags	274.2	332
Visibility	181.7	220
Structure	67.7	82
Electrical System	63.6	77
Vehicle Speed Control	59.5	72
Engine	57.8	70
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	37.2	45
Steering	36.3	44
Service Brakes	28.9	35
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)	23.9	29

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Scion XB, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2007, with 2 campaigns.

Complaints about the Scion XB, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2017, with 227 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

TC10 campaigns
XA5 campaigns
XD7 campaigns
FR-S7 campaigns

Scion: all 5 model lines

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Scion XB: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/scion/xb/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file: GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Scion XB model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2009 with 10, 2008 with 8, 2010 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Scion XB model year has the most complaints?: The 2008 model year, with 335 of the 989 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Scion XB name?: Air Bags: 274.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 181.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 67.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Scion XB?: 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.