Toyota Matrix: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Toyota Matrix, model years 2002 to 2013. NHTSA has 1,167 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Toyota Matrix NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2,891,976 |
| 2012 Toyota Matrix NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 5% | 2,891,976 |
| 2011 Toyota Matrix | 2 | 10 | 10% | 4,646,493 |
| 2010 Toyota Matrix | 4 | 44 | 45% | 3,306,267 |
| 2009 Toyota Matrix | 3 | 191 | 196% | 3,152,849 |
| 2008 Toyota Matrix | 2 | 37 | 38% | 1,400,076 |
| 2007 Toyota Matrix | 2 | 94 | 97% | 1,400,076 |
| 2006 Toyota Matrix | 3 | 168 | 173% | 1,553,494 |
| 2005 Toyota Matrix | 1 | 211 | 217% | 1,128,659 |
| 2004 Toyota Matrix | 1 | 137 | 141% | 662,178 |
| 2003 Toyota Matrix | 1 | 268 | 276% | 662,178 |
| 2002 Toyota Matrix NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,412 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 286.1 | 404 |
| Power Train | 128.2 | 181 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 102.7 | 145 |
| Electrical System | 69.4 | 98 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 67.3 | 95 |
| Tires | 49.6 | 70 |
| Steering | 38.2 | 54 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 32.6 | 46 |
| Engine | 28.3 | 40 |
| Suspension | 26.9 | 38 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Camry59 campaigns
- Prius35 campaigns
- Corolla59 campaigns
- Sienna50 campaigns
- Tacoma56 campaigns
- RAV450 campaigns
- Tundra74 campaigns
- 4Runner45 campaigns
- Avalon34 campaigns
- Highlander51 campaigns
- Sequoia26 campaigns
- 4 Runner0 campaigns
- Camry Hybrid20 campaigns
- Camry Solara5 campaigns
- Highlander Hybrid26 campaigns
- Yaris23 campaigns
- FJ Cruiser17 campaigns
- Celica9 campaigns
- Pickup1 campaign
- Venza11 campaigns
- Tercel2 campaigns
- T1001 campaign
- Corolla Matrix17 campaigns
- Land Cruiser19 campaigns
- Previa3 campaigns
- Echo5 campaigns
- Prius V5 campaigns
- Sequoia SR50 campaigns
- Toyota0 campaigns
- Crown5 campaigns
- Prius C4 campaigns
- Yaris H/B1 campaign
- Supra14 campaigns
- Avalon Hybrid10 campaigns
- Cressida4 campaigns
- RAV4 Hybrid12 campaigns
- Van3 campaigns
- Prius Plug-In Hybrid4 campaigns
- RAV4 EV3 campaigns
- Prius Prime6 campaigns
- C-HR6 campaigns
- Mirai4 campaigns
- 863 campaigns
- Corona12 campaigns
- HI Lux3 campaigns
- Tundra Hybrid15 campaigns
- Sienna Hybrid8 campaigns
- Sequoia Hybrid7 campaigns
- RAV4 Prime7 campaigns
- Corolla Cross Hybrid6 campaigns
- Grand Highlander7 campaigns
- BZ4X4 campaigns
- Grand Highlander Hybrid6 campaigns
- Venza Hybrid5 campaigns
- Corolla Hybrid4 campaigns
- Land Cruiser Hybrid4 campaigns
- Corolla Cross4 campaigns
- Tacoma Hybrid5 campaigns
- GR Corolla2 campaigns
- Mark II2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Toyota Matrix: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/matrix/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Toyota Matrix model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2010 with 4, 2009 with 3, 2006 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Toyota Matrix model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 268 of the 1,167 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Toyota Matrix name?
- Air Bags: 286.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 128.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Vehicle Speed Control: 102.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Toyota Matrix?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.