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Toyota Matrix

Every Toyota Matrix model year on file, 2000 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,177138 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years182000 to 2017

Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins2,428Summed across model years

By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 268, 23% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Airbags leads the Toyota Matrix complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags

406

Powertrain

173

Speed control

145

Engine and cooling

135

Electrical system

Brakes

Tires

Steering

Visibility and wipers

Suspension

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Toyota Matrix model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Toyota Matrix by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	59
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	63
2015	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	66
2014	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	155
2013	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	227
2012	Wagon	5	0.0	26	1	0	218
2011	Sedan	10	10.0	50	2	1	211
2010	Sedan	45	11.1	214	4	1	222
2009	Sedan	192	18.2	686	3	1	215
2008	Sedan	38	15.8	106	2	0	141
2007	Wagon	96	14.6	192	2	0	136
2006	Hatchback	170	10.6	266	4	0	138
2005	Hatchback	213	5.6	533	2	0	151
2004	Hatchback	138	15.2	493	3	1	133
2003	Wagon	268	9.3	6,700	3	1	140
2002	Not decoded	2	50.0	200	0	0	54
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	54
2000	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	45

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Toyota Matrix

20V-024 Jan 17, 2020
During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat…
Airbags · 2.89M vehicles
16V-340 May 23, 2016
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
Airbags · 1.75M vehicles
10V-384 Aug 26, 2010
Engine control module (ecm) for the subject models equipped with the 1zz-fe engine and two-wheel drive may have been improperly manufactured
Engine and cooling · 1.13M vehicles
10V-036 Feb 3, 2010
Southeast toyota is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 passenger vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle…
Equipment · 153k vehicles
10V-035 Feb 3, 2010
Gulf states toyota is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety…
Equipment · 271k vehicles
10V-023 Jan 27, 2010
Accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat
Speed control · 1.13M vehicles
09E-012 Apr 7, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 16k vehicles
08V-162 Apr 10, 2008
Driver and front passenger door glass bolts may loosen and come off, causing the door glass to separate from the window regulator
Visibility and wipers · 662k vehicles
06E-023 Mar 13, 2006
Certain anzo combination headlamp assemblies sold as replacement lamps for use on certain passenger vehicles
Lighting · 292k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.