Okay. So I purchased the radio back in August, just this week got around to messing with it (I was putting off building a mid-power programming cable). I'm updating this post simply to inform something to look for. I had some help from the Communication Support forums, but it took about 3 days (on and off) to diagnose and figure out.
1) When I initially powered up the radio, it gave no fail/error codes.
2) When I read the radio and started playing with the codeplug I noticed all personalities were set to RX, and in Scan configuration HUB defeat was checked. So if scan would've been working, it wouldn't have actually worked without having the microphone hung up (or the pins jumpered).
Beyond that, I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't scan (or transmit when I switch it over to local amateur repeaters). It also was keying on power up (until TOT expired) and would emit a tone on every channel.
With the help of the guys at Communications.support I was able to track down the culprit. At some point, someone installed a new control head interface board. The one installed was model HLN6066B. HLN6066B was for the Spectra and discontinued mid-production (around 1990). It was succeeded by HLN6401 and HLN6286. HLN6285 is still available (~$100) as it is a part used in Astro 25 mobiles as well. I checked an A7 Spectra I had laying around, had HLN6286 and I simply swapped them (if its a problem with the A7 I'll fix it later). Everything works now.
