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2008 Scion XB vehicle speed control problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2008 Scion XB4% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
4%
share of all complaints
41,240 mi
median reported incident mileage
5 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The initial incident occurred while driving the vehicle on partially snow covered pavement. As I applied the brakes to stop at an intersection, the vehicle began to skid. The vehicle stability control and abs systems did not work, and the brake, abs and vsc lights came on. The warning lights…

    filed Apr 1, 2015

  • I recently experienced a "sudden acceleration incident". Our 2008 scion xb was driven over 122,000 miles without major malfunction until 3:30 pm on september 26 2014. Then, after stopping at our mailbox on the left side of the road, I proceeded 15 feet to our driveway entrance and made a left turn…

    filed Sep 28, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other XB years

YearReportsShare
2011 XB12%
2010 XB59%
2009 XB96%
2006 XB2711%
2005 XB1011%
2004 XB411%
XB vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.