Owners/service Manual problems of the 2006 Toyota Scion Xb

When we attempted to exit the vehicle we were not able to unlock the doors. The locks would only go up about half ways then lock again. I did some online searching and see there are many people who have had the same complaint. My concern is if in a car accident you can not unlock the doors and you can become trapped in your vehicle. You can not even unlock the doors manually.

The electronic door locks on the car will often open only halfway, preventing the occupant from exiting the vehicle. Both front doors are affected, but the drivers door is affected more often. It is difficult if not impossible to unlock the door manually when this happens. Repeating the unlock process several times is the only way to get the lock to open. This was taken to the dealer for repair, but they told us that the locks were working fine when they had it and that they could not work on it unless they saw the problem actually occurring. I keep a window hammer in the car now.

Accelerated (took off) while driving at highway speed (5 incidences). . . Originally I thought it was a problem with my aftermarket cruise control. I called dealership and reported that they should not recommend aftermarket cruise at the time. . . They claimed no other problems. After 2nd incidence cruise control was replaced by installer and he called the company. . . None was familiar with the problem on my cruise module (he showed me how to disconnect cruise under the hood since current still runs through mechanism since cruise was in off position during 2nd incident). . . The problem then happened again (3 times in same day on way to airport)with new cruise mechanism. No problems in last 2 years, but it's a daily gamble. . . Now I have to wonder if the cruise was ever even part of the equation in the problem with all the accelerator and other problems I've read online. I checked with the dealership again this year and they deny any problem with scion accelerators or brake not depressing (it always felt like my brake and gas were fighting like if you 2 footed in a manual equally, but I own a automatic. . . It's very scary).