Six problems related to power train have been reported for the 2006 Toyota Matrix. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My Toyota corolla Matrix 2006 has a ecm under recall. When I bought this car from previous owner , I did not know that car was serviced under recall and ecm was replaced in January of 2011. In October of 2013, car has 54k miles and check engine light (p2716) is on. The transmission diagnostic was done and it shows that car has malfunctioning ecm. Transmission was rebuilt but not by Toyota dealer. Toyota dealer told me that my car has replaced ecm and doesn't qualify for any other ecm replacement. Now the car has 106k and still the same problem p2716 and ecm is malfunctioning.
Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Matrix. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 mph, the vehicle had a very slow throttle response. This was a recurring failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing were the technician stated that the vehicle was in a recall and that the contact needed to go to a Toyota dealer. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000. Kc.
The car would not shift beyond second gear (automatic transmission) and not go into reverse. Got it towed to my garage and they are in the process of replacing the entire transmission.
They need to issue a recall immediately -- my 2006 Toyota Matrix has been hard shifting with the check engine light on but I was unable to get it serviced because I'm unemployed. It has 90k and the dealer says I must pay out of pocket for the repair, $1000-$1300 because there is no recall on it yet. Had I known there was an issue with it I would have brought it in -- as it is I had to learn about this problem in the newspaper yesterday! I am afraid now to drive it that it may stall at a high speed as described in the newspaper!!.
On October 3, 2008, while driving my 2006 Toyota Matrix I had to accelerate rapidly to merge onto a busy street. I immediately smelled a odor coming from my vents of burning wiring. My check engine light came on. I pulled over and made some calls to service stations and the Toyota dealership. Was advised to take it to the dealer. Did. After investigating the issue for several days they decided my ecm was bad and replaced it. With the recent Toyota recalls, I finally decided yesterday that I should check into if I am involved. My vehicle is Toyota certified and they do have record of the ecm failure to my vehicle. I also wanted to report it to you folks, just in case it is in fact the computers that are faulty. It is unknown to me whether the replacement computer they put in my car is a 2006, or what year ecm it is. My ecm failed immediately after rapid acceleration and my vehicle is not on the recall list.
As I was driving to work on December 28, 6:50 am I gradually felt my car slowing down so I tried accelerating with no success! when I looked if I had forgotten to lower the safety brake, I checked my board and saw a check engine sign so I pulled of to the gas station (lucky there was one when this happened and no traffic). I called for a towing and turned of the car. When the towing guy came, he tried my vehicle and nothing seemed to be wrong except for the check engine sign that was still up. . . When I went to the garage, my car was scanned and the po607 error was found in the computer's history! there obviously is a problem with the accelerator on my Toyota Matrix 2006 and there is no recall for that problem which is not normal either! this is a car I bought on August 2010 from a popular dealer so its second hand and I'm pretty sure this is not the first time such a problem occurs with it.