Toyota Matrix
Owners filed 1,177 complaints across 12 model years of the Toyota Matrix. The 2003 drew the most (268).
Which Toyota Matrix years should you avoid?
No Toyota Matrix year stands out. Across the 8 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 154), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Toyota Matrix model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 45 | 4 | — | 5 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 192 | 3 | 1 | 34 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 38 | 2 | — | 6 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2007 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 170 | 4 | — | 17 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2005 | 213 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 138 | 3 | 2 | 18 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2003 | 268 | 3 | 3 | 19 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | Power Train › Clutch Assembly | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.