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Question: y has my 2013 scion stick xb le needed a new clutch after 17 miles of soft driving?

i bought this lemon in aug 3rd 2013 and have gone through 5 clutcthes. ive driven stick shifts for 40 yrs and currently havent changed one on my other toyota for 12 yrs. the dealership says i cant drive a stick to save their ass. i was a valet parker for 10 yrs and only drove stick shift vehicles since noone elseknew how. evertime i park in garage it smells awful. i do everything right with the oil, air filter, fluids, etc.what am i supposed to do when my dealership wont give me the time a day. when i stop, there r times all the electrical goes out. the sound system and stereo cant even get knx 1070 on am. ive gone through 3 batteries w/out leaving the lights on. when the clutch goes out i willbe driving on the freeway and all of a sudden all 5 gears give out and the electrical goes off locking my steering wheeltemporary before restarting it from preventing death. ive had clutches go out and they slowly go given me at least a week to find a mechanic but thats usuall after 100k miles or five yrs. this car is dangerous and noone is doing anything about it. they just say wear and tear. wear and tear after 17 miles? i have had toyotas my whole life and promised never to change models especially when i read that the 2012 scion stick xb was the most reliable and best reseller. the dealership told my wife and my 3 autistic kids we have negative 7k equity and if we totalled our car the dealership would get the check from the person who smashed and totalled my car and we would still have tomake 6oo dollar a month payments for 3 more yrs. its a matter of time before something bad happens to us. my kids wont even get in the scion. this was the lastone at the hunt. bch lot not to be bought and the sales people were laughing when we left. now i know why. nobody is doing anything to help us. please someone help or forward this to somebody who could. i dont want to goto the bbb or the press or dateline but if something bad happens to my family i will. we dont have any money since we put 20k into it. the last time and 5th time in a yr and a half the clutch went out i drove a half block to ralphs and the stick was working great. after getting 300 hundred in groceries i started the car and all the gears were gone like someone stole them. none worked and my aaa was maxed for towing and i was parked in the middle of a 40minute zone. i didnt have a phone so i ran 3 miles tomy house to call my dad so i could use his triple a. then took my 4 yr olds autistic bike down to ralphs and it got towed to a tow yard. now were carlesws w/ 3 special needs kids who need rides to 3 diff. schools, speech, ot, and aba trining. we had toget a rent car and they took out a 4oo dollar deposit that bounced our rent check. this is not right . HELP ME PLZE. # 6 estero pte.aliso v. 92656, cai. mick newhart and sharon farrelly9REGISTERED OWNER)9496905510BOUGHT THIS MOLDED AND SOUR LEMON AUG 3RD 2013 AT HUNT BCH. Y WOULD THEY DO THIS TO US. IF THIS IS NOT A LEMON THEN WHAT IS. ALL WE WANTED WAS A RELIABLE CAR SO WE COULD DRIVE OUR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS TO SERVICES. THX FOR LISTENING IF THERES ANYBODY OUT THERE